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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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API Mapping editor - make query parameters optional

Allow GET operations for multiple resources by specifying the query parameters, but they have to be optional, for example if your service allows to get up to 40 accounts, you specify/accounts?id1&id2&id3&id4&id5&id6...&id40...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

V6.1 compiler warning if literal ILBOABN0 found

According to the v6.1 migration guide: The ILBOABN0 interface for requesting an ABEND in a COBOL environment is not supported for programs compiled with Enterprise COBOL V5 or V6... To prevent application continuing to use ILBOABN0, compiler to is...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

Line Numbers on Copy Record Parse error messages

Our z/OS Connect Service developers would like the error messages generated for Copy record parsing problems to include Line Numbers.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Support Symbolics in CICS File Definition DSNAME

Allow the use of symbolics (similar to JCL symbolics) in the DSNAME of aCICS File Definition (or BDAM FCT entry), to be resolved either at installtime or open time according to installation-supplied substitution strings.Should also include a speci...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Make decimal separator configurable for xml and csv export

When exporting data to xml or csv files via DSC function or 'Export to Desktop' it should be possible to set the sign used for decimal sparator. In Germany and many other regions comma is used instead of the decimal point.
about 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

Version migration for default options IBM Data Set Commander

IQIWIZRD a "Migrate" option that accepts an additional (optional) "previous release PANEL LIBRARY" .
over 6 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 3 Delivered

AT-TLS for PDTools Common Component Server

The CommonComponent Server for the ProblemDeterminationToolscurrently use an own TLS-configuration, cipher-specification, TLS-level and so on.On z/OS you can use AT-TLS with the newest security features without changing your program. The administr...
over 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Bug: nullable decimal field not null when returned from service to Rich UI

We have a service that returns a record where one of the fields is a nullable decimal. We have a Rich UI application that calls this service via SOAP.If we set the field value to null in the service function (we confirmed that it is null before re...
over 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

IQIDFLTS need to be more compatible between versions and include a migration option

It is a manual process to convert version 8 options to version 9 options.
over 6 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

Assembler LARL support

LARL modifies a register which would mean a change in program flow. AD currently does not recognize this syntax.