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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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Enable CPSM EYU9XLOP as threadsafe in CICS

Need CPSM routing code (EYU9XLOP) to run threadsafe in routing region
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Enhance functionality of WITH clause to operate with DELETE and UPDATE in DB2 SQL statements like others flavours of SQL

Enhance functionality of WITH clause to operate with DELETE and UPDATE in DB2 SQL statements like others flavors of SQL (T-SQL AND Oracle SQL). Our team uses IBM DB2 11.1.4.4 Database Server for development activities. We see limitations of DB2 SQ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

IZPCA support for extended format SMF records

Hi all, As discussed on case TS016821698, we want to read SMF record type 1153 (new in ZOS 2.5), JES Monitoring Facility Data, previously written as type 84. IZPCA actually has record type 84 mapped (DRLRS084). Record type 1153 is written using SM...
6 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Future consideration

Using Macro Vars to Define Extract Location Retrieves Only 1 Char in the REST Web Service

The developer is using macro variables to define where on the screen to extract a piece of data and the macro extracts it properly, but the web service built on that macro always replies with only a 1-character string. The macro is using macro var...
6 months ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

Copybook with REPLACING ==(PREF)== BY ==xxxx==

We have somme copybook with replacing (see added file Capture2.jpg). This copybook are included in COBOL program with :COPY name REPLACING ==(PREF)== BY ==xxxx==. When we open this copybook in IDz we have a lot of error due to ==( )==. With REPLAC...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

Enhance DCAT command to support GDGORDER (LIFO/FIFO)

[11:57:39]GSM@estonia /u/home/gsm $ dls svtlog.syslogd.es.attls.* | xargs -I{} bash -c "echo -n {} - ; dcat {} | head -1 | cut -c1-15" 2>/dev/null Results in the following SVTLOG.SYSLOGD.ES.ATTLS.G4115V00 -Jul 23 16:29:31SVTLOG.SYSLOGD.ES.ATTLS...
6 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Future consideration

Display the names of libraries that store declarations of tables and variables in generated DB2 precompiler and coprocessor listing.

DCLGEN is used to produce declarations for tables, views, and variables for C, COBOL, or PL/I program, these declarations can be included later in the program via: EXEC SQL INCLUDE member-name END-EXEC. where member-name is the name of the data se...
6 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Future consideration

Support the GOHOME procedures with C devices in a pending.xd.c status

We would like GDPS to support Support the GOHOME procedures with C devices in a pending.xd.c status. See TS003602059 for detail.
over 4 years ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

Allow using regular expression matching in system/application policy/event filtering

Allowing the use of regular expression matching in all types of policy/event filtering rules would significantly enhance the ability to create filtering criteria specific to targeted work.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

New System Automation Policy Report for Runtokens

System Automation had RUNTOKENS introduced with release 3.4. However, there is a need to visualize which RUNTOKENS exist for a system and which APL's have which RUNTOKENS currently assigned.This should be done as a Policy Database Report.This is t...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration