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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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Introduce Python into NetView Scripting

REXX is very easy; we all know how to code it and it is easy to learn for the newbies. Still, all the youngsters seem to know coding with Python. Python provides a readily available toolbox, which will help the new joiners to be productive quickly...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

IDz - Remote z/OS File Search - Make Search Results Persistent

Enhancement to the IDz Remote z/OS Search View to make search results available between IDz sessions. Please add the ability to save the actual Remote z/OS File search results so the results are available between IDz sessions. There is already an ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Speedup the release of license after stopping a ZD&T instance

zD&T License server release license too slow when an instance is stopped.Shutdown takes approx,. 1 min, 20 secs. After the shutdown it takes more than 6 minutes before the license are released. In total almost 8 minutes.This could lead to that...
about 1 year ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Planned for future release

Automation to import workspace settings between versions of IDz

Thru this RFE, request IBM team to consider providing an option that can help to migrate settings from past work space to the new work space. In the current world, we recommend develops to either 1) make a copy of their existing work space and use...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Check/Reject when a variable A based on a pointer initialized with the addr of a variable B is bigger than B

- a PLI V5.2 program runs smoothly but abends with S0C4 when recompiled in PLI V6.1- on analysis, the program has a poor writing, it uses a larger redefined area than the original area. This original area is used as I/O area. Presently, the compil...
about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Add PROCs to the Job Call Flow

It would be nice if the PROCs that are called by Jobs were reflected in the Job Call Flow
almost 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Support for mixed type JSON arrays

While using the webservice assistant DFHJS2LS, we are receiving errors when processing json schemas that have arrays using the items tag as an array e.g. “items”: […..] . This json schema is a valid schema and used to describe a Tuple; a type of a...
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

End-to-End Transaction Tracing from containerized service through DataPower to Mainframe (CICS)

With the industry’s focus on SRE it is critical to be able to trace an application transaction from the frontend application, through DataPower, to the various SoR(s) on the Mainframes. OpenTelemetry is a new standard allowing technical users to t...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

AD analyse client and AD server shall coexist with different release levels

Requirement is that the AD analyse client and AD server can coexist with different release levels very much like IDz have implemented their support allowing +-2 release difference. Having this will let us upgrade the server and then gradually upgr...
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Request TMRA Commit Mode 1(CM1) support dedicate persistent socket.

Customer IMS is transforming from legacy SNA environment to TCPIP environment. They use both MQ and ICON for TCPIP Gateway.In new develop client programs, they prefer using TMRA for application gateway between application and IMS, and want to use ...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration