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Allow script execution from remote emulator in IDZ

Most 3270 emulators allow the execution of scripts and in our case we use it a lot for the execution of automatic tests, it also allows us to enter certain commands to extend the session in HOST, so we really miss having this option that we consid...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 10 Planned for future release

Add new RCE screen resolution 63x162

Currently the RCE screen resolution options do not include an entry for 63X162 as it did for prior versions of the Host emulator in IDz. Please add this resolution to future release of IDz or provide the ability to choose a custom resolution optio...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 4 Planned for future release

HACPEE support on Openshift

We need HACPEE support on Openshift and images available on Openshift catalog
6 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 4 Planned for future release

SSL support for the statistics port in Explorer plugin

CICS/TG v10.1 now allows us to use protocol@statssslapi.parameters but the v3.1.0.1 version of the CTG plugin for z/OS Explorer doesn't support this encrypted communication. I think it would be a good idea to release a new version of the plugin th...
3 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 0 Planned for future release

Builtin function for CMPSC & zEDC (data compression)

In CICS, we're currently heavily relying on compression of data before we write the data to VSAM datasets. This is currently done by a no longer supported ISV software. We think about how to migrate it to a better solution that provides better way...
3 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Better Tooling for MakeTPF loadfiles in TPF Toolkit 4.6

IBM TPF Toolkit 4.2 came with robust support for MakeTPF loadfiles. TPF Toolkit 4.6 has robust support for MakeTPF control files, but the equivalent tooling for loadfiles do not exist.
14 days ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 0 Planned for future release

Restricting access to specific bot commands and command options for specific users and/or globally.

Introduce "read-only" access mode limited to getting system status. Blocking any possibility to perform any task (like stopping resources) which could change system state.
3 months ago in IBM Z ChatOps 2 Planned for future release

Add the work station (&WSID) to message EQQ8006I (job status change message).

This would add additional informational data useful for monitoring and tracking job statistics and durations.
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

new function returning an updated date in pattern p with a given date in pattern p updated by days d

It could work as follows: daysUpdate( x, d, p ) - returning an updated (by d days) date in pattern p given a date x in pattern p and correspondingly secondsUpdate( x, s, p ) which would do the same for a time
2 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Full support of SMF102 data

CDP / ZLDA only supports a limited subset of SMF102 records. At a minimum, IFCID 145 and IFCID 142 are required; ideally all of the fields within SMF102 are needed. The customer has chosen Splunk as a strategic platform for enterprise log analysis...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 2 Planned for future release