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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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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

Add the support of required field in APIS Body

We need to force APIs consummer to provide mandatory fields in the JSON body of an APIS.This is really important for APIS that use a MQ service because in this case we have no way to check fields before the message is PUT in the queue by the servi...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Future consideration

Add the parameter CPYMBR to the FCH command

We are replacing some PDSMAN programs with File Manager. The best choice is the FCH File Manager function. However, PDSMAN supports multiple members in a list, or multiple member wild card selections in a list. This is supported by the DSC functio...
over 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Make EYU9XSTR Threadsafe

I want program EYU9XSTR to be threadsafe as it will save us an enormous amount of TCB switches.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Completion of Encryption statistics from SMF113 into TDS/iZDS

We started the use of encryption, and we would complete the currently existing informations inside TDS Tables. We need to add the following fields coming from SMF133 subtype 1 CSType 3 :extended counters fom 64 to 127.This should give some materia...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release

Support PDT files with IPP

We are preparing for the implementation of IPP (Internet Print Protocol) in our agency. Beginning in 2025, Microsoft will no longer publish new print drivers. By 2027, 3rd party print driver updates will no longer be allowed. We have legacy applic...
7 months ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Please add a digital signature for program bundled with IDz \idz\bin\PPINCL01.exe

Currently there is no digital signature when viewing the properties of the file \idz\bin\PPINCL01.exe in Windows. Setting a digital signature on \idz\bin\PPINCL01.exe indicates that the program has been created by IBM and has not been tampered with.
7 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

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