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z/OSMF

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Make the use of base64-password encoding in z/OSMF workflow REST-API step type optional (or remove it)

Currently, in the REST-API step type of a z/OSMF workflow, you can only provide a password for authentification to a REST-API when the password is base64-encoded. This is a bit bulky, for example when using this step with variables for substitutio...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Default Jobcard

Allow customer to supply default jobcard within z/OSMF.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF: Make IZUG.log messages eligible to be sent to the operlog by parmlib member

z/OSMF messages (of all types; informational, warning, error, severe) are currently all writen to the IZUG0.log in its own unix directory /global/var/zosmf/data/logs/.z/OSMF currently does not issue any messages to the syslog/operlog. (with a few ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF file transmission delay

When uploading or downloading a large file it seems like nothing happens, but eventually the screen will pop up. Just an immediate confirmation that file transfer has started and then when completed or stopped would suffice.
12 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF Job Output More Fields

Ability to display, sort, or filter job output based system or start time/date. Currently, only JOBNAME, Job ID, Status, Owner, Max-CC and Type are options.
12 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow for no accounting information in z/OSMF

Hello, We are requesting for it to be possible to use z/OSMF functions (e.g. rest api's) without the need to define accounting info.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF - ISPF app, option to choose background color and/or a z/OSMF 3270 Terminal like Zowe Desktop has.

z/OSMF - For the ISPF app, having the option to choose a background color would be great. Specifically to doctor the ISPF app to resemble a 3270 emulator default color scheme. The white background the apps in z/OSMF tends to strain eyes after awhi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Add a Plugin to Execute Scripts (Python, Shell) from z/OSMF Desktop Interface

When using z/OSMF as a management tool, through the Desktop interface, there is currently no way to access Unix System Services (USS) outside of using the ISPF Plugin. When editing a shell script or Python script, I have to swap between z/OSMF and...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF notifications should support the use of HTTP - Proxy

We get the following error, when we try to use the z/OSMF - notifications - service: The connection to the host "https://ibm-zevent.mybluemix.net/messages" failed in push service "IBM Bluemix" . In our production environment it is not possible for...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Not under consideration

Please add NJE routing to z/OSMF Job Submission

I am opening this on behalf of a customer (see business justification). The customer runs 5-10 z/OS instances in a sysplex but they run as many as 4 JES2 MAS's within a single sysplex. In order for z/OSMF to route jobs to a system today it uses SY...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

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