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Support %Rx commands in Eclipse

The %Rx command which is available in ISPF is not supported in the Eclipse dialog.
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support command file in Eclipse

The ISPF dialog supports command files for recurring debugging problems. This is not available in the Eclipse dialog.We have a team of developers who quite often have to prepare a debugging session in the same way (e.g. intercept a specific subtas...
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Initial READ-Intent for a PCB until a DLI GET-HOLD call or ISRT call is issued

All PCBs in a PSB should have an initial Read-Intent regardless which PROCOPT is coded. If an Update-Intent is coded for a PCB it only should become active when the first GET-HOLD call or ISRT call is issued against that PCB. This will cause fewer...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 0 Not under consideration

Display full graph with steps, programs and data sets in a batch job.

For visualizing the JCL of a batch job we can now choose between these Mainframe Graphs in AD: - 'Job Flow', which lists the steps within the job, but not the programs.- 'Job Callgraph', which shows the different programs being called, but does no...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

LPEX editor should hilight debug lines depending on setting

Similar to the COBOL editor, LPEX should highlight debug lines (lines with 'D' in column 7) depending on the existence of the 'With Debugging Mode' phrase of Source Computer command.COBOL editor highlights these as active code or as comment lines,...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

ODP need support OMEGAMON for z/OS v5.5

Many mainframe customer is still using OMEGAMON for z/OS v5.5 and want to use ODP to stream Omegamon agent data to Elastic for dashboard and analytics purpose.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON Integration Monitor 0 Not under consideration

Ability to account the CPU consumption for RLS access after migration to threadsafe.

After the programs were migrated to threadsafe, the CPU usage by the accesses to the RLS were removed from the SMF110 field, RLSCPUT (now is zero) and were added to the USRCPUT field, making the customer not able to know how much CPU time was cons...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IMS Support for VSAM Linear database Buffer pools 64 bit addressable

Support for VSAM LINEAR datasets for IMS databases was delivered for the enhancement for databases dataset encryption in 2020. The buffer pools for VSAM LINEAR datasets are still treated like OSAM buffer pools with 31 bit addressability. Anthem ha...
about 3 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Enhance the sum() builtin function and add two siblings

The SUM builtin function is a very useful feature of PL/I. However, unlike many other builtin functions it does not accept structures as argument.
over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Lifting File Structure Limitations

For I/O usability enhancement i suggest to allow lazy file definitions.In COBOL it is always a problem to read files which differs in file description between program code and file system.Example: FD INFILE RECORDING F.01 INRECORD PIC X(80).When t...
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration