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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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Running Distributed Gateway on zCX

Having Distributed Gateway running on zCX can help look into this solution a whole for Z. And there a much high processing power and more resources on Z than running on Kubernetes, it can help supporting huge transaction volumes for Mainframe appl...
12 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Future 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

Provide code to allow customers to send events to applications via REST API

This would provide a fully supported way for customers using IBM Z System Automation to interface with applications running on z/OS, or other platforms using REST. This would avoid the need for customers to create their own bespoke scripts. It sho...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

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

Enable history tables in e3270

For ODP activation, we need to enable history configuration either e3270 or TEP. Some tables are only available on TEP, but not e3270. For example, CICS table - CICSTRT. In short, customer wants that e3270 could activate all possible tables what T...
6 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON Integration Monitor 0 Not under consideration

Enhancements for validating DBB toolkit setup/configuration

Please consult the thread at https://github.com/IBM/dbb-zappbuild/discussions/466 I am often asked to validate things with regards to DBB/zAppBuild. Many of these tasks I manually do, though I have a few scripts of my own that do some of it. I rea...
12 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 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.
almost 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

Allow setting USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) in IPCONN without SSL

We have some SYSPLEX in our Company and we would like to connect CICS regions belonging to different SYSPLEX via IPIC not using SSL, but with the USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) option in order to know the RACF userid that originates the transaction.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 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

Include User Fields in DWC Monitor Workload job column.

We need to have a column in DWC with the user field enabled in Monitor Workload (job and critical job). This column should be editable to write and see comments about the job manage. In ISPF pannel this field can enable in handling error pannel, s...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 3 Future consideration

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