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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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IDz: Allow IDZ user build variables to be generated from RTC language definition/translator instead of manually via IDz Prefs

In an IDz user build, DDNAMEs using variables as STEP RCs in a build have to be defined manually in the context of the z/os project.Normally, the STEPS and initBuild are defined as properties of the language definition by navigating to IDz Window/...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

Canzlog Print - Need additional Option for easy use

For CANZLOG is a new PRINT option via APAR available. That was great !But after my first try to use it on the simplest way ... I failed. In our company the CANZLOG was not used only by automation admins which have know how about filters and the ma...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Support CICS JSON Web Services calls

Customer is converting SOAP web services into Rest JSON web services to call CICS programs, need ZAPM Connect to support this application transformation.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Functionality already exists

Support for EXPORT when parsing JCL in zUnit

When zUnit is pasring a JCL for recording which includes "EXPORT SYMLIST=*" you get an error "EQA3140E Invalid input: EXPORT" Since a lot of our existing JCLs are useing EXPORT it would be nice if supprt for it was included in zUnit instead of nee...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Show progress when copying multiple files in USS

The progress bar currently goes crazy when copying multiple big files from USS.It seems to handle progress well only when copying a single file.When copying multiple files, it seems to jump from one to the next very quickly, which makes it impossi...
about 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Support tolerant reader principle with z/OS Connect JSON

System: z/OS connect Enterprise EditionUSER needs z/OS Connect REST clients to be tolerant readers by default. currently they are not tolerant readers by default, Object value has to be explicitly mentioned in the OpenAPi file + a Size has to fore...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Provide "Batch Execution" feature in File Manager Plug-in

New format Case Number: TS003037937 Provide a "Batch Execution" feature as part of relevant File Manager functions that can be performed using the IDz plug-in, e.g. Data Set Compare. If this feature is requested the FM plug-in will create a JCL de...
about 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Limit COBOL content assist proposals by user defined type

IDz code assistant proposal includes all declared literals while some of them may not be applicable in the context depending on their type.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

PCOMM support display EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 Chinese Character

in case# TS002613682, PCOMM is not able to render Chinese character which EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 due to its implementation using an old method of converting host chars to Chinese GBK before rendering on the screen.
about 5 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Planned for future release

Support JAVA 11 for Historical Data Archiver for enabling reporting feature in TDWC.

Add Support for JAVA 11 for the Historical Data Archiver that loads DB2 data into the reporting feature in the DWC.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

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