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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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change EQQYCOM to support rmode=any

IEW2646W 5383 ESD RMODE(24) CONFLICTS WITH USER-SPECIFIED RMODE(ANY) FOR SECTION EQQYCOM CLASS B_TEXT. we want to use standard linkage setting rmode=any and amode=31
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6+ - Multi >>WHEN for >>EVALUATE directive

The >>WHEN conditions of the >>EVALUATE directive should behave like the WHEN conditions of the EVALUATE instruction: when several conditions follow one another, without any intermediate text, they should be implicitly linked by an OR.
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

E/AS Mutiple ServerLocation support

All other products (ITM, etc) can send EIF events to multiples Omminibus servers simultaneously but not Netview EAS.Today we need to start a second EAS task to achieve this goal. I think that functionality could be useful for other customes too.
over 8 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

simultaneous remote connections to the same host

Right now, in IDz client version 16.0.3 we are using, different remote systems pointing to the same host can be configured and distributed by p2c, but simultaneous connection is not possible. Connecting one disconnects the other, and vice versa.
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Add Menu Manager action for editor opened with JES Submitted JCL

Please add a Menu Manager context for the JCL Editor when the JES Show JCL option is used.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

Allow advanced filtering of Show In > Data Elements information

Filtering on name is very limited. More advanced filtering on Name, Top-level-Item, Declared In and Item Type should be provided. The Data Elements view could be a powerful feature if more advanced filter is provided. Most of our developers only u...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Logical grouping of z/os Connect server nodes into Tiers

Allow zCEE servers to be logically grouped into Tiers on AppD dashboards rather than single node per Tier - the same as for CICS regions.
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Future consideration

Capture the architecture of mainframe applications using REST API methods

We have an Architecture Repository to support architecture work related to the business applications. In order to get this Architecture Repository fully functioning that system must be fed with with the data that comes from the systems. Therefore ...
11 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

IBM z/OS Debugger 64bit Support

・Decrease E-private usage when taking code coverage of processes which runs many PL/I programs When we take code coverage, E-private usage for the address space used by z/OS Debugger increases depending on the number of running program.Therefore w...
over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Allow symbol substitution in CICS reading the LE runtime options

Provide symbol substitution in CICS process the LE Runtime Options module to allow for abstraction of certain values outside the module. For instance, the CEE_DMPTARG value specifying a USS Directory Path in the JVMProfile can then be substituted ...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration