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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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AD Analyze client showing repeated job steps in the job flow graph

The job flow graph shows has the steps repeated multiple times. After investigation it was found out that it is happening due to two reasons:1. Less details are presented on the jobflow graph by design (program name or dataset name is not shown by...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Ability to override PARMs in ELAXFMFS proc through IDz Property Groups

Our IDz users, who use the IBM supplied ELAXFMFS proc, have let us know that they're unable to override the PARM specification (in this ELAXFMFS proc) through IDz. Typically, for all other ELAXF* procs, they're able to override PARMs using IDz ‘Pr...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Future consideration

Fix IBM JRE class redinition/retransformation

internal JTC Requirement (94991): The requirement is to 'Allow unloading ofall redefined classes except for the original (will be intermixed in theRAM/ROM segments with other classes) and the current'.Development team has agreed to analyse the fea...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Requesting a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry.

Requesting IBM to allow for a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry. Today it's only cleared at IPL.
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

SMU List job status widget

A widget that enables us to easily view and filter IZWS jobs and jobstreams as a list
over 3 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration

Option to save AOCTRACE globals, so can trace from NetView startup.

Tracing can easily be turned on using either command line or AOCTRACE panels, however, traces are not maintained over NetView restart. Please can an option be provided in AOCTRACE to allow saving of the aoctrace globals so tracing is restarted as ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

PD Tools - File Manager V14.1 - MQ files editor: automatic conversion to EBCDIC?

We will need to use a template with MQFMT_NONE as recommended, when in doubt about the original encoding of messages in a queue.But it would be much better if, by default, the message is displayed in this original encoding, with the possibility of...
over 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Customer: NEXT (retailer in UK) wants to use "synchronization file" on NATURAL source code

Customer (NEXT clothing retailer in UK) uses Natural source code and wishes to use synchronization to update the source code. Customer currently has to do manual updates to source code which is labor intensive.
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Enhance AAM syntax logic to support nested INCLUDE/EXCLUDE

The current syntax structure of AAM makes it difficult to replicate logic flows implemented using IF THEN controls. AAM syntax structure should be enhanced to support the ability to nest INCLUDE/EXCLUDE statements. This capability would all for mo...
over 3 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support dynamic refresh for HVTVLTxx in CTC

Many of the HVT parmlib members can be dynamically refreshed like HVTTRLxx. Parmlib member HVTVLTxx cannot be dynamically refreshed. While a couple parameters within HVTVLT can be controlled dynamically the ability to refresh the entire library wo...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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