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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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Request IBM supplied fonts supporting 1379

Our Hong Kong application require FONTs supporting code page 1379. from IBM document https://www-40.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R5GA321048/$file/e0zx100_v2r5.pdf There is not FONT supporting CP 1379. Do IBM have any planni...
over 2 years ago in Printsw 3 Not under consideration

CICS PA and ODM Metrics within CICS

Within CICS Performance Analyzer is the capability to view the components that make up the response time of a transaction. As an example, I can determine how much time was spent in DB2, in MQ and other subsystems that CICS uses to complete a unit ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Data access layer(Both File and DB2)

Data access layer (Both File and DB2) needs to be supported.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Agricultural Bank of China has a new requirement of service class re-classification.

System: CICS TSActor: User needing new feature of service class re-classification. Description :MRO connection is set up between TOR and AOR. There is a long running task in TOR receiving request from front end. When the long running task receives...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Change CEOT security so read just displays (no fields changeable)

Would like CICS CEOT transaction to have display only fields (no changeable fields) if read access is given to CEOT and have the changeable fields if update access is given to CEOT.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CPSM Workload algorithm enhancement

Customers need IBM to develop an enhancement to the present CPSM Algorithm in order to save MLC (monthly license charge). The current CPSM solution provides workload balancing which dynamically routes transactions among a set of target regions (AO...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

RDZ needs to support panels and groups for use with SDF2

Uploading RDz changes into SDF II. Want CICS screen changes made in RDz able to be loaded into SDF II libraries to keep code consistent. This will allow users to make CICS screen coding changes in SDF II and RDZ. This means RDz needs to support pa...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

ADDI and CA7 scheduler - to trigger conditionally from another JCL through a SASSTRLR utility

TD Bank is evaluating ADDI v5.1.0.3 and they are interested in integrate ADDI with CA7 scheduler tool.Is it possible that there are some jobs that are triggered conditionally from another JCL through a SASSTRLR utility(Apparently CA7 utility)? Sin...
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

AD Parser support for SQL comment line

Working on an ADDI opportunity where client has large number of SQL comment lines embedded in SQL statements. The AD parser currently does not recognize these SQL comment lines and hence resulted in parser errors and no resolution
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Natural programs called from JCL

ADDI doesn't have in JCL a special treatment for NATBATCH so we don't treat it as NATURAL program call interface. This functionality is very important for the customer.
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration