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ISPF

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ISPF pseudo temporary names should be true temporaries

ISPF pseudo data set names used by LMCOPY (and others) rely on the invoker to have a valid ALIAS defined since they default to the PREFIX of the submitter. In the case of a started task that doesn't have an ALIAS defined or update access to the ma...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Regular expression $ matching needs improvement

The string ISPF passes to the regular expression matcher appears to include trailing blanks, even when those trailing blanks are not logically there. ie. the blanks are there as an artifact of the editor (VB datasets) or would not generally be the...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Provide diagnostic aide in ISPF TEST to see VDEFINE definition used for a variable

During development and problem diagnosis, it is discovered that a variable has incorrect content (shorter than expected, typically). ISPF TEST option 3 is used to see the content during the diagnosis effort to isolate the problem. If I could see h...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Allow allocating target data set using attributes of an uncataloged data set

When creating a new data set from contents within an edit session, panel ISRMCALL allows creating a new data set to match the attributes of the data set whose content is being copied.    If the attribute data set is not cataloged, a "Dat...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Let ISPF user select ISRTSO or ISRTSOA Panel

Provide the user with the ability to select which panel to use for TSO commands - either ISRTSO or ISRTSOA rather than forcing this on an installation wide level.
about 12 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

ISRLEMX Needs to handle source and copy concat differently

ISRLEMX has a design flaw. It is possible to have a program name and a macro or copy element by the same name. In our case we have a COBOL program, ABC, which does a copy for ABC. The copybook ABC is NOT another copy of program ABC. However, becau...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

Workplace / Include Additional Qualifiers

REFLIST or own defined lists in Workplace don't have a "Include Additional Qualifiers" option.The problem is good described in PMR70035. see IBM Update2016-06-01 10:23.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Enhance Search-For Utility Panel

Enhance the "Search-For Utility" panel (also "SuperC Compare Utility - New Data Set" panel and any other similar ones) so that Type (like Group) has room to enter more than one value.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

Capability for customizing the ISPVCALL output dataset location.

Customer want to customize the output volume (UNIT) for the ISPF trace ISPVCALL. The output dataset is 'userid.ISPVCALL.TRACE'. <present behavior>module ISPVCALL tries to allocate trace dataset with hardcoded unitnames SYSALLDA and then SYSD...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

Workplace - to Include Additional Qualifiers

Workplace. Define a new DSLIST or add to existing list the choice "Include Additional Qualifiers" which is connected to this list!
over 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Not under consideration

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