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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 20, 2026

Provide keyword support to suppress generation of TITLES and LEGEND when running ISMF in batch

When running batch ISMF/NAVIQUEST using ACBJBAOB, would like to have keyword support to be able to suppress the generation of TITLES and/or LEGEND in the output (especially when sending the report to a file) which is then subsequently used as input for additional processing in a subsequent step(s). 

As a workaround an ICETOOL step had to be created to do the following - 

//REPORT   EXEC PGM=ICETOOL                                       
//TOOLMSG  DD SYSOUT=*                                            
//DFSMSG   DD SYSOUT=*                                            
//IN1      DD DISP=SHR,DSN=user.DASDVOL.REPORT                   
//OUT1     DD DISP=(,DELETE),DSN=&&OUT1,SPACE=(CYL,(5,5)),        
//            DCB=user.DASDVOL.REPORT                            
//OUT2     DD SYSOUT=*                                            
//TOOLIN   DD *                                                   
SUBSET FROM(IN1) TO(OUT1) REMOVE OUTPUT LAST(35)                 
COPY   FROM(OUT1) TO(OUT2) USING(CTL1)                           
/*                                                                
//CTL1CNTL DD *                                                   
OMIT COND=(3,1,EQ,C' ',OR,3,6,EQ,C'VOLSER',OR,3,6,EQ,C'------'), 
     FORMAT=CH      

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It would be better to be able to have keywords like TITLE/NOTITLE and/or LEGEND/NOLOGEND being supported in ISMF/NAVIQUEST                                           

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Feb 9, 2026
    This request will not be delivered within the release currently under development, but the theme is aligned with our multi-year strategy. IBM is soliciting RFE Community feedback for this request through activities such as voting. IBM will update this request in the future.