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Pinned ideas

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` ...
PINNED Liberty z/OS - identity propagation for ctg - Case sensitivity issue
I would like to request to give Liberty z/OS a new property to upper case user IDs. WebSphere traditional sends the user IDs always in upper letters and while migrating the applications to Liberty z/OS, we are facing problems when the user log in ...

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Dynamic Workload Console: Add SSL connection for DB2 z/OS database

Today it is not supported to run dbsslconnection true for DB2Z database for the DWC and I would like it to be added. Dynamic Workload Console installation - dwcinst script - IBM Documentation --dbsslconnection true | false Enables or disables the ...
3 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0

being able to have LOGForwarder option to collect ONLYSYSPLEX data

today, LOGForwarder with option -l/L , you can select LPAR datastreams or LPAR and Sysplex Groups, it would be useful if we could have an option to collect ONLY sysplex groups datastreams
4 days ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Submitted

Create Groups Using Tags or Labels

Due to the large number of CICS regions and JVMServers in our environment, finding specific information quickly through the E3270UI interface can be challenging. To make analysis and troubleshooting easier, we would like the ability to create grou...
3 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Under review

CICS DFHCSDUP utility with an INSTALL option.

Since a significant number of our clients use the DFHCSDUP utility for maintenance, having an INSTALL option for CEDA resources would be highly practical; it would eliminate the need to use SDSF batch as an additional step during RDO/DFHCSD mainte...
8 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Under review

The Health chart blue color is very faint compared to the previous version (darker blue). It is much harder to see.

The light blue in the health charts, especially when looking at the small mini-charts, is hard to identify. The previous darker blue color was much easier to identify. This may be an issue for individuals that have problems distinguishing colors.
about 4 hours ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

GDPS GUI: Provide Predefined Response Selection for WTOs

Good morning team, While using the GDPS GUI, we identified a potential enhancement for WTO reply management. Many operator messages require responses from a limited set of predefined values, such as: YES / NO OK / NOK RETRY / CANCEL For these type...
1 day ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

IBM GDPS GUI: Add Command History to the NetView Command Interface

Hello team, We recently started using the GDPS GUI and have found it to be very useful, intuitive, and well organized. As a suggestion for a future enhancement, we would like to propose adding a command history feature to the NetView Command Inter...
1 day ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

IntelliMagic Vision – Map SAML groups to Vision roles and permissions (group-based Authentication)

IntelliMagic Vision supports SAML for authentication, but not for authorization. SAML group or role attributes cannot be mapped to Vision roles or permissions, so all permissions must be maintained manually per user. This idea requests a configura...
4 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

OM/CICS Classic: Increase default value of KC2_X_Classic_LROWS Parameter to 500

The default value of 99 for LROWS is insufficient to display critical information in OMEGAMON such as the DFHSIT parameters and all the Temp Storage queues active in a region. These are just two of the screens that are limited by LROWS=99 default ...
5 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Installation 2 Under review

Support Correct Korean Text Display in Compiler Diagnostics on EUC-KR Terminals in IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX

NH, one of South Korea's major banks, is currently migrating its application development environment from IBM Classic XL C/C++ to IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX.The migration project has been progressing successfully with strong support from the IBM co...
8 days ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 3 Submitted