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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 16, 2014

IMS CATALOG: ACB populate utility should generate generic PCBNAMEs

The initial load into the IMS CATALOG by ACB populate utility should create generic PCBNAMEs for those PSBS don't have any.
Otherwise these PSBs (without label stmt and without any PCBNAMEs for their PCB stmt) can't simply be used and explored by E4D or other clients (thru AIB) .
If the genned PCBNAME is there , it can be edited (E4D) lateron if it doesn't fit well.

This technique is sometimes used by f.i. debugger procs, so here it would help the clients to just start using the PSBs once they are loaded ( populated) .

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Feb 12, 2019

    Hi Henry,
    Thank you for your interest in keeping IMS a vital and successful product. Software development has continuously evolved during IMS's lifetime, and so has IMS itself. We have kept pace with, adopted, and implemented many industry standard best practices within our organization, including Continuous Delivery, Design Thinking, and Agile.

    When choosing new features to add from the list of requirements in our backlog, we assess which will bring the most value to as many clients as possible and prioritize those.

    At this time, after reviewing this request for enhancement and assessing its potential value, we have decided to reject it. We think it’s a great idea but we are rejecting RFE 59216 because we don’t feel we can deliver it within the next 18-24 months which is the goal we have set for RFE deliverables as part of our IMS Gold program. We have added the RFE to our futures roadmap. You are also welcome to resubmit this RFE at a later date.

    We appreciate your input to IMS, and we hope that you will continue to submit ideas for improvements as customer feedback is a key component to shaping the future direction of IMS.
    Thank you.
    Sincerely,
    Deepak Kohli - deepakk@us.ibm.com