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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS Explorer
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 8, 2024

Autoconnect preference by remote system

In Windows - Preferences - Remote Systems, the "Connect automatically on startup" property would be useful if we could choose which remote system we want to auto-connect, not all connections.

It is useful to avoid logging into ALL connections in case we have any of them, and it is also useful for better p2c management.

Idea priority High
  • Admin
    Karan Patel
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    Jun 14, 2024

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Although this is a valid request, there is an existing way to address this idea. It does require a few more steps, but does not limit or block functionality. Therefore, it would not be a high priority to implement in a timely manner. If this suggestion remains, please resubmit in 12 to 18 months for reconsideration. Again, thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
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    May 9, 2024

    Thanks Karan for your answer.

    We already use this "Re-open Remote Systems view to previous state" option, and also the "Automatically connect on startup" option because we want the users to always connect to the RemoteSystem where we have configured the P2C, which is not always going to be the last one they had open.

    But the "Automatically connect on startup" forces to connect to ALL remote systems.

    So I think that until the option "Automatically connect on startup" does not allow to choose which RemoteSystem to automate the autoconnection, these two options do not fit properly.

  • Admin
    Karan Patel
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    May 8, 2024

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us.

    We currently have an existing option to open Remote Systems view to previous state under Preferences > Remote Systems > "Re-open Remote Systems view to previous state". This preference ensures that whatever connections were expanded before are expanded and connected, if needed. Would this be adequate for this idea/RFE?

    Thank you for your suggestion and continued support and we would like to hear back from you soon.