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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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Method to allow users to issue CEMT SET yet not CEMT PERFORM

We have promotion software which will be used to issue CEMT S PROG(*) NEWCOPY. In reviewing the RACF resource classes for CEMT, UPDATE access is required to issue CEMT SET. However, it appears that UPDATE access to CEMT also allows CEMT PERFORM. W...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

IzWS allow user to add non-existing predecessor which should have more alert on the warning like pop-up warning that required enter to confirm.

IzWS allow user to add non-existing predecessor which should have more alert on the warning like pop-up warning that required enter to confirm. We would like to request if the predecessor job does not exist thenoption1 : to have confirmation with ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

New CICSPlex SM routing algorithm

We are not able to manage our online workload in an efficient way by using the CICSPlex SM Sysplex Optimized Workload Routing. If we use QUEUE/LNQUEUE algorithm, performance objectives defined in WLM are not being taken into consideration for rout...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

Health Check about IC Definitions

We simulated a Site1-Outage in the Production but loose all Images sysplexwide (except the Master KSYS). IBM told us in the Case that we use not the newest Inital Clists (IC) for the Operators. It would be very helpful if a GDPS Health Check can c...
6 months ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

Include the packlist in the downloads with HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN

When using RFNJOBS for downloading the HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN, it would be ideal to include the packlist with it. Due to the HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN are compressed or encrypted & not readily readable, the packlist is a quick way to identify t...
over 2 years ago in IBM Shopz 7 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

Enterprise Cobol - Compiler option to enable / disable DEBUGGING-MODE

To date, the activation of debugging lines, marked with a "D" in column 7, can only be activated / deactivated by intervening at the source code level, by specifying or removing the "WITH DEBUGGING MODE" clause in the Environment Division. We woul...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 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

Interface CBAC with CEDA

Just like you have interfaced CBAC with CEMT using RUNCEMT, we are asking to do the same for CEDA with a RUNCEDA facility. Our intention is to use CBAC to install CSD resources on a CBAC group level. As an example we hope to perform these CEDA com...
6 months ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Other 2 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

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