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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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Group List Support in DSSGROUP

It would be a good idea if in the SECTION DSSGROUP, in addition to lists with SECTION IPICSERVER server names, you could add lists composed of other SECTION DSSGROUP group names.
2 days ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Submitted

For any incoming IMS Connect transaction: Extract user ID in USERDATA field for a specific IMS transaction profile in RACF(TIMS), and replace original user ID?

For any incoming IMS Connect transaction: Extract user ID in USERDATA field for a specific IMS transaction profile in RACF(TIMS), and replace original user ID. user ID in USERDATA will be propagated as OMSECUID in IMS Connect. Business reaso...
2 days ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 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...
15 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 6 Submitted

IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4+ - Review of SQL coding rules when using the Db2 coprocessor integrated into the compiler

Hi, Based on our tests, when using the Db2 coprocessor integrated into the COBOL compiler, it is possible to declare an SQL cursor that uses host variables before those host variables are declared . This restriction should only apply to the use of...
about 13 hours ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

Identifying the last PTF and/or APAR applied to the running instance.

It will be joining the IBM standard of displaying a PTF or APAR of the running product last maintenance when initializing.
1 day ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 0 Submitted

I would like an option to sort dashboard tables in reverseorder than the default, especially for date/time sorted tables

When you are looking for recent trends and need more detail than are visible in the dashboard graphs, one or more tables in the dashboard with the same data can be helpful. It would be useful if they could be sorted so that the most recent 50 rows...
1 day ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

Enable Hex mode for components with UTF-8 encoding.

Enable Hex mode for components with UTF-8 encoding. Hex mode (Alt + Shift + H) works for programs with Windows-1252 encoding, but the standard encoding used in git repositories is UTF-8. In this encoding, Hex mode displays the message “Hex editing...
2 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Concert for Z KPI for IMS

Would you add the following KPIs for IMS?Our customer is thinking to use IBM Concert for Z to detect the anomaly about the folloiwngs Response time for each IMS transaction Usage of buffer pool for each ones; DB buffer, PSB/DMB pool, DFSPOOL, ...
2 days ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Submitted

IntelliMagic Vision SaaS supports WXA4Z Agent

Would you add the connection support between IntelliMagic Vision SaaS and IBM watsonx Assistant for Z?Now only IntelliMagic Vision on-premises can support for WXA4Z agent.Our customer appreciate IMV SaaS because it is not required to do the mainte...
2 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

Trace IMS Application which TN3270 kicked

Would you add tracing function for IMS Application which TN3270 kicked?Our customers're interested in Instana, but they hesitate to use it because most their application is kicked from TN3270.We think trace id cannot be added for TN3270 transactio...
2 days ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Submitted

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