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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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    Allow UTF-8 (PIC U) and NATIONAL (PIC N) group and elementary items to MOVE to PIC X alphanumeric group and elementary items with automatic character set translation

    Currently Enterprise COBOL allows PIC X alphanumeric EBCDIC group and elementary items to MOVE to UTF-8 (PIC U) and NATIONAL (PIC N) group and elementary items with automatic character set translation, but the reverse MOVE is not allowed. There is...
    2 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

    Enhancement to Liberty feature mpOpenAPI-2.0 to filter OpenAPI documentation for a single API application.

    Enhance the Liberty feature mpOpenAPI-2.0 to provide a mechanism to be able to view only the OpenAPI documentation for one specific deployed API application, when viewing the OpenAPI documentation served from the <host>:<port>/openapi ...
    13 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

    Provide a supported method to return a COBOL or PL/I program's compiled SERVCE string to the program at execution time.

    SCLM's often store company-specific information in the SERVICE string to identify not only the date and time last compiled but who last compiled it and under what project identifier string. Currently the only way for a running COBOL program to ret...
    7 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 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...
    2 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 8 Under review

    Provide a supported method to return a COBOL or PL/I program's compiled SERVCE string to the program at execution time.

    This is a copy of https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/COBOLVUE-I-426 which reads: SCLM's often store company-specific information in the SERVICE string to identify not only the date and time last compiled but who last compiled it and under what project id...
    7 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

    Recommended procedure for relocating zWS databases and datasets (changing dataset names)

    Sometimes it's necessary to change the dataset names of a zWS installation due to changes in the dataset naming conventions or migration of zWS datasets from non-SMS-managed volumes to SMS-managed volumes. Unfortunately, I cannot find any recommen...
    6 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

    Ability to Add New Application Level User Field to Existing AD in Workload Scheduler

    Description:Currently, when using the ADUSF option, IBM Workload Scheduler creates a new Application Description (AD) with the same name instead of adding the User Field to the existing AD. Additionally, ADUSF requires attaching the user field to ...
    27 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration
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    Issue an alert when IMS virtual storage usage reaches a threshold.

    An ABEND occurred in the customer's system due to run out of IMS CTL region size. Currently, usage is checked during periodic termination, but unexpected increases in usage cannot be detected during running, so the customer has strongly requested...
    10 months ago in IMS System Services 0 Future consideration

    Add DFSESL as an option for FMN1POPT in File Manager for IMS

    Please add DFSESLn as an option in FMN1POPT. This will add DFSESL as a DD statement when using file manager for IMS in BMP mode. This should be the same format as RESLIBn, allowing multiple different DSN's to be concatenated together. This is a re...
    26 days ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Under review

    Changing CESN to permit password phrases via IBM Feature Toggle

    Hello, We have been reviewing the guidance provided in IBM documentation regarding enabling password phrase functionality when customers utilize IBM default lists such as DFHLIST and default groups like DFHSIGN. However, we do not believe it is ap...
    18 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

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