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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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Add the ability to locate a specific job within an application schedule without the need to manually browse

When looking for a specific job in an IWS application ID you have to manually browse through the schedule to find the job your looking for. It would be nice to be able to enter an 'F <jobName>' command in the primary command line to go strai...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Users want to know when they need to rebind their IBM File Manager for z/OS packages

[Current Product & Version]-IBM File Manager for z/OS V15 -z/OS V2.5-Db2 12 for z/OS [Environment]Data sharing in three-way sysplex environment [Problem]Our customer is planning to upgrade Db2 for z/OS and IBM File Manager for z/OS. PLAN(yyyy/...
5 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

zUnit need to support pointer item and pointer area as parameters of a sub program call

We cannot use zUnit for our BMP modules! We use IMS as our transaction manager, so the majority of our batch modules are BMP’s.Almost 100% of our modules use AIBTDLI.Almost all of our modules use the use the same (company) standard.After the AIBTD...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Future consideration

Design an easier way to send IBM E3270UI program check data

Currently when the E3270UI takes a program check, the PC data is displayed on-screen, and thus the user is forced to create a screen shot and attached it to a case. For both the users and IBM, issue reporting would be much easier, if E3270UI progr...
7 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support for Cobol stored procedure in IDz 16

When moving from IDz 15 with data studio plugin to IDz 16 with built-in DB2 support we are missing the support to see, execute and debug Cobol stored procedure trough IDz UI. It would be easier for the developer to execute it as it's supposed to b...
7 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Debugger 1 Future consideration

Create a Data Set Commander Messages Manual

Currently if there are Data Set Commander issues, it is difficult to find the DSC messages explanation and some of the messages can not even be found in IBM site or via Google. It is important to have an up-to-date messages manual to be available.
about 2 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Future consideration

Request for Adding “luname” Field to Remote Connection Emulator (RCE) in IDz V16.0

In IDz V14.1, when connecting to the z/OS using the Host Connection Emulator (HCE), it was possible to specify the “luname” within the extended host connection properties. However, in IDz V16.0, when connecting to the z/OS using Remote Connection ...
5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

HBOG054E message to be sent to syslog

Today, HBOG054E is issued only to STDERR, wouil it be possible to have it sent to the SYSLOG, so that we can trap it via System Automation and raise an lert ?
12 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

zHyperlink statistics Synchronous I/O Section 1 is missing in CDP for SMF42

zHyperlink statistics Synchronous I/O Section 1 is missing in CDP for SMF42
12 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

Retrofit Maven-Plugin for CICS/TS 5.5

Please retrofit Maven Plug-In to CICS/TS 5.5, because we have 2 customers, who need that and have installed CICS/TS 5.5.A migration to 5.6 will be time consuming and is not planned for this year
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

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