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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 Orient Database on Mainframe

Currently, IBM AD has the option of implementing the metadata data on z/OS (instead of on a Windows Server platform) in DB2 (instead of SQL Server). This allows the User to keep the various z/OS artifacts on the Mainframe. However, the "Orient Dat...

Configuration Manager support for shared RTE with non SMP/E datasets

Both CICAT/ICAT and PARMGEN always have supported a shared runtime environment (RTE) with non-SMP/E datasets via RTE_TYPE "SHARING", RTE_SHARE "<dataset qualifier>" and RTE_X_HILEV_SHARING "<dataset hlq>". Currently Configuration Manag...
over 1 year ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Delivered

Build Dashboard

Create a Dashboard showing the "complete-ness" of a Project.

SYSADATA to include file's ENVIRONMENT attribute into Syntax Record

A files attributes like record format, organization, blocking etc. are not part of the PL/I language, but are still relevant when analyzing the file attributes.SYSADATA could supply it as Keywords, in a substmt, that way it would be accessible as ...
over 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Expand the Include usage filter with Variable

The variable use of includes in programs can currently only be recognized with difficulty through the variables use of a specific program via a manual view. With a variety of variables in the particular / specified program, it is very tedious. Wit...

Code Coverage Report and expanded source need to be consistent with encoding for other modules ( as SonarQube supports only o

Code Coverage Report and expanded source need to be consistent with all other modules as SonarQube supports only one encoding at time e.
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 5 Delivered

Modify HACPEE interaction with 3rd party PDF Generator

In HACPEE v2.1, it permits interacting with 3rd party SW tools to generate PDF files in the following way:-HACPEE is able to identify the LU3 printer name that has been passed through URL.-Whenever a given LU3 receives data, HACPEE generate the SP...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Delivered

Provide ability to manually clean up corrupted AD projects

Parts of a project's configuration may be lost or corrupted for various reasons (accidental repository database deletion, etc.), which can leave the project's name appearing in IBM AD's configuration and particularly in Build Configuration gui, wh...

CPSM WLR - WLM Health Value of a CICS Region

The ability to influence the WLM Health value for a CICS region to affect CPSM WLM routing decisions.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

HTTP Header data for apiRequesters (outbound from CICS)

Our current z/OS Connect SMF records now contain HTTP Header data for apiProviders (inbound to CICS) and apiRequesters (outbound from CICS) but Omegamon only displays the data for apiProviders The Omegamon manual only lists logging apiProviders as...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 1 Delivered