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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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Seemless view of data from multiple sources

The DADS represents are repository of disk based datasets in the environment combined with associated data from the BCS. This facility needs to be enhanced to integrate data from the DFSMShsm inventory as well as the tape inventory allowing for se...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Enable common data extract options in OXES

OXES allows for easy extraction of dataset reports from the DADS to the mainframe. This capability should be extended to all data elements. Storage administrators will frequently rely on data lists produced by OXES for documentation or subsequent ...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Enhanced View Management

When a view of data is established in OMEGAMON it should be easily shared with other monitored environments. Most environments will have many managed environments, but the views storage administrators will rely on can be quite similar. It should b...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Enhanced Zowe filtering

Zowe filtering should be enhanced to improve usability. Zowe filters should support multiple entries with improved AND/OR logic controls. This would allow for complex filtering strings typical in many mainframe environments. In addition, filter sy...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Provide smart configuration option for IMS JAVA and USS config options

IMS JAVA configuration is currently implemented by defining options and variables ind OPT and ENV members of IMS Proclib.Statements in this members will be sequentially parsed and added to the JVM configuration.On Z/OS within JZOS environments the...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 2 Delivered

extend CICSPA report column width

Customer wants to have wider report column not to use exponential value to express very large numbers.
almost 7 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Request for CICS Explorer to show LSR pools

Enhance CICS Explorer to show LSR pools in the Operations view. Include buffer pool, size, number of buffers, reads, lookasides, etc. Same data as is available in the CPSM WUI.Thanks!-Paul
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Display data values of variables in procedure division screen

The program source screen (procedure division) is separated from variables and their data values in working storage and linkage section (storage areas).It would be better to join the source (procedure division) and the variables (with data value) ...
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

IGYCB7310

I noticed that the warning message, IGYCB7310-W, appears after all other messages in the COBOL V5.1 compiler sysout, and is not included in the first Messages Total line and is located after the program statistics instead of with all of the other ...
almost 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

Summarize feature

WUI has a wonderful feature which is sadly missing from CICS Explorer: Allowing the user to summarize the results by any field selected, getting the subtotals and also the values that are similar for each of the fields.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered