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IMS Enterprise Suite

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Import copybooks from z/OS – add ability to import structures with ++include statements

This support exists for importing from local project but not from z/OS. Our system has lots of these includes and we don't want to support 2 copies of our copy book members, one for our applications and one that would only be used for E4D.
almost 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic Array Support for copybook overlay

Several of our IMS database segments use dynamic arrays (number of elements imbedded into the structure). We need the capability of modeling these into the E4D tooling to access the data in those arrays.
almost 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

SQL to DLI call translation view in hex

I'd like to ask for a product enhancement. On the “SQL to DL/I Call Translation” can you show the hex values? When someone is doing an insert or delete with a partially qualified key you can't tell if the SSA is using blanks or low values. I also ...
about 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Not under consideration

Message layout by metadata class support and message field set- and get-method support for IMS Entprise Suite Connect API

The IMS Java Dependent Regions (JDR) Resource Adapter supports a simple way to specify the layout of input and output messages by a Java metadata class. Defining such a layout enables a Java transaction program to easily - get values from specific...
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 2 Not under consideration

IMS SOAP Gateway functionality on Liberty Profile

Implement the SOAP interface on the Liberty Profile server, instead of native Java.ie. like the new REST interface implementation in IMS Mobile
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Ability to control which version of IMS Explorer can connect to a IMS system

We would like the ability to control what IMS Explorer Releases our installation considers valid to connect to a IMS System. We would also like a way to send IMS Explorer users as brief notification at connect time.
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

Nested WSDL for IMS SOAP Gateway

Customer needs to map, generate and deploy a callout WebService into IMS Soap Gateway.Usually he imports WSDL and COBOL copybook into RDz, do mapping, generate artefacts and finally deploy into soap gateway.Customer needs to use a WSDL that import...
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Support usage of RACF for certificates

Support usage of RACF (or more generically, SAF) for certificates.
almost 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Not under consideration

SOAP should write WTOs

Make SOAP Gateway enterprise ready by having error messages generate a WTO. This allows automation products, like SAOS390, to be able to take actions like trying to fix the problem or to alert a human. Similarly, any time an error has been resolve...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

SOAP Gateway logs should be written to a DD statement in the JCL

All pertinent logs should be written to a DD statement in the JCL. That allows easily looking at the log associated with a particular execution of the started task. Users that want to write to a file system can still point to a filesystem while us...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

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