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    z/OSMF rest service - Allow user specified delimiters while retrieving a specific range of data using X-IBM-Record-Range

    We are trying to retrieve certain number of records from UNIX file which is in EBCDIC format using the below z/OSMF API using X-IBM-Record-Range as 0-100. But the API seem to retrieve all records in-spite of the set limit using X-IBM-Record-Range....
    almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    z/OSMF REST API steps should allow multiple return codes as "expected"

    zOSMF workflows will not be 100% complete when there is a Failed step. A workflow becoming "complete" is very important when using callable workflows. Values generated for instance variables in the called workflow will not be updated in the callin...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    z/OSMF REST Services - Add ability to send the client certificate via a HTTP header to z/OSMF

    The z/OSMF API functionality is for applications to work with system resources and to extract system data. The authentication can only be checked through a certificate (send with the usual http header) or username + password. The authentication po...
    almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Validate z/OSMF workflow File template contents only at runtime and not definition time

    The "File template" in a z/OSMF workflow does check for existence of the respective file or Dataset and fails to save / open the workflow if, for example, the dataset is not available. This works as designed and is documented as such.
    almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    An easy to use pre-installation CFSizer

    This is a really old request for having an easy to use pre-installation CFSizer. I'm sure others have made the same request. A search in RFE reveils sort of same requests - but for whatever reason, I'm not allowed to see the full request.
    almost 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

    Installation default jobcard

    Currently Workflow default job card and the REST Jobs API requests can only be changed by individual users. We need the ability to change the current default jobcard for all users. For example, currently the default MSGCLASS is 0 we would like to ...
    about 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    z/OSMF REST Services - Add ability to convert EBCDIC to ASCII without adding NEWLINE characters

    Add ability to convert EBCDIC to ASCII without adding NEWLINE characters, as a way to indicate that we have files that already contain the NEWLINE characters so that no additional NEWLINE characters get added.
    about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Add GIT functionality when using "dataset and file search"

    It would be very handy if a GIT plugin would be available to perform GIT functions on USS files. In our shop we use GIT for version control for some of our configuration files. We now use other interfaces to issue the GIT commands but it would be ...
    about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Increase timeout value when starting a CEA address space

    When the following error is received it means that z/OSMF has timed out when it is waiting for a CEA address space to start SEVERE:Failed to create TSO AS with TsoController.startTsoWithCmd(). retryCount=5, isReady=false isPrompt=false, TSO data: ...
    about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    drivining z/OSMF REST API from uss without credentials

    I want to be to invoke z/OSMF REST API while I'm logged in uss without providing credentials that I have passed when I logged to uss.
    over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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