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ISPF

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Make the ISPF TSO Command Function Consistently Across All ISPF Panels

an IBM Case was recently created to describe a problem encountered by RACF administrator, who had recently converted the RACF password pattern to include lower case characters. The problem encountered they discovered was that the ISPF TSO Command ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

Add command to limit find/change/exclude commands to specific vertical range

It is possible to limit both the "width" and "depth" of the ISPF editor F(ind), C(jange) and (e)X(clude) commands, by specifying bounds and labels. Of these two, the bounds ("width") can be set using the "BOUNDS" primary and/or "BNDS" line command...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

in the panel editing: I would like the option of exporting the panel definitions into a text-source format with tools around it to be able to create pannels with ISPF statements. The definition should fit in a functional design, also context sensitive info for the end-user.

shorten the distance between functional design and program
8 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

VIEW should have the same support as BROWSE for working with OPEN data sets

We are using ISPF VIEW to filter events in an open LDAP LOG data set (in use by LDAP) for example.After a certain runtime from LDAP, and using ISPF VIEW to filter messages, VIEW terminates with I/O error during opening the LOG.ISPF BROWSE is getti...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

add details in SWAP LIST panel

The SWAP LIST display shows information about the various ISPF screens that are open. However, the information is cryptic. The SWAP LIST panel should include a scrollable field that includes the title line of the panel (please remove extra blank c...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

ISPF ZSTART functionality expanded

As it is now, ZSTART only works with ISPSTART when having a PANEL() plus a OPT() operator, e g: ISPSTART PANEL(panname) OPT(varname) 1: ZSTART working also in a "SELECT PANEL()..." statement - and/or2: ZSTART with ISPSTART working also with a CMD(...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Be able to configure SCRNAME for common panels instead of using internal names such as ISFPCU4

I can use SWAPBAR to display the sessions I have, but it displays names like ISFPCU4. I can set the screen name using SCRNAME eg SCRNAME SDSF, but I do not want to do this for every session I start. It would be good to be able to get the names se...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

=3.3 Copy Relative Line Numbers

Provide support for ISPF 3.3 Copy (Panel ISRUMC2B) to select relative line numbers, as does with ISPF Copy within Edit (Panel ISRECPY1):Line Numbers (Blank for entire member, sequential data set or z/OS UNIX file) First line . . . . Last line . . ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

ISPCCONF - Add PF Key Definitions

Allow the ISPF Configuration Utility to define all 24 PF-Keys for the site.
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 6 Not under consideration

ISPF STATS Stuck at 01.99

When a PDS/PDSE member VV.MM reaches 01.99, the stats stop incrementing and get stuck at 01.99. When 01.99 is reached can the VV be incremented to 02 and the MM be reset to 00 and continue updating up to the limit of VV.MM, then reset back to 01.0...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration