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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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    IDz v17 : not able to change User ID via Set Pattern when creating an IMS Isolation Profile

    It would be useful for our developers because then they would be able to Debug an MPP (IMS TM) in IDz and also set all z/OS Debugger Profiles-settings and do all z/OS Debugger Profiles--actions (such as Register/Start Region/…) from within IDz.For...
    2 days ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Submitted

    IZPCA / COGNOS NEW COST REPORTS TFP WITH MONETARY VALUES BASED IN MSU

    Many customers wants to know how much money they are paying by LPAR, WORKLOAD and SERVICE/REPORT CLASS using TFP – Tailored Fit Pricing model. Nowadays, IZPCA/COGNOS has cost RESOURCE ACCOUNTING reports based in monetary values (cost of CPU second...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 8 Under review

    Reduce the amount of storage used by the JSONGet functions

    We see high cpu from LE 'Get a stack' from build in PL/1 JSONGet functions like JsonGetValue. Please reduce the stack used storage in the JSONGet functions.
    4 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

    Omegamon enhancements

    Add “OR” logic for View By “HLQ” (both “Dataset” and “All Datasets”); Please update the KB/MB/GB conversion for summarization (1000 vs 1024). Add a parameter in the Configuration Manager to change this for data collection. Add KB (Kilobytes) field...
    1 day ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 0 Submitted

    Restart/Cleanup functionality with Stepreschk (YES) to allow more flexibility at step Restart, similiar to Stepreschk(no) with allowing DDNEVER functions

    It aligns to competitive products that a client might be using today and provides them with the ability to manage the restart steps they decide to choose without the need to replace their current JCL.
    2 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

    Need support for editing DBCS members where one or both SO/SI are missing

    When source code members miss one or both SO/SI characters (x'0E or x'0F) then IDz on VS code and Eclipse fail to edit them or display them as read only. Customers need to be able to edit and save them to MVS.
    3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    Need support for EBCDIC code page IBM-278

    Supported codesets - IBM Documentation indicates that IBM-278 is not supported. Customers need support for IBM-278 in IBM ZCodeScan which relies on IBM Python to scan their COBOL source in native EBCDIC IBM-278.
    4 days ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Submitted

    Restricting the Multiple Signon to CICS Regions using z/OS Explorer

    Due to security standards, most companies tend to restrict the number of signons to 1 from any user to any one of the CICSs at a time. This can be achived by using the SNSCOPE=CICS SIT parameter for the CICS regions including WUI & CMAS adress...
    12 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 0 Under review

    Be able to preload classes in JVM for executing Java IMS transactions

    To avoid a significant CPU and elapsed time impact after a JVM restart—particularly on the first executed transactions—it may be a good idea to preload a list of Java classes before the business applications start running, during JVM initializatio...
    5 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Submitted

    Asynchronous requests connect Mother transaction with Child transaction in RACF to allow Mother Trans to run Child

    We use asynchronous requests to enhance existing SOA architecture solutions to introduce API calls to Cloud. Often an API call will be added to a number of existing CICS transactions (Mothers). Today we have to identify all run users of Mother CIC...
    10 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

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