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The GUR call should support the L command code

The Get Unique Record (GUR) call should support the L command code to retrieve the latest occurrence.
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

CTG Outbound requests

Product CICS TG z/OSWe use CTG to manage INBOUND ECI Calls coming from program running on OPEN Application Servers (Tomcat) towards CICS TS z/OS.We would like that CTG z/OS could manage also OUTBOUND Calls from CICS TS z/OS towards OPEN Applicatio...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Command to display Regions with PWFI=N

Please provide an IMS command to easily list all regions/MPRs that are running based on PWFI=N or PWFI=Y.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

IMS DEADLOCK Information

When our customer(MIZUHO BANK) experienced DEADLOCK on IMS DB,they investigate following materials to determine Winner and Loser transaction.  ・DEADLOCK ANALYSIS REPORT(DFSERA10 +DFSERA30 (67FF)) ・IRLM LOCK TRACE(DFSERA10 +DFSERA30 (67FA)) ・SYSLOG...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 3 Not under consideration

Provide a CICS PA Explorer plug-in visualization for performance list data which includes task association data across region

Provide a CICS PA Explorer plug-in visualization for task performance list data which includes task association and hop data to see the tasks across a set of AORs during a period of time.
over 10 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

RPP - Cr?ation d'artefacts Design en mode Sparse Loadling

Bonjour, Dans RPP, lorsqu'on a cr?? un Espace de Travail sans charger le contenu des Composants, et qu'on a aliment? cet Espace de Travail par des recherches de Design serveur, (donc en mode Sparse Loading), alors les artefacts Designs cr??s en lo...
over 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

PERFORM with WHILE phrase

A Perform While should be exactly as Perform Until except "the procedures referred to are performed while thecondition specified by the WHILE phrase is true"
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Improve version-to-version migration experience

Provide better documentation and ideally automation capabilities to support migration from one version to another, using the same workspace IBM Comments:- this pertains not just to RDz but to other IDEs (RAD, RDi, ...) also - this "RFE" was captur...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Should offer improved C development features for mainframe

Should offer improved C development features for mainframe IBM comment: this "RFE" was captured on-the-fly during VoiCE discussions. To be given a proper disposition (accept, reject, etc.) and to come actionable, it must eventually be decomposed i...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Add functionality to ISQCCMD

Please add the LOAD and SYSRESET common command functionality to the ISQCCMD when running in LPAR Management mode using the BCPii interface.
over 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration