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Log on at remote systems when sources with copy libraries on property group

Even if you have sources with an associated property group configured with Copy Libraries pointing to a SYSLIB on a remote system, when you open a source with copys not present in the local SYSLIB, the copybooks are marked as not found. If in the ...
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

In OAS3, we still need a method to develop services using program communication areas to generate services from existing processes

The yaml OAS3 input document is not something most mainframe developers would have knowledge of how to develop correctly. However, they know how existing process and programs are working. Since a significant use of z/OS Connect is to expose access...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Add file access logging to SFTP server

Currently only user login activity is captured in the log under /tpfjam/ibmutil. Enhance this logging to also include file access activity at a minimum (who's doing what, when and where) as well as FTP commands if possible. Potentially include dif...
3 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Export Omegamon/CICS Trace to file or sysout

The transaction TRACE in only available to consult using history option using 3270 screen. It would be good to save the TRACE and send it to the develoment team to analise the sequence of the programs and commands because they do not have access t...
3 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 2 Functionality already exists

Get "Run as/Debug as" working in local projects.

Following a modern DevOps approach to software development, developers will not write code remotely anymore. The source code of projects, including Cobol, JCL, etc. will be located at git repositories. Then, developers will work with a local copy ...
9 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Options to reduce report created by LTPMA or LTP extend

Running LTPMA (Long Term Plan Modification All) or extend LTP job, does not give you any option to reduce output from LTP. We would like options to reduce the output from these jobs.
12 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Deleting a segment should be automatically followed by its deletion in the -LS of the Data Structure

Hi, Deleting a segment must be followed automatically by a remove of it from the -LS Lines of the associated Data Sctructure, just like the creation of the segment automatically adds it to the -LS Lines of the associated Data Structure. This is wh...
about 1 year ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

Clean up type (CLN_Ty) in Error Handler Layout (1) doesn’t provide enough details or (2) wasting spaces on Error hander layout

Hello, Clean up type (CLN_Ty) can be set on he TWS error handler layout – see PIC1. It can have 4 values: A (Automatic), I (immediate), M (Manual), N (None) – see PIC2. This CLN_Ty uses 6 characters from the Layout. I would like to suggest two/thr...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Screen size in the Remote Connection Emulator

In the new IDz ver 16, you cannot have a screen size of 62x160 in the Remote Connection Emulator. This is something we use and would be great to have.
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 0 Functionality already exists

Option to download list / Summary of all programs in impact analysis report.

Currently Impact analysis report option, search in files option gives the list of programs in CSV format where the program name is embedded with the complete path of the program. Instead would like to see the list of programs/modules impacted whic...
6 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration