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QMF for z/OS

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Superfluous DB2 GRANTs for customers using DB2/RACF security exit RFE 55601

Since the advent of the DB2/RACF security exit, IBM has not modified QMF (& other DB2 related products, as well as DB2 ) installation to allow user NOT to do DB2 GRANT statements.
over 9 years ago in QMF for z/OS 1 Delivered

FL505 REBIND phase-in for packages extended to include BIND Package ACTION(REPLACE)

Rebind phase-in is already useful. We have use cases typically for HOLD actions for 3rd party tools that tend to BIND Package ACTION(REPLACE) rather than REBIND existing packages. So we still have to find a quiet time, e.g. for QMF Binds Like the ...
almost 2 years ago in QMF for z/OS 5 Delivered

Simplify the Scheduled Task to a right click menu (12.2.0.4)

In order to create a Scheduled Task, it requires 11 to 25 or more actions, clicking buttons and entering credentials etc.
over 4 years ago in QMF for z/OS 1 Delivered

Insert function for Table Editor

Currently in the Table Editor you can right-click on a row to edit or delete but not to insert. To insert you have to go to the Results pulldown menu.
almost 5 years ago in QMF for z/OS 7 Delivered

Set APPLICATION_NAME and CLIENT_APPLNAME property on QMF tool level to easily identify QMF tool database connection

I have downloaded fresh new version of QMF for Workstation v13.1 on Windows 10. This issue is also present in previous versions, so not a regression on latest version. 1. Start QMF tool. 2. Connect to any Db2 database. I have connected to Db2 v11....
about 1 year ago in QMF for z/OS 1 Delivered

Add support for Snowflake

Currently Snowflake has about 16% of the market share for cloud databases. Two or three customers have requested support for it.
about 2 years ago in QMF for z/OS 0 Delivered

Implement the access to Cloudant in QMF

Implement the access to Cloudant in QMF that was previously available in DataQuant. All Cloudant customers will benefit from this whether they have the z/OS or multiplatform version of QMF.
almost 3 years ago in QMF for z/OS 1 Delivered

QMF Websphere - provide Content Assist functionality in other browsers (12.2.0.4)

Content Assist functionality works only on Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Many users use Google Chrome and / or Mozilla Firefox.
over 3 years ago in QMF for z/OS 0 Delivered

Allow Secondary ids to be used with the QMF Governor RFE 34073

Oftentimes, you want to restrict or limit users of a particular application or users in a particular section so they cannot excessively use computer resources through QMF. Currently, the QMF governor can restrict access, but each userid must be en...
almost 11 years ago in QMF for z/OS 1 Delivered

QMF should provide enhanced error messages in case of Proc failure

This is required for debugging the procs for any failures. QMF object causing the failure along with line number should be included in the error message .
over 1 year ago in QMF for z/OS 1 Delivered