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ISPF

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Sorting file/directory names in ISPF UDLIST using case in sensitivity should be configured with a site wide default using ISPCCONF

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about 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Externalize the ISPF 3.4 FREE option

ISPF 3.4 (DSLIT) provides a FREE dataset selection option that will release unused space. Please provide an external interface via an ISPF Service that will accomplish this so that it can be used programatically.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

Provide RECLEN parameter for ISPF Service 'VIEW'

The ISPF services EDIT and BROWSE offer an option to display a z/OS UNIX file with a specific LRECL via the RECLEN parameter.Unfortunately this option is missing for the VIEW service. For the VIEW interface service (VIIF), however, there is this p...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Legacy ISPF Gateway honors CGI_ISP* over _CMDSERV_*_HOME (or that the ship ISPXZENV to delete _CMDSERV_*_HOME).

Allow for flexibility of application developer to set CGI_ISPCONF and CGI_ISPWORK variables in their Groovy build scripts.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Please Support SQL (Db2) highlighting in ISPF Editor

As a DBA i use a lot of SQL's and it would be very nice to have an SQL highlighting in ISPF Editor - this also helps to detect misspelling errors.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Planned for future release

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...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

ISPF Enhanced PANEL Edit highlighting

The ISPF editor should be enhanced to support enhanced highlighting for the ISPF PANEL language. ISPF PANEL highlighting is very sparse, not highlighting over 170 keywords used by the PANEL language. PANEL developers on z/OS will experience signif...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Planned for future release

Add ALPHANUM Keyword to ISPF Panel VER Statement

There are edit checks for ALPHA and NUM, but not ALPHANUM. We have the need to validate fields that should only contain A-Z,0-9. We have to do this programmatically now. A panel edit check is much easier and much less coding to do.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

ISPF Edit highlighting for R

The ISPF editor should be enhanced to support highlighting for the R language.
about 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Planned for future release

Enhance TBDISPL to enable Panel REXX Access to the Table

Enhance the TBDISPL service so that the table data on the ISPF Panel is accessible, and modifiable, using Panel REXX. This would eliminate the need for dynamic panels/table in over 50% (perhaps 90%+) of the use cases.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration