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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 29, 2021

Disallow edit/save of PDSE generated members

Add a site-wide option to not allow users to save changes to a non-zero PDSE generation (-1, -2, etc.). Also be able to restrict the SAVE NOGEN option. We need to secure these options and not allow users to change the options. Ideally these options would be available per dataset name.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Mar 11, 2022
    .We have delivered this enhancement request in Data Set Commander 9.1 with ++APAR OA62482 and PTF UJ07837
  • Guest
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    Jan 27, 2022

    Development has created an APAR for this update. If you would like to test this update please contact the support team and request APAR OA62482.

  • Guest
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    Dec 7, 2021

    Thank you for the enhancement request. Therequest has been reviewed by development and we have included this update in our future development plans.