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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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    Implement a BMS map editor/viewer

    Costumer is interested in have a VS Code based BMS map editor, so they can do the same edits they are able to do on Eclipse. Costumer is moving to VS Code and needs the tool to have at least the same capabilities as Eclipse based IDE.
    8 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Under review

    Provide Semeru 21 support for MLz 3.2

    By addressing compatibility challenges proactively, we help ensure smooth deployments, reduce complexity, and keep your environment secure and current.
    about 4 hours ago in Machine Learning for IBM z/OS 0 Planned for future release

    zCDP to support IMS log records 4518, 451A and 451B

    Currently zCDP only suports the following checkpoint statistics records: from 4502 to 4508. We are a heavy user of IMS Connect and the records 4518, 451A and 451B contains a lot of data that we would like to extract and stream. 4518 contains indiv...
    about 5 hours ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Submitted

    Add an ability to count # of occurrences

    It is sometimes useful to know how many items have a particular characteristic. The example that spurred this idea had to do with the number of volumes that had a "NoSerial" value in the DSS serial number. This is also the number of volumes DROPPE...
    1 day ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Password spray alerts various sources

    zSecure Alert is uniquely equipped to capture events and circumstances at near real-time and can serve as an early alert for such incidents as password spraying from external sources. The identification of an attack from external sources (SSH and ...
    1 day ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 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...
    2 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 8 Under review

    Request to Increase the Maximum INTENT LIST Length Beyond 64K in IMS

    We would like to request that the maximum allowable length of the INTENT LIST in IBM Information Management System (IMS) be increased beyond the current 64K limit. During ACBGEN processing, we encountered the DFS2558I message indicating that the I...
    22 days ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Under review

    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...
    16 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Submitted

    Unable to capture test data for batch COBOL when the program abends and code coverage is enabled

    A controlled abend in the main module will not import the data to be able to get to the replay step. The abend is the cause, but it needs to be generated to get a full result for the test case and code coverage. For example, on an error with a Fil...
    7 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Under review

    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...
    11 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

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