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File Manager for z/OS

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Add PTF HOLD information UI66571

In the HOLD ACTION of UI66571, it described that FMNPRINT and FMNIN DD were added by this PTF.But there is no description about the impact for customer's JCL.Our customer already use FMNPRINT and FMNIN DD on their JCL as user's definition. So it a...
over 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Direct access to FM MQ functions

Please enhance File Manager for z/OS so that the MQ panels can be invoked directly ie without going through the File manager menu structure. This capability is available for many FM components, but not the MQ panels - the 'Equivalent Function' col...
over 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

File Manager for zOS Should Support MVS Product Enablement

File Manager is licensed relative to the size of the LPARs in which it runs. IBM needs to provide a mechanism to control its usage by LPAR.
about 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Allow IMS to connect to a specified DB2 region. Allows DBD Exit to interface with DB2 on update to IMS DB segment.

Add ability for File Manager for IMS to connect and communicate to a specified DB2 region when using BMP. In an actual environment, IMS does connect/communicate with DB2. Does not appear it can be done with File Manager (appears it can be with Fil...
over 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Save to Desktop from editor

It would be nice to have an entry at context menu to save the shown results (excluded, filtered, sorted, ...) to the desktop (DB2, Files, MQ, ...).
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Default Message Length to Blank for File Manager MQ Edit

When inserting a message on a queue in file Manager, the insert message length defaults the length of the queue. This length is often very large and if left as defaulted actually results in a Virtual Memory Storage error when trying to insert. We ...
over 7 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

File Manager Compare - display offset

Enhance File Manager compare output to show offset when using record field display. It is possible to have several field in a cobol recordstructure with same name. The compare then shows the name only, but not which one of the fields.
over 7 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

file manager and compressed smf records

if editing or browsing smf file records add the ability to recognize if the records contain smf compressed data and uncompress it before presentation
almost 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

File Manager GUI plugin - Grouping of suppressed records does not display single mode

We did some testing and found that not selecting ‘Group Suppressed Records' the host returns the IMS segment data via theXML. When you click on a an IMS segment the FM Plugin can easily use this IMS data to populate the single dialog box. With ‘Gr...
about 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Site Profile: global-customized site settings

Enable the option of a site global settings file for all users instead of configuring settings in each user's workspace. For example, 3.10.1 change date structure to DD/MM/YY for all users. FMN2POPT module does not address all of the ISPF default ...
over 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

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