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ability to turn on all tracing / logging with one command

from a support point of view and customer view too it would be great if there either is a command or a setting in EQAOPST which shows all available outputs . over the years we have added traces for different areas , they all have to be enabled by ...
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

New CICS Explorer View for region SIT parameters

I am forever right mouse clicking on the regions view to obtain the combined SIT options for a region. Then comparing this with another region. It would be good to have a view of its own for region SIT parameters. This would allow us to filter and...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Support Multiple IP-addresses in z/OS Connect EE

Our client is making an outbound API call from CICS using z/OS Connect EE. Client's API team presented us with three IP-addresses for their API server. The addresses was pointed to the same server with each corresponding to an availability zone fo...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Application Discovery - Handling of special characters in search file function

Function 'search in files' in application discovery doesn't retrive the special characters strings/words from the source base. There were few instance where there is need to perform scan based on the leading/trailing quote(single or double) and/or...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

DB2 Backup Object Size to Reflect in Metadata

Currently DB2 doesn't provide backup object size in Admin_Hist or any metadata tables. It writes to diag but that's very challenging to read and interpret . If backup object size info added to metadata it will help for planning our backup storage ...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Implement binary copy/paste in PL/I and COBOL editors

Allowing in edition the copy-cut/paste of binary characters in COBOL and PL/I editors
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Provide "Batch Execution" feature in File Manager Plug-in

New format Case Number: TS003037937 Provide a "Batch Execution" feature as part of relevant File Manager functions that can be performed using the IDz plug-in, e.g. Data Set Compare. If this feature is requested the FM plug-in will create a JCL de...
almost 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Editeur Cobol et vue Outline absents en session de deboggage sous MicroFocus/Eclipse

Donner la possibilité d'utiliser l'Editeur Cobol et la vue Outline en session de deboggage sous MicroFocus/Eclipse sans IDZ
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Merging several PDFs into one single PDF file

Our customer wants to explore the possibility of having a button that merge several PDF files (provided by View Print Jobs) and producing just one output file.
12 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Not under consideration

CICS as CICS Explorer Server

CICS being a Top Tier Web Server; we would like to utilize CICS as the WEB Server to Deploy the CICS Explorer Product as the WebStart implementation. This will consolidate the support of CICS Explorer within the CICS Technical Support area; versio...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration