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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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Licensing server must show fully qualified hostnames

I want to restrict access to only allow certain host names https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zdt/13.3.0?topic=edition-configuring-authorization but licensing server does not show FQDN. Because licensing server show only hostname there is a chance that s...
over 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

EQQPIFJX should support delete JCL in JSx for an operation even appl is not completed

To reduce the number of repeatable applications at CP running e.g., every 5 min or perhaps more often, we need an option to DELETE JCL in JSx for a specific operation, even that the whole applications is not completed. Lets assume we have a simple...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Update the resolver to identify MQ for batch programs

Dbb was updated to identify MQ programs during source scanning. It works great until it runs against out batch MQ programs where are using CSQB* modules such as CSQBCONN. The scanner does not detect these as MQ and as a result the program is deter...
over 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Is a defect

High Availability Worload with IPIC

Need a real High Availability Worload when connecting zcee and CICS with IPIC. Not just fail over.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CTG daemon should do self-check and cleanup IPC queue regularly

Customer think the CTG daemon should do self-check and clean up the IPC message queue regularly
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Dedicated Timeout Parm for WEB CONVERSE/WEB RECEIVE

We currently use WEB CONVERSE to get data back from remote services via HTTP. We have run into issues whereby system failures on the destination side will not send a response resulting in the CICS task to indefinitely wait until intervention occur...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Improve TSO/ISPF administration interface to use IBM-standard LIBDEF / ALTLIB facilities - remove current requirement for STEPLIB / LOGON PROC customization

The current IzPCA admin-function is restrictive, requiring TSO LOGON PROC and/or hardcoded STEPLIB (for IzPCA and Db2 environment)
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Next Word and Prev Word should not stop on dashes in variable names in the COBOL editor

New Word (Ctrl+Right) and Prev Word (Ctrl+Left) should not stop at the dashes in variable names in the COBOL Editor. This behavior cripples the function.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Compiledate and Compiletime of loads

It should be nice to get the list of compile date and compiletime and version of compiler of all csects in a loadmodule. This should be implemented for the languages cobol, PL/1, LE-enabled ASM, C/C++, FORTRAN for online and batch component.- all ...
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Allow Show dependencies without JCL submit

This issue has been discussed on PMR# 08724,379,000. Problem is that if RDz procedure ELAXFCOC is not used for compilation and therefore not configured then Show dependencies will also not work because it needs to submit a Job using ELAXFCOC. It w...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 5 Not under consideration

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