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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories ISPF
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 16, 2015

Capability for customizing the ISPVCALL output dataset location.

Customer want to customize the output volume (UNIT) for the ISPF trace ISPVCALL. The output dataset is 'userid.ISPVCALL.TRACE'.

<present behavior>
module ISPVCALL tries to allocate trace dataset with hardcoded unitnames SYSALLDA and then SYSDA, not the PDF_DEFAULT_UNIT.

<our expectation>
If the module ISPVCALL can retrieve a value specified in 'PDF_DEFAULT_UNIT', it use the value. And if not, it will use a SYSALLDA or SYSDA as usual. For expamle, if the user specify 'WORK' in PDF_DEFAULT_UNIT and it can be loaded by ISPVCALL, the 'userid.ISPVCALL.TRACE' will be allocated in the volume whose EDT is WORK.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Apr 21, 2023
    This item is unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into product plan.
  • Guest
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    Nov 2, 2020

    This item is not in our plans but is being kept in our backlog.

  • Guest
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    Oct 15, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - ISPF

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - ISPF
    Component - ISPF

  • Guest
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    Mar 17, 2015

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #68022 in product ISPF.