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Auto Load Callable Workflow Steps

We have callable workflow steps defined in a workflow, and when the step executes, it brings up the Create a Callable Workflow dialog screens even though all of the information is already populated.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Update Security Configuration Assistant Plug-In to allow ability to permanently ignore some failures.

If a particular failure will never be changed, this would allow for a "clean" report. This would allow administrators to focus on important failures. A method should also be supplied to examine all excluded failures in case the situation changes.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Cut&Paste accross zOSMF instances

To use portions of service definitions (SD) in another SD I can use cut&paste, for example: copy classification groups and paste it at other place. BUT this is NOT possible from another sysplex because I've to open another instance of zOSMF in...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 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.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Enable editorCompare for uncataloged data sets

Applications wishing to exploit the editorCompare function can only do so for cataloged data sets, as there is currently no way to specify a volume. The editorWithPath function allows for a volser specification, so ideally editorCompare would supp...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Support for generated jobs

We need a simple way of execution of JCL, REXX or shell script that were generated in a previous step of a provisioning workflow.Provisioning XML, that is part of a cloud provisioning template consists of two steps1. Step – generate a JCL by an ex...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 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.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

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...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Incident Log should support OEM FTP

Customer is running OEM FTP software and want to use this with'Z/OSMF Incident Log',editing the JCL before is not an option for the customer.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 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 ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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