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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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Overlay the applicationId additionally to the active panels/screens

The previous software Netview Access offered an Option within the configuration to overlay the applicationId additionally to the active Panel, for example ISR§PRIM. The Panel Looks like Line 1 - Row 2 Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help s...
about 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

To enable viewing of JCL Control Cards in AD Analyze Client

National Australia Bank has requested for the ability to view contents of JCL Control Files in the Explore Project functionality or JCL expansion.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

ABEND parameter for single IMS when IRLM ABEND occurs.

We need IMS ABEND parameter for single IMS(non-XRF and non-FDBR IMS) when IRLM ABEND occurs. Also, We hope you to standardize specification method of ABEND parameter.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Not under consideration

multiple ADLogin on the same client

currently users can only perform an AD login via a workspace. The ADLogin button remains inactive in other workspaces.
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Supersession issues with Swedish national characters

Hello Team, we have migrated from TPX to supersession. Our Swedish colleagues are complaining that when they use Swedish characters they are converted to Danish characters and thus their systems will fail search attempts and so on. One of the cpmp...
about 6 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Selection of individual files from a folder

So far, only the full path to the artifacts from which all files are imported can be specified via the API. Particularly in the case of overlapping storage structures, the artifacts must be copied before installation so that they are correctly imp...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Policy build report improvements.

We have a single policy database that contains Sandpit systems. We would like to perform a full build of the policy database, but to have the flexibility to exclude test systems as we're not interested in these. This would significantly improve ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

Add option to test cases and that should be automatically saved in workspace

Currently Debuggger is not integrated with ZUnit.If we need to create test cases for zUnit, we have to go out of our way from our daily routine and do a lot of painful preparation and do the test cases in such a way that zUnit will give some resul...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Not under consideration

DSC monitor in a sysplex

The Monitor should be allowed to be used across the sysplex if DSC is licensed on any image in a sysplex.
over 6 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 1 Not under consideration

Frequency based thresholding for policy rules and events

Please provide user customizable mechanism to only trigger if the monitored event occurs more than N times in X minutes. This would be useful for thresholding within a single task and for thresholding across tasks.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration