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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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Need For New Option for RBD SQL Retrieve

Hello, We use RBD tool. In this tool, when we retrieve rows from DB2 table with SQL Retrieve module, we want to change table names to lowercase. There are three option over there but need for new option.
over 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

Suppress generating JSON tags for unused fields

The linkable DFHJSON support for language structures (DFHLS2JS) generates a JSON tag for every field, whether it has a value or not. We have copybook structures with hundreds of fields, many of which are not populated, yet DFHJSON generates a blan...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

need to create a sequential MVS data set (FB, LRECL 80) with the name userID.EQATIOUT

We are working on an ADFz poc.One of the new functionalities we want to test is the debugger for an IMS transaction in IDz.In de installation instructionshttps://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adfz/developer-for-zos/15.0.0?topic=sfetif-installing-configuring...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered

TWS/SA Asynchronous command completion

The TWS/SA interface allows for asynchronous commands by specifying the a 'Completion Checking Routine' in the Completion Info field. This is great, but completion of the TWS operation can only be done by the 'Completion Checking Routine' using it...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Delivered

Error message when no UserID provided to web service

CICS should generate an error message indicating when no user ID was provided on a SOAP web service call to make up for the lack of an ICH408I typically generated on a BASIC AUTHENTICATION ERROR. Useful information to add to the error message woul...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

z/TPF Reduced Cost Testing

Marriott, DL, TVPT, 2. Headline: Reduced Cost Testing 3. Lead Contact: mark.whitney@travelport.com 4. Date 2018-04-26 5. Description: a. Multiple z/TPF Customers, Travelport, Marriott, and Delta desire Reduced Cost Testing such that t...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Message after CICS has recovered last UOW during Emergency Restart

Generate a new DFHRMxxxx message that indicates that emergency restart has completed with the status of completed UOWs and a count of UOWs still indoubt. Part two of this RFE would provide a restart option that tells CICS to shutdown after emergen...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

/fb command shall produce a log file the simmilar as /m1 does

New CLI command introduced in v5.1.0.5 full build in background /fb produces the log file in the same way as using the foreground build client. Would be good that this /fb command would produce the log file in the same manner as /m1 command does n...
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Delivered

Enhance masking options for dataset selection

When defining a dataset mask in the history dialog the only generic allowed is a trailing *. CTC should support *, ** and % where any dataset mask can be defined for history and clone processing.
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 2 Delivered

Enhance GETSYSWORD - MSGCLASS/JESNODE/ACTINFO

Please add: MSGCLASSJESNODEACTINFO1ACTINFO2, etc.
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

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