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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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Chnage IMS DISPLAY command from TYPe 1 to TYPE 2

z/OS Debugger get MPP list with TYPE 1 display command but the command was prohibited to make large display for the list. Please change the display command from TYPE 1 to TYPE 2.
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

Enhancement to the INITCHECK option to find all possible “used without being initialized” fields.

Description:INITCHECK currently only reports definite “used without being initialized” fields. Requesting an enhancement to the INITCHECK option to additionally report all possible “used without being initialized” fields i.e. something like a new ...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Delivered

[RPP] Proxy java generator

For GUI Applications, we use Pacbench eBusiness Générateur Java v2.5v13. Pacbench eBusiness Générateur Java v2.5v13 works fine with WINDOWS Server 2012, but we have planned an upgrade to WINDOWS Server 2019. As this tool is essential for developer...
over 1 year ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Delivered

Additional attributes in the Address_Space_Bottlenecks (ASGNWAIT) table in TEP

At the moment we cannot verify how the CPU_Loop_Index values are calculated. Based on the TDW data are not able to follow back the high CPU_Loop_Index value.As per the description the value is calculated the following way: CPU Loop IndexThe sum of...
over 1 year ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Delivered

OPRMSG output to separate files

Customer Société Générale is using zD&T and OPRMSG to send commands to their z/OS system instances.However, output of each OPRMSG command is sent into a log file with all other output from MVS. Société Générale would like to have a separate fi...
almost 7 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 4 Delivered

Allow headless build of APIs

Currently it is only possible to build an API (the .aar) within the elcipse IDE and z/OS Connect API Toolkit. We need the capability to build the .aar file from a CI/CD Pipeline.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Add TCP Service Information to the CICS Region and Connections Overview screens

We have a need to access/display the CICS TCP Service information at the individual CICS region level and at the CICSplex level in Omegamon for CICS. MRO, ISC and IPCONN information is already available in the CICS Region Overview and the CICS Con...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Improve error message for AC2249 system dump

The error message that comes out for system dump AC2249 is very non-descriptive. It has to do with synchpoints. It would be nice if the message told us which subsystem CICS was commnicating with when the synchpoint failed.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

CICS API for MQM resources

CICS API / SPI to be able to view MQ resources being used; similar to CKQC; view the CKTI's, listener tasks and queues, in addition to the primary listener trigger queue, .CEMT I MQINI; Maybe MQINI START BROWSEGET NEXT MQINIMQINI END BROWSEto view...
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Users need the capability to edit/customize CARMA Endevor "batch action" jobs prior to them being submitted.

I currently have 2 customers that have separate needs to modify RDz CARMA Endevor "batch action" jobs prior to them being submitted and running. In one case, customer needs to modify the jobcard because each user specifies different "accounting in...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 5 Delivered