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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.
1 day ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Submitted

Support Japanese Monospaced Fonts in Headless Code Coverage PDF Reports

When generating PDF reports using the Headless Code Coverage collector with the Japanese locale (-nl ja), the system currently uses a proportional font (such as IBMPlexSansJP). We request that the tool be updated to support a monospaced font for J...
about 17 hours ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Submitted

Fault Analyzer should output Japanese items with DWARF option.

Our customers have upgraded Enterprise COBOL for z/OS and are considering using the DWARF option to enhance their application failure analysis tools, such as CEEDUMP and IBM Fault Analyzer. However, DWARF option as a new feature in Enterprise COBO...
1 day ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Submitted

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

add PROCLIB option to OLSYS

OLSYS for PROCLIB would show the jes2 proclib concatenations in use (proc00, proc01, etc) similar to that of PARMLIB.
1 day ago in IBM Data Set Commander 1 Under review

FINDTEXT set limits for member records to be searched

example: "findtext ver(z038)" but only search in records 1-10 and not all records of a member. useful when one does not want to search all records of a member. speeds the search. uses less resources, etc
1 day ago in IBM Data Set Commander 1 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...
9 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

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...
8 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 ...
28 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration