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    ISPF: Provide a way to dynamically define a line command table

    With the demise of LMAC due to lack of support there needs to be a way to dynamically define an ISPF Edit/View line command table for the life of the Edit/View session. This would over-ride the global_line_command_table from the ispf config. Alter...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

    Enhance ALL ISPF Member Lists with PDSE Member Generation Support

    Enhance ISPF member lists, however and where ever generated, to include PDSE member generations in a seamless display.
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

    Dual control functionality (4 eyes principle) in RACF

    Since IBM itself endorses that mainframe too is vulnerable to hacking, and setting up various defences is more crucial than ever, we are looking for additional ways to properly protect our mainframe environment from potential misuse of mainframe a...
    9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Future consideration

    zOSMF - Data Set and File Search enhancement for data type

    This new feature is very useful and handy to scroll through large members and files. However, when allocating a new file in USS it should be possible to provide the file format in which the file is allocated like UTF-8 or ASCII. Additionally the c...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Use NEWNAMEunconditional on zOSMF backup of source datasets

    On systems where the HLQ of source datasets only exist on the source system, a catalog error on the target system is encountered when the restore job runs even though RENAMEunconditional is used to rename to a HLQ that exists on the target system....
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Include Current Options on Modify Protection Panel

    When modifying a protected dataset, you have to figure out what the current options are so you don't lose any of the options you are not modifying. Further, there's no way to tell the current email group without searching the VSAM datasets. When d...
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / Change Tracker 0 Future consideration

    Add Additional Arabic Characters to z/OS Unicode 13488 to 420 Conversion

    U+0625 - إ - ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW cannot be translated to CCSID 420. There are no HAMZA BELOW code points or Ligature code points for Alef With Hamza below in the current translation table. Currently, there are normalizations in the...
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Unicode 0 Submitted

    Consistent IFASMFDL behaviour for empty logstreams

    Currently there are two possible outcomes when using IFASMFDL and specifying a time frame where no records can be found in the logstream, depending on whether the logstream has been written to. If there are no records in the specified time frame, ...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

    Enhance DSFS sysout to access all data in an open sysout file

    Currently with SDSF it is possible to view all of the data in an open sysout file. With /dsfs/sysout/.... that same open sysout file is empty. It obviously works when the job step, or job, completes as it is closed *but* when open and active that ...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 4 Future consideration

    SMPE Management Plugin

    It would be useful to add basic SMPE management functions into z/OSMF. Currently, when using Software Update, if there is a problem with the CSI you have to switch to the ISPF Plugin to enter the panel to make appropriate changes to the CSI (such ...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

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