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Enhance ISPF Workplace to natively accept USS paths

ISPF Workplace allows you to perform all varieties of interaction with datasets from a single place. It does not natively support USS path names, assuming instead that any path entered is for the Workstation, via the Workstation Agent. Enhance the...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

ISPCFIGU - allow user line command table which adds line commands to site line command table

RFE 42654 requested a System wide line command table to be implemented in ISPCFIGU which was implemented in z/OS 2.2. This enables a system programmer to provide system wide edit line commands. But when a user wants to enhance the system line comm...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

ISPF SRCHFOR function fails to notify the user when additition hidden options are in place

When using SRCHFOR on the ISPF Command line in option 3.4, it will sometimes not find the string even though it does exist in the list. This can occur when there are other options specified that are not seen by the user unless they enter SRCHFOR (...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

EDIT-Profile resets CAPS OFF/NUMBER OFF even if PROFILE is LOCKed

ISPF EditorWhen opening an existing Member, LOCKed Profiles with CAPS OFF are temporary changed to CAPS ON if there are no lowercase Characters in file.The same is for NUMBER OFF, it is temporary changed to NUMBER ON STD when Number in the rightmo...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Future consideration

ISPF Edit access to Edit Info/Msg/Note records

Using ISPF Edit one can access all standard records but the Info/Msg/Note records are currently hidden to the Edit macro. Having access would provide additional capabilities to exploit these messages.
over 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.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

SRCHFOR cmd within ISRDDN ( DDLIST ) utility

It seems to me that SRCHFOR cmd within ISRDDN utility could be helpful.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Future consideration

Enhance ISPF Table Services with TBHIDE and TBFLIP capability

When developing an ISPF application using tables the ability to filter the table display can significantly improve the user experience. To filter today requires that rows be deleted to remove them from the display and then added back when the filt...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

ISPF DSLIST SRCHFOR Results Selection Enhancement

The current results of the SRCHFOR and MEM within DSLIST (ISPF 3.4) present an indication of which datasets the results were found but there is no way to then select (browse/edit/view/...) the dataset with just the results. There needs to be a way...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

ISPF Allocation Functions should allow more xBYTE sizes

I have an open RFE to get additional size specifications in JCL and IDCAMS. This is to have ISPF Panels to provide the same size entries Currently panels like 3.2 DataSet Utility allow for Bytes, KiloBytes and MegaBytes I would like to see the add...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration