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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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Allow CICS to share SSL Keyrings even if they run under different userIDs

Hi, Currently a CICS region can only use the SSL keyring that is owned by the region owner ID. We can't share same keyring between multiple regions if they run under different owner IDs. With the increase in number of CICS regions, its becoming ...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Add Eclipse based Rexx editor

It has been about two yeasr since some one has requested this and got declined so I thought I would try again. Please add an Eclipse based Rexx editor. It doesn't need to do a lot. The base Eclipse editing actions, color highlighting, outline view...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Delivered

z/OS Connect EE - Enable multiple RACF Groups to be assigned to Global Interceptors

Please consider allowing multiple RACF Groups to be assigned to globalOperationGroup, globalInvokeGroup, and globalReaderGroup. Currently you can only assign multiple groups to globalAdminGroup. Also would like a way to specify that anyone that ha...
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

CICS/PA support for static field

We would like to add the plex name as a JSON element when sending to Splunk. I'm not sure where the plex name can be sourced - it could be a variable, or we could determine it from the image name (group name?). It could be a variable that we can s...
about 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

Possibility to suppress the server URL in error messages

VA tester tried to provide an invalid input where the input data exceeds the maximum length. The actual ZConnect URL is sent back in the error message as part of the response. {"errorMessage":"BAQR0429W: API RetrieveCreditChargeCardFulfillmentArra...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Prevent DFHSI1517 Control is given to CICS message until after the Java Applications are actually ready for work

Given the problem described in RFE 108941, we additionally need CICS startup to prevent the "Control is Given to CICS" message until after all the Java Bundle Installation processing has completed (successfully or not). WLM Health is an insufficie...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

API Toolkit enhance swagger info object to include contact object

Currently using the API Toolkit feature under zOS Explorer there is no option to include the contact object as part of the info object which currently includes description and version. As a result contact information for an API is missing from the...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

2FA access to DWC or RestAPI

Instead of performing it’s own user/password authentication DWC reads the user from the HTTP header. DWC should be able to restrict the traffic it accepts by IP addresses or DNS names in order to have a trust relation with the proxy.
12 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

Automatically search for provider ID for HA ITM TEPS

An ITM HA solution can have multiple TEMSs on the backend. These sometimes change out of the blue. So it would be a good change if SMU itself is able to search and select the provider ID. Then an administrator does not have to change it manually.
over 1 year ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Delivered

Truncate Cobol Data Structure

Cobol does not have the notion of variable-length string. When a string in the Cobol copybook is mapped to JSON payload for z/OS Connect, it is set with the maximum length. Even when the actual JSON payload is smaller, z/OS Connect sends the full ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

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