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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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CICS Explorer - Perspective Import/Export

Ability to Import/Export Individual CICS Explorer (installation defined) Perspectives
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

File Manager - Editor, Template Editor - adding 'End' to indicate field's ending position in a file

In File Manager, for a field you can see starting position, length but not ending position. We can see ending position on mainframe and this is very important, because we need to know where the field begins and where it ends. We are working with c...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Require more than 512 CICS IRC XM LOGONs per SVC per LPAR

The existing limitation in CICS TS V4.2 of 512 CICS IRC XM LOGONs (LACBMAXE) per LPAR is insufficient to host the growing number of regions used by the HSBC development team.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Make key timeout parameter settings visible through log messages and statistics

The Gateway daemon configuration includes several time out values against different components of the product, which significantly affect run time behavior. When running multiple Gateway daemons, it is difficult to determine and/or compare these c...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

ITM for z/TPF - Linux Support

ITM for z/TPF currently only runs on Windows and Marriott would like for this to run on z/Linux.
over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Provide a command SET COLOR xxxxxx MONITOR VALUE

Provide a command SET COLOR xxxxxx MONITOR VALUE ;As of today, Turquoise color is default color for monitor values. We have a command to change the color in the monitor window for LINES are AREA, what contains the names. The commands like: SET COL...
over 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Make COBOL/LE CALL more visible in CICS trace

It can be very difficult to debug CICS transactions that do a number of COBOL/LE CALLs. It would help very much if there was a CICS TRACE entry written when a CALLed program is entered and exited. I am not sure if the TRACE record would be written...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Provide statistics related to DSSPOLICY and DSSGROUP definitions

The statistics available in CICS Transaction Gateway for z/OS do not represent the complexities which might arise from usage of the new Dynamic Server Selection policy.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhancements to Gateway Daemon health calculations

Gateway daemon health should reflect the availability of its own resources as well as the availability of the connected CICS regions. Today only the following ECI errors cause the current health rating to be reduced:ECI_ERR_NO_CICSECI_ERR_RESOURCE...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Time used to execute DB2 stored procedure is not reported back to CICS L8 TCB

CPU time reported by CICS *does not* include dependent enclave time. The IEF033I message *does* include dependent enclave time. The dependent enclave time is accumulated in the enclave's ENCB control block, and is then added into the enclave-ownin...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

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