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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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Keep track of DFHCSD and BAS changes not only on JESJOBS sysout but also on the repository itself for future investigation

when the cics resources are changed or excluded the messages are displayed only at the jesjobs sysouts and it is missed after a cics recycle, becoming impossible to track the before image.
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Limit the speed and heap memory usage of the CDP batch SMF load procedure HBOJBCO2

When using batch SMF load procedure HBOJBCO2, it runs too fast which the subscriber like kafka can not process the records at the same speed, then HBOJBCO2 will cause flood the CDP dsta streamer to store the smf records into memory and use out of ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Planned for future release

Keys or passtickets to connect DB2 server

Currently DB2 server is connected/configured using service id and password in dashboard (-> Configure -> Servers & security tab -> Relational database server). There is requirement to replace DB2 server credentials (service id and pas...
about 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Support Endevor v19 on CARMA plugin

We saw in the below documentation that the supported Endevor version under IDZ v16 CARMA plugin is 16/17/18: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/developer-for-zos/16.0?topic=workspace-from-ca-endevor-software-change-manager-scm " Supported Releases of CA ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Future consideration

IDZ Software Analyzer Custom Rules - Create Rule for JCL components for JCL files and Copybook components for Copybook files

The java package for creating COBOL custom rules under IDZ Software Analyzer only support cobol components. An interface is created for Copybook components but no class is created for Copybook components. This is similar to the case for JCL compon...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration

IMS Explorer - Test case - Passticket support

As moving to more secured enironment we need Passticket/one-time-password support when running a testcase in IMS explorer.
over 2 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Future consideration

MFA Support to transfer and receive files thru FTP and z/OS connections

Hi, We have a problem in transferring and receiving files thru FTP and z/OS connections in IMS Explorer when our mainframe systems are enabled with MFA. No support at all for FTP, but we can connect and transfer files using z/OS remote connection ...
over 2 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Future consideration

NOEVENP/NOLXPRF rules suboption. Distinguish between user source program and copy member item definition

To decide to issue a return code 12 or 04 when the IGYDS1348-W/IGYPA3084-W warning occurs, it is necessary to distinguish whether the definition of the data item appears directly in the user source program or was included in the program from a cop...
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

Special Resource at Application Level

This RFE is opened in conjunction to the old and declined RFE #78363. Special Ressources (SRs) should also be connectable to whole applications (occurences) and not only at operation level.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Today IMS can startup its CSL Stasks of SCI,OM,RM; extend to startup CQS(for RM) and ODBM

Today IMS via its DFSDFxxx member allows its CSL address spaces (SCI/OM/RM) to be started by the IMS Control region using: SCIPROC=,OMPROC=,RMPROC=. However, our CSL setup for RM requires a 'non-shared Queues' CQS to be started, if the CQS is not...
over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

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