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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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Add MASHIST management to CICS Explorer

Now, it is only possible to SUSPEND or RESUME Historical Data Collection thru the WUI or via CMCI command. It would be helpful that CICS Explorer was able to handle (view and update the state) the MASHIST resource.
7 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Notify or automatically withdraw LCP RECOVER background copy when it ends

Forgetting to ENDCOPY results in eventually running out of SGC captures since the captures involved in the RECOVER remain locked and can't be . Ideally, there would be an additional parameter to specify an automatic ENDCOPY when the background cop...
7 months ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

Dynamic capability missing

The client complain that the Dynamic capability has been removed in the latest version, and would be happy if it would be implemented again.
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0

CICS Resource Compare Feature

Provide a mechanism to compare resources and highlight the differences. This feature should allow us to compare a resource defined in CICS regions within the same CICSplex and across our environments. The second would require the support of multip...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Add Host Connection Emulators (HCE) to PushToClient

Specific configuration settings are required by our RDz 8.5.x and 9.0.1 clients: 1. z/OS Remote System Connections2. Host Connection Emulators (HCEs - one for each Remote System Connection)3. Help Content URLs (enablement/disablement)4. Other Soft...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

PL/I Formatter doesn't work if file is UTF-8

PL/I-Files with UTF-8 (e.g. german Characters)
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

Support IDz/Aqua installation process via EPP (Eclipse Packaging Project)

Please simplify the (fresh) installation process of Aqua based Eclipse p2-tools (like IDz, Fault Analyzer, IBM Debugger, ….) . Currently you need to go to GitHub download page ( https://ibm.github.io/mainframe-downloads/eclipse-tools.html ) and th...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Change Wording on GDPS Message GEO525A

When using the CAPACITY ACTIVATE script statement with PROMPT, please reword the WTOR to reflect the same nomenclature used in IBM HMC and Capacity on Demand User's Guide
about 5 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

IzPCA report showing invokers of a given stored procedure

Application teams sometimes need information related to the invokers of a DB2 stored procedure, so we would like to see if IzPCA could provide the list of users ( DB2 authids) that invoke a stored procedure. That is, a report showing a list of DB2...
7 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Some Help for the Data Lineage

In the list of the thing to exclude for the field expansion report wizard, is it possible to get also the possibility to exclude program like a variable? In the rapport we have redundancy some data extract and make the report heavy (example in the...
7 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

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