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Allow site specific customization of default repo_db name IBMTMSDB and schema of IBMTMS

All customer sites have certain naming conventions that we have to adhere to and with hardcoding database and schemas it makes it problematic to integrate smoothly into the site.
about 1 month ago in Db2 Query Workload Tuner for z/OS 0 Submitted

Enhance the Gateway Java API to include the ability to get and use a database connection in user exits

Publish a supported Java API that a customer implemented Gateway User Exits can get a database connection from. The database connection should be based upon the same database credentials as what the Gateway uses. The database connection should be ...
about 1 month ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Common Services 2 Submitted

Certain items that fail the modulus check do not trigger an error.

FROM TS007184858 When a modulus 11 routine is applied to checks for fields 3 (account) and 7 (aux-on-us) . If the modulus routine results in the check digit of a 10, it is represented by a dash in the MICR field. For certain items that have a nume...
about 2 months ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Common Services 0 Submitted

Would like Business rules to not allow a second click of the activate button or a flag be set that activation has started and not allow other attempts to activate again until it is complete.

A release was accidently activated twice within 2 minutes, while Business Rules was tied up, it kept inbound files from processing. This caused files to go into error in inbound physical transmissions. Files were able to be successfully restarted ...
6 months ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Common Services 0 Under review

Accept and generate RACF Identity Tokens for authentication

If QWT and SQL Tuning Services could generate RACF Identity Tokens (IDT), then the generated token could be used with other z/OS components that support RACF IDTs such as Db2 for z/OS. This would benefit remotely pipelines that want to use protect...
11 months ago in Db2 Query Workload Tuner for z/OS 0 Under review

TThis is SUPPOSED to be for z WORKLOAD SCHEDULER. I will open a new IDEA -- this zQUERY idea can be ignoredHCENeed to be able to customize TdwcGlobalSettings within the zconnector, for example, to increase the value for zosHttpTimeout to avoid timeout issues with RESTAPI calls

Having the timeout at 30,000 milliseconds (30 seconds) is causing difficulties for implementing RESTAPI. It seems to be possible to increase the timeout limit with: <?xml version="1.0"?> <tdwc> <settings> <http> <propert...
4 months ago in Db2 Query Workload Tuner for z/OS 0 Submitted

Create QWT API or script to input SQLs and return recommendations reports file

This product working depends on personal act to access DSM or Data Studio to select type of input, set the filter, execute the job analysis and receive recommendations report, so we'd like do that by external input like a job, script or QWT API.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Query Workload Tuner for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Allow hotfixes to be deployed to FTM via using init containers without relying on persistent storage

Allow hotfixes to be deployed to FTM via using init containers without relying on persistent storage, it we'd like to be able to populate a /shared/gateway-server/hotfix and have it picked up during pod start time.
9 months ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Common Services 1 Not under consideration

QWT: Incorporate the same unit and costs as SQL/PA

We want QWT to incorporate the same unit and costs as SQL/PA (same QUNIT costs and dollar equivalent costs). We use these costs to compare expected performance of a query across the 30 production regions we manage. our management is always looking...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 Query Workload Tuner for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Component Name missing in Log Details pages

The Log Details page in the UI System Logs for Distribution messages does not contain the Component Name. This makes it more difficult to research issues. also missing from other components.
10 months ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Common Services 0 Under review