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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories ISPF
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 21, 2015

RELATED IDEAS

ISR@PRIM - Session - Add OS Level

Add 'OS Level' when a user displays 'Session' information from the ISPF Menu (ISR@PRIM).

With z/OS 2.1 and above, IBM has introduced/defined a new system symbolic to display the Operating System Level (&OSLEVEL)

For example:

Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help
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SDV22 ISPF Primary Option Menu
Option ===>
More: +
0 Settings Terminal and user parameters User ID . : R2221
1 View Display source data or listings Time. . . : 11:48
2 Edit Create or change source data Terminal. : 3278
3 Utilities Perform utility functions Screen. . : 1
4 Foreground Interactive language processing Language. : ENGLISH
5 Batch Submit job for language processing Appl ID . : ISR
6 Command Enter TSO or Workstation commands TSO logon : IKJTSO01
7 Dialog Test Perform dialog testing TSO prefix: R2221
10 SCLM SW Configuration Library Manager System ID : SDV22
11 Workplace ISPF Object/Action Workplace MVS acct. : TSOPRD
D Developer Developers Workbench Release . : ISPF 7.1
E Ezyedit ISPF Productivity Facility OS Level : 02.01.00
S System System Support Software
SD SDSF System Display and Search Facility
U1 User1 Personal or Team Software (1)
U2 User2 Personal or Team Software (2)

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Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 28, 2024
    This item is unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into product plan.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 1, 2018

    You can already do this with User Status.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     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
    Reply
    |     Sep 22, 2015

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #77283 in product ISPF.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 22, 2015

    If implemented, suggest changing 'Release' located in the 'Session Status' to 'ISPF Level : 7.1', currently it says 'Release : ISPF 7.1'...

    One more comment... TSO users are more concerned about what z/OS version we are on, not ISPF release...

    Hope this helps.

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