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z/OSMF

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z/OSMF Console view

When using z/OSMF console UI interface it is impossible to switch to the OPERLOG view when messages are arriving into the CONSOLE view. To be able to switch to the OPERLOG view we need to LOCK the console - back-out of the view /select console / a...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

ZOSMF submitting jobs should also be controlled by surrogat class

The started task of z/OSMF can submit jobs without being checked on having a permit on a profile in the surrogat class.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Allow software instances to have more than one workflow file

Even IBM written workflow (e.g. zCX) do have multiple files to have a separation between the workflow itself and the JCL or REXX templates. Like that, the workflow is much more maintainable compared to using inline templates. However when creating...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 5 Not under consideration

Underlying reason for save failure is written to the log but not displayed to the user

When saving a file/member for a workflow step (such as saving JCL for a workflow step), the underlying error is hidden from the user. The user must go to IZUG0.log to find the underlying reason. It would be good if the error dialog presented to th...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Support for (resolvable) variable to be transferred to Called Workflow

Within a Callable Step, the option exists to "Transfer variable values from this workflow to the called workflow". Currently, only variables labels that already have been established in a earlier step are able to be passed over to the called workf...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF supplied ftp profiles need to be GDPR compliant

z/OSMF supplied ftp profiles can't be modified to require passwords (per GDPR compliance) and can't be removed. They are useless now and confusing, as they can't be removed and can't be modified.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 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 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.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF REST API for RMF III support

New set of RESTful APIs for z/OSMF supporting RMF monitoring services is needed. Using these new set of APIs, a customer/enterprise can acquire current set of data for CPU utilization, job response time etc.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Stack affinity

When using z/OSMF to send diagnostic data we are not able to specify an IP-stack for the FTP send process.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

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