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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 30, 2019

Large PIC9 fields not managed by z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit

The int type in Java can be used to represent any whole number from -2147483648 to 2147483647.
Invocation of APIs fails when API is created using z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit from COPY vith big PIC9 fields.
Swagger must be manually updated inserting
"format int64" statement.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Mar 23, 2022

    This requirement is addressed by z/OS Connect V3.0.55 / APAR PH43628: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH43628
    For further details refer to the “ Developing APIs with the z/OS Connect Designer” topic in the z/OS Connect OpenAPI 3 Documentation:
    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zosconn/zos-connect/3.0?topic=developing-apis-zos-connect-designer

  • Guest
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    Jan 23, 2020

    Hi

    We have encoutered this problem in JSON of service WEB and also in the generated swagger . So I Vote for them also