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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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Provide support for PUT and GET statement

I am opening this RFE on behalf of the customer. They are requested that zUnit provide support for PUT and GET statement In essence, lift the limitation documented at this link https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSQ2R2_14.2.0/com.ibm.e...
26 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Future consideration

The function to import a test file as a stub is not available for local projects.

The function to import a test file (local or remote) as a stub is not available for local projects.
26 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support POINTERs in Copybooks

Z Unit UI needs to be able to support POINTERs + LENGTHS for both Batch and Online. Ie, it should make the area addressed by the pointers available to the UI, both in and outbound from the programs being tested.
26 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support "EXEC CICS ADDRESS TWA" in Unit testing

"EXEC CICS ADDRESS TWA" is a common syntax using in CICS, without the support we have a large portion of application team cannot adopt ZUnit.
26 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Only able to record testcases from a single loadmodule

We are having the same program linked into multiple loadmodules. We would like to record testcases from all loadmodules, but after the first recording, the record dialogue has the Program name locked. And according to instrcuctions, the "Program n...
26 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Search in the Test Case Editor

We are about to use zUnit for our existing payroll sources. But our sources have a large, automatic generated Linkage section with a lot of variables.We have the need to identify single variables to check their content (after recording) or to set ...
26 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Rearrange ACTUAL START field from panel EQQSOP2L to panel EQQSOP1L

Currently in Workload Scheduler for Z, the panel 5.2, then option 2 (Operation List). In panel EQQSOP1L, there are Jobname, Status, Input Arrival, Deadline, Latest start and Crit path fields. When pressing F11 to panel EQQSOP2L, there are addition...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Package DBB as a z/OS Container image

After the introduction of the z/OS Container Platform we want to leverage that and package our build framework (based on DBB) into a container. This allows us to more easily decide what version of DBB we work with and can more easily add features ...
about 2 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Under review

WAPL | Permit partial values for FILTER segment/record comperators

The segment operators in the FILTER function do not permit the usage of partial values. The usage of partial values with common wildcard charactes like in the List/Select-Statement would be helpful and creats a greate user experience while using W...
9 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Optional parameter to avoid STATUS V1 for DEDB REPL

In IMS V6 APAR, the meaning of MINBYTES in the DBDGEN SEGM macro for DEDB has been changed, so that an unexpected status code "V1" may be returned to REPL CALL for DEDB in IMS V6 and later. In order to avoid this problem, IMS development provides ...
9 months ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Future consideration