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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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Eliminate resource constraints for z/TPF WebSphere MQ

With the increased usage of z/TPF MQ the core storage used to hold messages in z/TPF should use storage above the 2G bar. Currently the storage used is SWBs which is below the 2G bar. In addition to moving the core storage above the bar, z/TPF MQ ...
almost 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Omegamon for z/OS - BPXPRMxx display enhancement

Today, the KM5UBVS screen displays both BPXPRMxx parameters and their VALUE setting. We are requesting that 2 additional columns be displayed on the KM5UBVS screen including CURRENT USAGE and HIGHWATER USAGE. This data is shown when issuing a D OM...
over 7 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Delivered

RBD EGL Rich UI PasswordTextField placeholder

The default properties into RUI widget PasswordTextField do not allow you to set the placeholder or the alternative widget in Dojo DojoTextField which instead has the placeholder property does not allow you to correctly set the input type = passwo...
over 7 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Delivered

Add keyword to BACKUP DSN command to select all eligible files in a user catalog

ACM should support the ability to select all VSAM files in a designated User Catalog for backup processing. This can then be combined with an Exclude statement to filter out anomolies. This can be very useful when clients need to capture backups f...
over 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 1 Delivered

OTMA with Conversation

Hello IBM, we use MQ-Bridge with Conversion-Transactions.But the conversion is not closed from remote, so the connection are hangig. GROUP/MEMBER XCF-STATUS USER-STATUS SECURITY TIB INPT DRUEXIT T/O TPCNT ACEEAGE MAXTP AMQP ACTIVE ACCEPT TRAFFIC C...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Delivered

Change CICS/IA to show command EXEC CICS GETMAIN with LENGTH

We would like to detect EXEC CICS GETMAIN with LENGTH.We use CICS IA tool to see it.
almost 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

WSDL client interface on nillable fields can't be compared to null

When I create a client interface from a web service wsdl files for a record which contains nillable fields, the record field can not be compared to null. It always defaults to the current date. The client interface record has the following paramet...
about 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 6 Delivered

Enable external Include and Exclude lists for Backup and Restore

The Include and Exclude criteria for Backup and Restore commands can become very large, sometimes exceeding the maximum length for the parameter. Backup and Restore syntax should be enhanced to select a DD which can be used to point to a flat file...
over 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 1 Delivered

Access to the text of the macrostucture entity

Currently, to access the text of a macrostructure it is necessary to use the super reference. Would it be possible to have a link to the text directly in the macrostructure entity?
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

copy/paste information in -CE label of dataaggregate

Currently, it is not possible to copy / paste the segment description in -CE label of a dataaggregate to put it in a text editor (ultraedit, word..Etc). This practice was very regular before.
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered