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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 13, 2024

convert more than just the IBM-1047 to UTF-8

We're really interested in DFSMS CDA and have a lot of use cases. However, more code pages need to be added to the CONVERT option. We need to have support for EBCDIC 278 <=> UTF-8.

Idea priority High
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    Nov 19, 2024
    This feature is now available via PTFs for OA65990. Publication updates can be found at: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/DFSMS/CDA/OA65990/OA65990_Publication_Updates.pdf A blog post with other info can be found at: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrew-wilt/2024/11/19/a-game-changing-series-part-6-cloud-data-access-cd?communityKey=3c6c69c1-abde-4ee6-b603-19ef14942e8f