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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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Release TPF Debugger from IBM TPF Toolkit as Java Library

Take the IBM TPF Debugger facilities that exist in IBM TPF Toolkit 4.6 and make available to customers as a stand-alone Java library (NOT as an Eclipse plug-in). n other words, provide the Java library that is responsible for the functionality to ...
12 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 5 Not under consideration

Update EVJ120I message to include OPTEXT data.

We have automation code that uses INGTWS/INGOPC command to obtain OPTEXT data for a failing batch job. It would simplify this process if the OPTEXT data was made available on the EVJ120I error message (at the end).
12 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Provide possibility to automate fetch of PgmModuleMap.txt

Hi When using different names for loadmodule and first program it's possible to map those with PgmModuleMap.txt ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/addi/6.1.1?topic=tasks-adding-files-project-folders ). To be able to automate create/update of the textfi...
almost 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Not under consideration

More granular message is password/passphrase change fails

Supersession is not able to deliver qualified error message, if a user is requested to change his password / his passphrase. a) new Password/passphrase is ok - everything is ok b) new Password/passphrase is not ok - Supersession delivers only a me...
over 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

GDPS 3.14 Check Topology Enhancement

MGM4SITE_CHECK_TOPOLOGY will stop upon encountering the first error in establishing PPRC pathing. In a 4-site Multi-target configuration this can become cumbersome due to the number of PPRC paths that need to be validated.
over 6 years ago in GDPS 13 Not under consideration

CCSID as input option to WEB WRITE HTTPHEADER

The HTTP Header value must be in codepage 37 EBCDIC. This is not documented together with the WEB WRITE HTTPHEADER CICS command.As the CICS regions is likely to run with a different codepage it would help if the codepage translation to 37 could be...
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Network security credential propagation should have a parm for activation

We have a very high volume IMS environment, using IMS Connect. The Network Security Credential Propagation (NSCP) enhancement in IMS V15 will allow additional security information (up to 504 bytes) to flow in from the client side if all components...
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

JSON numeric/string conversion

Support conversion between COBOL numeric fields and JSON strings.
about 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 10 Future consideration

Support tolerant reader principle with CICS web services

In various systems the tolerant reader principle as specified by Postel's Law is used as a design principle. Currently CICS will not accept items which are not specified in the current schema of a web service.Please provide a function or parameter...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add Favorites or add the ability to reorganize in the graphs/reports of AD in IDz

While working in AD through IDz, it would be nice to have favorites for a user's top repetitive reports/graphs or the ability to reposition the list of reports/graphs. If a user constantly uses the same reports/graphs, this would be faster for the...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

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