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BPXN004I msg should be "E"

BPXN004I error condition is much more than an information msg and this condition can cause sysplex wide uss issues
over 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

IEFC001I Should include the nested level in it

Currently the IEFC001I messages looks like this IEFC001I PROCEDURE MYPROC WAS EXPANDED USING SYSTEM LIBRARY SYS1.PROCLIB
over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Z/OS Unix OCOPY

Update OCOPY to correct abend S213-15 (IEC143I) if DSNTYPE=LARGE and SMS BLOCKTOKENSIZE is REQUIREd.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 4 Future consideration

Add INBOUND or OUTBOUND indicator in SERVAUTH Class NETACCESS Profile SMF Records

For SERVAUTH class NETACCESS profiles, please include information on whether the check was INBOUND or OUTBOUND in the LOGSTRING if possible.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Simple nested JSON index navigating

It would be nice to locate an entry nested within JSON by passing a string qualifying steps to get to it. For example for JSON: {"name": "My Object", "history":[ {"type":"Edit", "user":{"uid":123, "name":"Steve"}, "time":"2023-09-22T08:25:43.5...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

64-bit Web Enablement Toolkit

Support being called from a 64-bit LE environment. Would need this for both HTTP enabler and JSON parser.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Way to extract sub-object of parsed JSON

We'd like a way to parse a large JSON file but then extract the JSON for a given entry handle. So like HWTJGVAL but works for an object and turns the address and length of the JSON representing that object. For example, for the sample JSON: {"name...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

IODF IPL attributes usage visible to HMC and HCD

Especially with new machines and newcomers, the idea for having this visible when used would create less confusion about whether they are active. You already have this display on image profile LOAD section, so why not to use it also on SE and HMC ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Planned for future release

GDKUTIL enhancement

GDKUTIL is an utility program to upload/download between MVS datasets and S3 cloud object storage. It seems that right now the data encryption is solely relying on S3 server side encryption. Another security best practice is to enable client side ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Future consideration

Ability to remove lines from drop down lists in ZOSMF.

Drop down lists, for instance when starting the <<workflow editor>> or <<Create Workflow>> functions, saves the last used definition filenames and workflow variable input filenames. That is very convenient, but there is no ...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration