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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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The ability to call an OSGI Java Program from z/OS Connect

it would be great to be able to make a API using OSGI through CICS instead of having to set up a middle man PL/I or COBOL program to make this call. There are a lot of use cases, PassTickets being one of them, that work better in Java but in order...
8 months ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Allow a CWS Web call to specify not to use MASSL

We have a CICS application calling z/OS Connect and wants to use Basic Auth over SSL. When z/OS Connect receives the requests, it asks CICS for a MASSL cert, and CICS obliges by sending the default cert on the ring, which in his case is not the au...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - SM Perspective and Automatic Refresh

There was an RFE 113744, now marked as 'Delivered', which requested automatic refresh capability for CICS Explorer views. If this was implemented, I cannot find documentation for enabling it in CICS Explorer. If it has not been implemented, I woul...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Add ability to enable/disable JVMENDPOINT resource in CICS TS Urban Code Deploy plugin

CICS TS 5.6 created a new resource called a JVMENDPOINT. We would like to be able to issue enable and disable commands for this new resource via the CICS TS Urban Code Deploy plugin.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Allow helps associated to alerts in the KOBSITEC workspace (e3270ui)

Like in TEP, we would like in the e3270ui a Help for the alerts shown in the KOBSITEC workspace. It should be the same (plain text) that was defined in the Situation that generate the alert. The Help could be an additional option in the "Options M...
about 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 2 Future consideration

COBOL5: extended DIAGTRUNC feature for detecting variables size mismatch

COBOL 5 behaves differently than in previous versions, in some scanarios, as in the following case: - Programs that move data to and from data items that at run time contain values not conforming to the PICTURE clause in the data description entry...
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 13 Not under consideration

Dynamic capability missing

The client complain that the Dynamic capability has been removed in the latest version, and would be happy if it would be implemented again.
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Future consideration

Encryption of the vsam databases

It could be advisable to have the possibility (by parameter of instance) to encrypt all (or some vsam database. only users having the right access to IWSz can access and read the content of the vsam files. there are some non-IBM tool allowing the ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

HACP EE support for Thai codepage.

Due to JAVA applet and webstart will deprecate in JDK9. Customer want to change from HOD to HACP EE. But current HACP EE not support Thai codepage. Please consider to add support for Thai code page (838).
about 2 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Planned for future release

IBM Debug: Improved sort for Monitor Expression handling of array entries

Hi IBM, Please improve the sort order in the Debugger Remote GUI in IDz within the Monitors view. Currently the sort button sorts all expressions on the displayed string. This leads table/array entries to be sorted not by the numeric but by the st...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Future consideration