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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories z/OSMF
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 8, 2024

RELATED IDEAS

Support X-IBM-Dsname-Encoding header when listing data sets and data set members

Some mainframe developers may use a different encoding when entering the name for a new data set or data set member. However, it seems that z/OSMF converts these names behind the scenes to use the IBM-1047 encoding, so characters in the name are converted to IBM-1047 before the data set name is assigned. While this makes sense, users might try to list the data set or its members with the name they provided, rather than the assigned name of the data set.

Since the X-IBM-Dsname-Encoding header isn't used for both the "list data sets" and "list data set members" endpoints, the data set names are interpreted as-is for the API request.

For example: When a user with the codepage IBM-285 searches for a data set with the £ symbol, the matching data set is not returned since it does not actually contain that character in the "IBM-1047"-encoded name. But, this header is respected for uploading and downloading contents of a data set. For those endpoints, if you specify the same data set name with the X-IBM-Dsname-Encoding header set to 285, it will convert the data set name from IBM-285 to IBM-1047 before performing the operation - thus resulting in a successful request. This same behavior is expected when listing data sets or data set members.

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