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Status Delivered
Categories General TM
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 12, 2018

IMS Catalog with mACB. IMPORT Cmd extension

With the IMPORT DEFN SOURCE(CATALOG) command selective import is not possible. Extend the IMPORT command with an option with the possiblity to specify individual member for the Import. Similar the 'member online change' in a classic ACBLIB environment.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    May 9, 2020

    Hi Wolfgang,

    This enhancement has been delivered via APAR PI83433 / PTF UI65332.
    Please let us know if you have further questions on this enhancement.

    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.
    Sincerely,
    Deepak Kohli - deepakk@us.ibm.com

  • Guest
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    Feb 27, 2019

    Hi Wolfgang,

    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.

    After reviewing this request for enhancement and assessing its potential value, our decision is to add this item to our backlog. Items in our backlog are expected to be delivered within the next 18 months. We reserve the right to re-prioritize our backlog items as new requests come in. This helps ensure that we are constantly focused on providing the best value to all of our clients.


    Have a great day!
    Deepak Kohli – deepakk@us.ibm.com