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Status: DeliveredDelivered in ZMF 8.2 Patch 2.Add "CC" command to stage panels cmnstg01/cmnstg14/cmnstg24 to allow quick entry to compare to baseline version of code  Adding CC compare option will allow users to quiclkly compare staged code to baseline code without having to leave staging   ex: CMNSTG01                  STAGE: CCHM003263 Components         Row 1 to 5 of 5                                                                                   Name             + Type Status   Changed         Procname User     Request  cc CMNSTG04           PNL  ACTIVE   20160208 174710          JBREX00              RLSEAUD            SKL  ACTIVE   20160208 132642          JBREX00              SCMRLSDF           SKL  ACTIVE   20160208 132311          JBREX00              SCMRLSDL           SKL  ACTIVE   20160208 132508          JBREX00              ADPAUD01           SRC  INCOMP   20160208 120439 CMNCOB2  JBREX00  CANCEL   ******************************* Bottom of data ***************

Status: DeliveredIncluded in ZMF 8.3There are several useability issues when invoking Merge+Reconcile from the Version Control Panel (CMNSIDV1) after selecting the versions you wish to merge.There are several useability issues when invoking Merge+Reconcile from the Version Control Panel (CMNSIDV1) after selecting the versions you wish to merge. 1) After selecting the versions and pressing Enter you go to Panel SER@PRIM then have to select M and go to panel SER@MAIN then have to select 1 and go to Panel SERCDFCM.  The Enhancement is: After making the version selections on Panel CMNSIDV1 and pressing Enter, you should automatically go to Panel SERCDFCM. 2) Once on Panel SERCDFCM you have to fill in the CMN Export Package and Libtype fields.  The Enhancement is: These 2 fields should be automatically filled in just as other fields are automatically populated.  The values for these fields are already known to ZMF and even displayed on the original Panel CMNSIDV1. 3) When Selecting 6 Export

Next Wednesday and Thursday (September 22 & 23) is the Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Summit, and our own @Tatiana Balaburkina and @Vladimir Kudriakov are presenting! If you're attending don't miss their session, but if you are not we are offering free tickets ($50 value).​​ Now here's the catch: we have at least 10 tickets but in order to receive one we need you to reply to this thread and tell us how you are using open-source tools on the mainframe.What do we want to know? As much as you want to share. At a minimum tell us: What operating system you use the Rocket open source tools on Which tools you are using, and What processes/activities have you enabled. If you are still experimenting tell us how far you've gotten and where you want to get to (maybe we can help) Bonus points for sharing how this solution is benefitting your organization It's that easy. We'll send you a promo code that can be immediately be used for registration.  ------------------------------Dave AndrewsH

Status: DeclinedHi Ron, We had looked at this sometime back, but we looked at this again as it's a good idea for all the reasons you mentioned. However, after looking at this in greater detail it would require too much code rewrite to do this correctly. Its just not something we can consider at this time. Requirements have come-up over time, where e-mail notifications would be helpful when various aspects of the ChangeMan ZMF software lifecycle occur.  Right now, it requires a ChangeMan ZMF administrator to gather requirements to determine when and where e-mail notifications may be done, and then get them set up (usually with customizations).  They can be set up in batch processes, the CMN$$NTF skeleton used for approval notification, and also using the USER SERVICE NOTIFY XML service (which can be used in HLLX programs and elsewhere). Looking at other products, like GitHub, they allow user-level e-mail notification configuration.  So, a user can choose wh

Status: DeliveredIncluded in ZMF 8.3HiIn the CMN plugin patch4 version, the promotion library listing doesn't show up fields  'syslib-exclusion' and the 'cleanup-level'. It would be good to have this feature as like in ISPF. Regards#Syslib-exclude

Status: DeclinedUnfortunately, after researching this enhancement, we will not be able to consider for a future release. HiUnder package view options, both "dev staging library" and "prod staging library" were not visible. It's expected that each time user may need to navigate to the corresponding component in order to know those libraries. Hence it would be nicer to have these features in package view options so all options are visible in one place.Regards#DevandProdstaging

Status: DeliveredIncluded in ZMF 8.3HiIn the current plugin version that we are testing(patch4) doesn't support activity log extractions(both ONLINE and Batch). These options are effectively being used in the ISPF, hence it would be nice to have similar functionality in the plugin too. Regards#ZMFPluginActivityLogs

Status: DeliveredIncluded in ZMF 8.3HiIn the current plugin(patch4) that we are testing doesn't support ZMF reporting features (both at application level and package level). These options are being used by developers in the ISPF, hence it would be nice to have similar functionality in the plug-in too. Regards#ZMFReports

Status: DeliveredIncluded in ZMF 8.3Create another RACF entity that can be used to allow a user the ability to add subscribers for Event Services without giving global admin.    #Event

Status: DeliveredIncluded in ZMF 8.3HiWhen one user edit the component in ISPF and other user tries to edit same component from the plugin, then dialogbox message appears -> "COMPONENT IN USE | Component requested is in use by another user". But it doesn't show up the Tso-id of the user who is actually editing it.To summarize : This scenario works as expected when two users works simultaneously in ISPF. But it doesn't work when one user works in ISPF and other user try to edit from the plugin.Regards  #Displayofuseridwhoeditthecomponent

Status: DeliveredIncluded in ZMF 8.3We requested customization in the component query process in the changeman plugin. Today the plugin allows querying by * in the component field and this causes a performance problem due to scanning of all existing components. In the test I performed through the plugin, it caused the plugin to crash for a long time, making me turn off and turn on the plugin again. In Changeman ZMF we were able to include a treatment by the Panel that blocks the query by *#query#Customizationoptions#Customization#ZMF4ECL

Hello, I have seen for REST-API Feature, there are several fixes: p05_112, p05_113, p05_114 and I understand the best option is to apply the later date or the last available. My question is: How can I know if it is convenient or not to update the ZMF REST client if a new update appears? Is there a document or site on the web where you can see the news that the latest fix published brings or what problems does it solve to make a decision about it? Regards#ChangeManZMF

Hi TeamWe are trying to install Miniconda. And the Installations are almost complete and we get the below login authentication for Rocket's secure conda server.When we try with Rocket Software Login and Password It fails.And also we are trying to install GIT using Miniconda. Can someone please really help us out with it. installing: yaml-0.1.6-1 ...installing: zlib-1.2.11-4 ...Building the "base" Anaconda environmentDone.---- installing extra_pkgs to the base env ----conda-repo-cli-1.0.1+2.g39f4600-py_0.tar.bz2:Downloading and Extracting Packages*-None | | ########## | 100%Preparing transaction: doneVerifying transaction: doneExecuting transaction: doneCreating .condarc file...Configure to use Rocket's secure conda server? ÝY/n¨ Authenticating to Rocket's secure conda server...yUsername: Password:Username: Password:ÝLOGIN¨ Error logging in...ÝERROR¨ Invalid Username password combination, please try againPassword:------------------------------Deepak Jithuz/OS System ProgrammerSelf Regis

Status: DeclinedSetting this to CLOSED due to the alternative workaround suggested some time back and not acquiring votes. If this needs further clarification, please let us know and we can revisit this request. Thank youWe upgraded from v 8.1.1 to v 8.2.1 in September 2019. On the previous day before the upgrade we used to get messages like package success and failure in the started task. We had automation set up to send an email to the administrator when there was a failure. The admin wants to know immediately when there is a failure. We would like the feature added back.Can you suggest a work around until it is restored?#Notification

Status: DeliveredWhen querying a component, ZMF displays a list of packages where the component can be found. It would be useful to have an option to query one of these packages, instead of only being able to select the compile and link edit options used.Panel CMNCMPH1 will need to be enhanced. As well as option S to display panel CMNCMPH2, a new option is required to perform the same functionality as QP.

Status: AcceptedOctane ID 135006 We've made a website that shows baseline components. The website uses the changeMan REST-api. The user has to choose application, componenttype and type in the component name (getting suggestions from dss-service). We also want to show the older baseline versions but there is no service that shows how many baseline versions of a component are existing. #REST-APIservices

I'm getting the following when trying to install using the appdev manifest 1.1.txt.(test) -bash-4.3# conda install --file appdev_manifest_1.1.txtSolving environment: failedPackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:- zip==3.0=10- unzip==6.0=12Current channels:- https://conda.anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/zos-z- https://conda.anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/noarchTo search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you'relooking for, navigate tohttps://anaconda.organd use the search bar at the top of the page.I see this out on the public channel for unzip.   Do I have the wrong mainfest? ------------------------------Michael BabcockRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

hi dear Rocket supporter,We are testing Git for z/os to try to migrate our mainframe source code from ClearCase to Git. As we are a banking in China, so we need to make sure Git for z/os support Chinese character. We tried the below configuration:Then, I update the txt file on git server,  add a new line with "中国银行" which are four Chinese characters, as below Then, I checkout the update on z/os uss, I got the wrong code page translation, the ending '0f' is lost.fyi, you can see "中国" is correctly displayed, because I added the "中国" from the z/os uss end, then push to git server. But if I do the update from the git server end and then checkout the update from the z/os uss end, the error occurred. Please could you help to take a look at this problem? Thanks a lot!Xiaohang WangIBM z software presales------------------------------Doria Wangclient supportIBM China Company LimitedBEI JING China------------------------------

Hello I can see R 3.3.0 is scheduled for availability by 2017 end or early 2018. Is there any older working version of R still available for download at this site. IBM websites / redbooks all refers to Rocket website for R download. Does R support or will support z/OS datasets Has anyone tried that and care for sharing there experience. Kind regards Prabhat

I’m trying to get started. We have a Jenkins agent running in OMVS, maybe not properly, but...it’s a start.i am looking at installing the Rocket OpenSource tools, but...if I want to run Ansible, for which ZOAU requires a later version of python, and seemingly requires the IBM-distributed version (3.9.x) and not the Rocket-distributed version (3.7.x?).IF I start by installing the Python that comes with z/OS v2r5, which is the later version, does Conda recognize that it’s installed and not try to install a second version?I think that’s all I need to know at the moment, but I’m sure I’ll have more questions as I go.Thanks,R;

I believe I have miniconda installed correctly. I left the default config files, and I'm using the base environment.When I try to do a search on the free repo, I get the following: (base) bash-4.3# conda search p* Loading channels: failed CondaHTTPError: HTTP 401 UNAUTHORIZED for url <https://condaserver.rocketsoftware.com/api/repo/zoss Elapsed: 00:01.360496 The remote server has indicated you are using invalid credentials for this channel. If the remote site is anaconda.org or follows the Anaconda Server API, you will need to   (a) remove the invalid token from your system with `anaconda logout`, optionally       followed by collecting a new token with `anaconda login`, or   (b) provide conda with a valid token directly. Further configuration help can be found at <https://conda.io/docs/config.html>.------------------------------Richard SmrcinaVelocity Software------------------------------

I see the latest version of cURL in Conda/AppDev is 7.73.  Are there plans to roll out 7.75 in the near future?Some of our App. Developers are requesting cURL 7.75 for a connection from the zSeries to AWS in the cloud.Thank You,Ross Vaughn

Hi,(Apologies if this is a duplicate I seem to be having trouble posting)Can someone point me to the doc on how to specify my credentials in miniconda?If I issue a conda command I getCondaHTTPError: HTTP 401 UNAUTHORIZED for url <https://condaserver.rocketsoftware.com/api/repo/zoss-appdev/noarch/repodata.json> I'm pretty sure I have a support account, but haven't figured out how to specify my credentials.I've seen the previous post about the 401 error, suggesting using a different channel, but with my firewall already configured for condaserver I thought I would try and use this channel.Thanks!Jeff A

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​Hi,the issue in 3.6.1 shown below for opening a z/OS file, I see some discussion from  couple of years back in the forum that says the functionality should be coming, not sure why it even dropped between 2.7 and 3.6. Does anyone know if opening a z/OS dataset is possible yet in 3.6.1?EDC5129I No such file or directory.: "//MY.PDS(TEXT)'"using: f= open("//'MY.PDS(TEXT)'",'rb')regardsSteve------------------------------Stephen McAuliffeSystems EngineerBank of AmericaBromley United Kingdom------------------------------