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Provide a way for applications to authenticate through an HTTP/HTTPS proxy within zOSMF

In order to use a one of two functions within zOSMF which need internet access, our network is configured to pass through a filtering proxy service. This service both tracks pages we access and validates that we are allowed to access the page we'r...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

We are requesting that 3 workflow properties be made into workflow internal workflows

We would like to have the following workflow properties be made obtainable through workflow internal variables. The properties are: 1) WorkflowVersion2) containsParallelSteps3) A property that can be used to obtain the source of the worklflow defi...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

The background color can't be changed on z/OSMF WebISPF.

The background color can't be changed on z/OSMF WebISPF, it should be useful it's color can be changed to black so one can work efficiently as traditional ISPF
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Workflow Editor Should Support Longer Step Description

We create rich-text descriptions for our workflow steps. They look great when displayed by the z/OSMF Workflow task. Unfortunately, it is currently impossible to make minor text corrections using the workflow editor as it supports only very short ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF console plugin showing locked status in console tab

If lock is pressed for the console. The locked status is only displayed at the overview tab but we would need such an information in the console tab preventing a timeout situation.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

IZUPRMxx AUTOSTART function description is incomplete

The V2R3 z/OSMF Documentation describing the IZUPRMxx member in SYS1.PARMLIB ought to follow the same layout conventions found in the MVS Initialization Reference publication. It is also unclear from the documentation what the default behavior is ...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

Ability to remove lines from drop down lists in ZOSMF.

Drop down lists, for instance when starting the <<workflow editor>> or <<Create Workflow>> functions, saves the last used definition filenames and workflow variable input filenames. That is very convenient, but there is no ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Management of Runtime Libraries

I want to be able to track a manage runtime environments of deployed software. I have one set of runtime libraries in sysplex.But I have multiple running instances using shared runtime libraries. For example one instance per system image in sysple...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

z/OS console services - solKeyReg -> sol-key-detected:false -> fail the workflow step

In z/OSMF workflow REST API step, it's very inconvenient to check the response to API request and possibly fail the workflow step. Eg.: <requestBody substitution="true">{"cmd":"S BLABLA","system":"${_workflow-systemName}","sol-key": "^(?![\\...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow the order of variables in Workflow Editor to be rearranged

Variables defined in the Workflow Editor are arranged in order when they were created. The order is not particularly interesting per se. However, when exposing workflows to an external page. (By means, for example a portal), and want to dynamicall...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration