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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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DCLGEN for the IMS Catalog

We need to be able to generate PL/I definitions/includes with the IMS Catalog as the source and the leading system/basis. It should be possible to integrate that type of generation with the software build process.
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Support for wildcard in DDL DROP for IMS Databases and PSBs

We refresh and rebuild test environment from production where we cleanup everything in test and build using the components from production by changing component names. So we could use DDL DROP with wildcard where we can erase the test definitions ...
12 months ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

New RACF messages indicating Next Token mode

Background - We are migrating from CA Top Secret to IBM RACF, here at our site. We are also migrating from CA AAM to IBM MFA. Under CA Top Secret, we enter "RSA Next Token Mode" after failing 3 attempts to logon. The CA Top Secret throws messages ...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 9 Future consideration

Provide support for remote libraries in the local preprocessors in IDz

(This idea was originally logged as case: TS009687272) We are using GIT repositories for developing Cobol and PL/1 sources in IDz. Because these sources reside in the locally cloned repositories or editors can only use local property groups for r...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

System Automation - Handling Long-Running Enqueues improvement

As IBM recommended, the IBM System Automation's Handling Long-Running Enqueues (ENQs) function was enable in order to determnine a contention problem on RACF Databases getting a dump of the holder of the resource. The objective of the RFE 87447 is...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Parenthesis are not highlighted in IDz COBOL editor (compared to TSO)

In TSO (ISPF editor), when parenthesis number is not rational (insufficient or in excess), the problematic parenthesis is highlighted in pink. In IDz (COBOL editor), there is no highlighted for this exact same problem. We wish we can have a clear ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Future consideration

Cognos Monthly Reports Selection should be by Month not by any date in the month

The Cognos Monthly reports select is confusing and is not documented to the end user.
12 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Future consideration

Provide comprehensive Documentation on how the Product works, such as a Redbook.

Presently the IzPCA documentation is mainly about how to install and run the software, or how to be a Capacity Planner, not how the product actually functions. Without comprehensive documentation, customers have to depend on the vendor for ongoing...
12 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 3 Future consideration

Support DBFUMIN0 with DBRC=N under the IMS Managed ACB environment

We typically use DBFUMIN0 utility with DBRC=N to format ADS because we could save time to spend DBFUMRI0 utility. We do not format ADS during online transaction processing by using DBFUMRI0, but we use DBFUMIN0 with DBRC=N to format ADS, then...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Future consideration

Uncaptured wait time for CICS webservices

We are seeing a high uncaptured wait time for webservice attach tasks.This time should be captured and recorded in the CICS SMF 110 Performance class record. An auxtrace has shown that the uncaptured time is spent suspended waiting for resource 'R...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

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