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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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CICS/Liberty prevent immediately open of port

CICS/Liberty should open TCP/IP ports of the JVM before the application services are initialized.This maybe implemented as an option to be activated.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

support JSONOMIT for structures

Using the attribute JSONOMIT does not work on structures, only on variables. Therefore it is possible that there will be created null-objects if all variables of a structure are empty. To avoid empty objects (null-Objects --> :{}) and related P...
almost 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 3 Delivered

Enhance CICS PA to process zOS Connect SMF Data for API Requesters

Enable CICS Performance Analyzer to process the SMF data produced by zOS Connect for API Requesters
about 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 1 Delivered

Set report of all errors found when reloading a new GEOPARM (in a single validation sequence)

In large GEOPARMs, the verification can take several minutes. When the GDPS performs the reload/validation of the GEOPARM, it stops if it finds syntactic errors. They must be corrected and perform the syntactic validations again, then the consiste...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 3 Delivered

Confirm zDT Running in a Docker Container is Supported

Include Docker containerisation in the list of supported run environments. We'd be more than happy to have this caveated (e.g. on RHEL, with the image based on RHEL, etc) to limit the testing requirements for the support team.
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 4 Delivered

RDz support for Mac

Currently, RDz runs on a Windows machine and Linux (I believe). I would like to see RDz (and all plug-ins) like DataStudio, IA, etc. run on a Mac machine.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Null array gives IGZ0339W instead of IGZ0326I

We are parsing JSON containing: "myList":["item1","item2","last"], with structure defined: 05 MYLIST OCCURS 5 TIMES PIC X(10). This works as expected. However, sometimes the list is empty so the service returns: "myList":null, This thro...
over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Delivered

zOS Connect - MQ data required in the Interceptor SPI

The requirement is that System of Record data must be made available in the Interceptor SPI. The data at postInvoke() should include MQ queue manager name, request queue name, reply queue name, as well as the SoR entry and exit times.
over 4 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 1 Delivered

Feature Request - JSON PARSE - [" was found, but one of LEFT CURLY BRACKET was expected

It is possible in the JSON standard for a top-level JSON to have an array, e.g. [{..}, {..}]. However, this cannot be read with the current JSON parse, instead you have to build an object around it with string processing so that you can parse it. ...
about 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Delivered

Mask text in Operations Manager Log

We use Operations Manager to monitor our system and log activity. Some data that is logged could be sensitive (for example a password). Operations Manager allows you to suppress from VIEWCON but not from the log
almost 3 years ago in Operations Manager for z/VM 2 Delivered

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