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Allow suppression of messages to JOBLOG in MPFLSTxx PARMLIB members

Currently we have a number of messages which we don't want to suppress but we don't want to be visible in the JOBLOG as they can cause clutter. We stop these messages going to JOBLOG by using an MPF exit and coding the following: OI CTXTERF3,CTXTE...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 0 Future consideration

Highlight/select a range of workflow steps to automate

Today you can right-click on a workflow step and select Perform. If the step is marked as eligible for automation then the user is asked if they would like to run the step automatically (with various options).It would be nice if the user could sel...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow performing of group steps from the list of steps in a group

When a user clicks on a group (parent) branch in a workflow to view the group, the user is presented with a list of steps in the group. The user cannot launch any actions from this.It would be nice if the user could:1. Select to automate all eligi...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Expose DateTool class to Velocity context during workflow step interpretation

The use of Velocity is really nice but it would be nice if the DateTool was exposed to the context so we can perform date/time operations. For example, we would like to grab the current date/time for some of the workflow steps to timestamp when a ...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Make automated/manual behavior consistent when submitting/saving JCL for workflow steps

If a workflow step is marked for automation and has <submitAs> set to JCL and a name in the <saveAsDataset> element then there is different behavior depending upon whether the customer is running the step manually or automated. When ex...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Give better warning when hitting Finish without performing step in workflow

When manually processing a workflow step, the user can hit Finish from the Instructions tab by accident and the step gets marked Complete. While there is text above the instructions, that text is not real "visible" as the customer's focus is on th...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

USS HealthChecks

We are requesting to add USS health checks to Health Checker for z/OS to validate correct USS configuration and also identify best practices. Some items that we would like checked: (1) Validate permission bits for /etc, /dev, /tmp (i.e. ensure tmp...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Where record length is less than 16, or EXCP access method is used, do not encrypt instead of abending with an S213 open error

With the large number of basic format physical sequential datasets in our environment that are legitimatelly less than 16 bytes, or the relatively large number of programs that execute EXCP access method, it is very disruptive to abend the associa...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 0 Future consideration

Enhance Capacity Provisioning Manager to better handle 10 second and lower RMF Intervals

CPOSERV is unable to complete its observation cycle while monitoring multiple systems/sysplexes where some of those sysplex are set with an RMFIII MINTIME of 10 seconds or lower. There is a business requirement to have the RMF MINTIME set at 10 se...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Capacity Provisioning 1 Future consideration

VSAM RLS KSDS to monitor pseudo splits

Bradesco Bank want IBM to add a way to monitor RLS VSAM (KSDS) 'Pseudo Split' occurrences. Customer wants to have a capability that can be used to implement a governance process for this purpose. "Pseudo split" situation is where new records are i...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Future consideration

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