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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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Enterprise Cobol - ON EXCEPTION clause for SET procedure-function-pointer TO ENTRY entry-point

To avoid an abend at runtime, the instruction "SET procedure-or-function-pointer TO ENTRY entry-point" should have an "ON EXCEPTION" clause, as is the case for the instruction "CALL".The instruction "SET TO ENTRY" causes a loading of the program w...
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) > 2042 TOD support - address most likely IBM dependencies in customer code

The STCK/STCKF 8 byte format TOD will wrap in 2042. To help customers remediate issues in their code as early as possible and to avoid customers writing additional code that subsequently needs remediation, we would like IBM to provide > 2042 su...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Authentication Server (DEX) for Concurrent users login/usage at a time.

Authentication Server (DEX) is present in our current ADDI version 6.1.1 for Authenticate users but if we enable DEX concurrent users cannot use analyse client(zos explorer) at a time. below is the IBM case we raise for reference TS013538333 Pleas...
over 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Delivery Intelligence Extensions 1 Future consideration

Enhance NV WINDOW command to return selected data back to caller

Hi NV development, Please enhance NV WINDOW/CNME1505 to return user selected data on the screen back to the caller either in a task global variable or other means. We do not want to develop a VIEW panel for every Exec we write. We would like to le...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Ability to use thePREFIX paramenter when using JOBNAME on an UPON statement in an MRT

You cannot use the PREFIX parameter when using JOBNAME on the UPON statement in an MRT. The alternative is to code this using the OTHERMSG statement but this is not as efficient.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

New Parameter for INGAMS

INGCLEAN should be a new parameter of command INGAMS REFRESH
over 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

idletimout statistics

Please provide the ability to display the idletimeout value and the number of idletimeout counter for the display; also in explorer. The ability to view this information not available in the product. The idletimeout value can be viewed in the .ini...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Linux utility tpfdataredux needs completely replace zOS DATAREAD

RFE 39856 requested data reduction be moved to linux. This RFE was closed when linux tpfdataredux utility was delivered in PJ42460. However, tpfdataredux only supports a few reports so we still need to run zOS DATAREAD and cannot realize the benef...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

TWS : Add group definition in Layout fields list

Layout definition : Extend the selection to fields not belonging to the CP3P record but only to CP3C, such ad the Group Definition.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

FM to remember the latest selection criteria previously enter as and when FM is executed

Cause : On Production, to create/save template/copybook is not allow. Hence, User needs to use dynamic template and this is not practical as the selection criteria has to be input every single times Screenshot per the attached - When we leave this...
over 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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