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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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z/OS Connect - gRPC support

z/OS Connect supports the creation/consumption of RESTful APIs. As several customers use gRPC as their internal intercommunication protocol, it would be helpful to have that support also in z/OS Connect.
11 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Cannot create a COM folder on Windows

Windows do not create folders named COM1 to COM9: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/invalid-file-names-and-file-types-in-onedrive-onedrive-for-business-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa#invalidfilefoldernames https://answe...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

Graph generated using 'Program Control Flow' feature in ides to be exported as PDF

Using 'Program Control Flow' feature in iDz would be good to have a function that allows to export graph not only as svg or png, but also as PDF.
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Add DB2 zHyperlink fields from SMF

Please add zHyperlink SMF fields to the proper DB2 / D_DB2 / A_DB2 component tables.
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release

To enable an option in the COBOL compiler to get the DB2 integrated coprocessor behaves as the separated DB2 precompiler does

We have been using the COBOL 4.2 compiler for years in our shop. We have just begun to use the integrated SQL coprocessor, instead of the separated DB2 precompiler and we are experiencing problems with the continuation lines. The manual says the p...
about 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 48 Not under consideration

SA PROCOPS ICNTL command can be imporved update multiple variables in one command

Hello, We were trying to use SA to automate ooCoD(resillience offering) requested by bank customer, they need to update lpars' weights values, but found if we use SA,we need to issue 21 commands which cost 15 minutes to update the weights. My BCPi...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

IBM Z Software Asset Management - Change to "Machine Inventory" report to display number of Crypto Cards.

IBM Z Software Asset Management - Change to "Machine Inventory" report to display number of Crypto Cards. Currently, the columns for "Crypto Online" and "Crypto Installed" are part of the report but they display 0 even if the actual value is not 0...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Future consideration

Customer OPEL - Multiple cobol Nested Programs with same Program ID

The customer OPEL has a situation with multiple nested cobol Programs and most of the nested programs has the same Program ID(MAINPROG) and hence this is listed multiple times under cobol programs which customer feels difficult to understand becau...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

CPSM Monitoring Tasks Threadsafe - CONCURRENCY(REQUIRED)

Enable the CPSM Monitoring Tasks to run as Threadsafe; running on an Open TCB, CONCURRENCY(REQUIRED). Currently, they run on the QR TCB; and the sampling and occupancy of the QR seems significant, impacting the normal business transaction applicat...
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Getting z/OS Connect (API) extracts working with ADDI in offline mode

To allow z/OS Connect (API) extracts working with ADDI in offline mode, this removes the need to connect ADDI to z/OS directly (online). Sites that do not allow direct connection between ADDI and z/OS cannot use ADDI for API analysis (z/OS Connect...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Future consideration