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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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refreshing CICS TG web services in a Gateway

We may be using CTG in a high availability application shortly. It appears that, at present, to refresh CICS TG web services, the Gateway daemon needs to be restarted to pick up any changes. A refresh command should be added to remove the need to ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

CICS Explorer and CECI functionality

CECI functionality is currently absent from CICS Explorer.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS RECEIVE ... NOCHANGE

We need the ability to make receive of terminal input data without changing the 'status' of the TIOA: EXEC CICS RECEIVE ... NOCHANGE
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow DataTables Record and Index descriptors to span across multiple dataspaces as the records themseves do.

We have been experiencing abend DFHFC0431.The error gets triggered because we hit the 2GB limitation on the Record and Index Descriptors. We ran into this issue with only a single data table defined in the region (it does have 28 million records)....
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Amend CPSM API Install for FILEDEF to allow override values.

When installing a FILEDEF resource using the CPSM API there is currently no way to override values such as the filename either with a specific parameter or via a RASGNDEF. Whereas using the WUI and installing a FILEDEF an override value is allowed...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 7 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS JOURNAL + EIBAID + EIBCPOSN

We need to be able to journal the EIBAID plus the EIBCPOSN fields to make a sufficient audit trail, without addressing CICS internal control blocks.The best solution will be a new option to the existing DEFINE PROFILE MSGJOURNAL(INP) request to te...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

IEC141I 013-18 message displayed when accessing EQALANGX member

IEC141I 013-18, IGG0191B,FRANKAR,SLDMVSS,SYS00120,4B10,COD022,FRANKAR.EQALANGX(DTIVPA) displayed every time a eqalangx member is accessed even though SET DEF LIST command was issued before LDD command
about 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

RDz : Unexpected syntax check errors reported in a PLI file within comments

When opening a PLI file,and using the "Source -> Preprocessor statements -> Idenfity Using Specific Output File", some comments become marked with syntax check errors "Ambiguous reference to ..."
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Status of all the connections defined in the Z/OS project view

In the Z/OS perspective we need to get the status of all the connections defined in the "Remote System" view. As we have several environments and we are regularly facing time out issues we need this clearly until the component level we are updated.
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

CICS IPIC use of Sysplex Distributor for High Availability and Workload Balancing purposes

We would like CICS to use Sysplex Distributor to balance workload from a requester region in a SYSPLEX to several server regions in another SYSPLEX over IPIC connections on every transaction execution. Our requirement is similar to RFE 24351 but a...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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