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ZOWE RSE CLI should implement the local encoding option

Zowe CLI does have an option for local encoding, while RSE CLI isn't yet adopting it. I think it will be usefull to avoid the pre-encoding before uploading Cobol sources from a host to the Mainframe.
3 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Planned for future release

SemiColon not supported by RACF. Netview should translate.

Netview translates several characters (., *, %, &, - and ' '(blank)) prior to making a SAF call because these characters are not supported by RACF. Semicolon is also one that is not supported by RACF (TS006663687). Development should consider ...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Possibility to specify two EQAUOPTS datasets in eqaprof.env

Copied from case: Hello, I'm setting up STC EQAPROF and was wondering if you could specify more than one pattern in the variable default_dsname. At the moment it looks like this:default_dsname="É&USERID.DLAYDBG.EQAUOPTS" We would like it to be...
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

remote console access /zVM

remote console access to the end user in IaaS provider use case when there is any issue for them to connect to the VM in regular ways.
3 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

Add visibility when a panel has a syntax error

When a panel has a syntax error, in TLVLOG we see messages KLKDM1* on the first time the panel was called, but that can be hours after the STC started, so it goes undetected. Is there a way to make such errors more visible ? For example, if these ...
7 months ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Ability to determine if any CICS transactions have debug session active

Currently there is no way to query if any CICS transaction have debug sessions active
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

IDZ Sofware Analyzer - Client Batch Mode - Link with z/OS Copybooks

When we work with IDZ in an interactive mode (eclipse UI), we have added property groups for our projects, in order to link cobol copybooks strored on z/OS PDS (especially technical copybooks we don't need in the Workspace : SQL Messages, MQ, ...)...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG) Create new DFDL function to release memory when building or parsing while using DFDL APIs

Create function(s) to release memory following the invocation of DFDL APIs. This would alleviate memory leaks when calling the APIs multiple times.
7 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

IDz v16.0.2 File transfer CR/FL char is not showing while transfer file from Remote system to local

TS015047272: IDz v16.0.2 File transfer CR/FL char is not showing while transfer file from Remote system to local. File contains non-roundtrippable characters tried to transfer from remote system to local should transfer those char as well ex CR fL...
7 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 0 Under review

TWS/OPC scheduler manual load to ADDI without AD Connect

Hi, We have applications on 2 Mainframe LPARs. On one LPAR we have CA7 scheduler while on another LPAR we have OPC scheduler. We do not have AD connect as request for security enhancement on AD connect as per our requirement is pending with IBM si...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

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