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Be able to renumber lines in a macrostructure

Currently there is no way to automatically renumber lines in of a functional block in a macrostructure. The user needs a way to either remove or renumber lines of a particular functional block in a macrostructure. Also, it should be possible to re...
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

[RPP] How to change the condition of a function or sub-funtion

When we create a function or sub-funtion we can choose the condition.How to change this condition if we want to modify it. For example change ?IT' by ? ? (no condition)In the updated windows, only the level can be changed. We can also move the fun...
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

CICS trace by task number

Provide CICS to trace a specific task number, currently running.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

JVM messages prefixed with timestamps

To day messages from JVM in CICS TS are not prefixed with timestamps.The messages issued from JVM in neither HFS/ZFS directories pointed to JVMprofile, nor if redirected to STDOUT, STDERR, STDTRC contains any timestamps(DATE/TIME). It would be of ...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Enhancment to S09 Report in APA

Enhance the S09 Report to include buffer information from batch jobs
about 8 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 and CICS pre- compilers do not recognize Cobol V5 floating comments

COBOL V5 allows use of "floating comment", sequence space + " * >" followed by a free text. DB2 pre- compiler (tested with DB2 V10) and CICS pre-compiler (tested with CICS TS 4.2) do not recognize this Cobol V5 syntax comment, and the presence ...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Not under consideration

Single-Sign-On in RSE

Instead of presenting the standard dialog with user/password when connecting to a remote system, a custom Java class should be called which does a call to a custom Kerberos pass ticket system. After getting a valid information back, the connect sh...
about 8 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 3 Not under consideration

ZINET ADD, ALT and DEL allow a procid. Display doesn't.

Request to enhance ZINET Display for a specific processor. Currently today ZINET function allows a procid to be specified on all but thedisplay request. Adding listeners for new CPUs we are bringing upbut I can't verify the add worked correctly wi...
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Move WGTA tables above the 2g Bar

Request is to move the WGTA tables above the 2g bar in order to free up valuable space below the BAR Current allocation is 1.4 million entries today .
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Debug Tool Load Module Analyzer to show load module build date

IBM Debug Tool 13.1 Load Module Analyzer does not produce the build date (link-edit/bind date) for composite load modules. Currently the only information Load Module Analyzer provides about the load module/program object is the name, alias, AMODE ...
about 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration