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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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Allow declaring a default connection in Connections View

The logon mask does not come up automatically when you start the explorer. There should be a default connection that automatically connects after starting.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

Change existing VSAM open behavior

An abend during processing invokes a VSAM open of IDISVENU dataset. This VSAM OPEN causes memory fragmentation as the page is not freed after abend processing. This eventually results in a S106 abend when unable to locate a large enough contiguous...
about 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Remove PACBASE specific program control when in COBOL facet

Don't want to have PACBASE specific control on a program of the COBOL facet.
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

CSV for summary statistics reports

I would like to have the possibility of generating csv for statistics summary repors (TS and CTG)
almost 9 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Natural External Subroutine Long Names not supported

The Application Discovery Natural Parser does not support calling external subroutines via their long name (as it does not distinguish between a program and a subroutine which are different types in Natural). SEANP1 - calls external subroutine SEA...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 7 Delivered

Data compare for Global Mirror

Today we run XRC and use the ANTUXDVC tool to compare data between regions. This has historically been useful to discover XRC software + microcode issues that have resulted in data integrity/data loss issues in our recovery region. XRC is EOL and ...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

HACPEE - Automatic capture of emulator logs for Troubleshooting options similar to HOD

Hello HOD Offering Management, Currently, HACPEE tracing procedures are performed manually by the HOD Administrator and End-users in capturing the following logs for troubleshooting of the Web-based emulator. a. Transport Traceb. PSEVENT Tracec. P...
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Delivered

TAB delimeter is truncated to single space HOD FTP

When using HOD FTP client, the exported data from a formatted spreadsheet to a text file and the exported data is using 'tab delimited' format, the formatting is not being retained in the target dataset it does not print correctly.
over 6 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Delivered

CEX will block RACF sign on attempts after repeated failures for logon id revoked

We have remote devices that execute a programmatic script to issue a logon attempt via IMS Connect. Many times these IDs have been revoked or are obsolete. When the script receives a RACF failure, the signon attempt will be continually retried (at...
about 2 years ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 2 Delivered

Save list of IP address and port details on CM main screen

We access CM servers of multiple environments from single Lpar. Thus we have keep changing the IP/PORT of remote servers we want to connect to. This is becoming tedious job as we are introducing more and more CM servers. We like to have a option t...
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

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