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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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Add visibility when a panel has a syntax error

When a panel has a syntax error, in TLVLOG we see messages KLKDM1* on the first time the panel was called, but that can be hours after the STC started, so it goes undetected. Is there a way to make such errors more visible ? For example, if these ...
12 months ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Provide TS7700 BVIR support

The latest VTS technology does not use SMF type94 records for VTS monitoring/performance. Instead, BVIR records exported from the clusters are extracted. Need to be able to load these records for VTS activity and other information.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future 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

support for multiple MQ systems in OTMA destination descriptor TYPE=MQSERIES

For high availabity reasons we have configured 2 production lines in the same sysplex:CEC01-LPAR01-IMS01-MQ01CEC02-LPAR02-IMS02-MQ02Both lines are coupled by various product features.I1) IMS01 and IMS02 use the same IMS shared message queueI2) IMS...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 2 Not under consideration

(TPFUG) Create new DFDL function to release memory when building or parsing while using DFDL APIs

Create function(s) to release memory following the invocation of DFDL APIs. This would alleviate memory leaks when calling the APIs multiple times.
12 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

IDz v16.0.2 File transfer CR/FL char is not showing while transfer file from Remote system to local

TS015047272: IDz v16.0.2 File transfer CR/FL char is not showing while transfer file from Remote system to local. File contains non-roundtrippable characters tried to transfer from remote system to local should transfer those char as well ex CR fL...
12 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 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...
about 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Modify the iOS (iPad) virtual keyboard for HACP Extended Edition so that it does not cover the 3270 emulator session.

HACP Extended Edition is being evaluated a replacement solution to legacy handheld scanners used to connect to mainframe 3270 emulation sessions. In the current state, the iPad virtual keyboard covers portions of the ISPF 3270 session, making it d...
over 2 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

Modification of the KPMZ_CPUMF* table's TIME column definition

KPMZ_CPUMF* tables, derived from SMF 113, have a TIME column corresponding to the time of writing the SMF Record (End of interval), unlike any tables from the SMF7x Records (Example : KPMZ_LPAR_T) where the TIME column corresponds to the time of b...
12 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 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.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration