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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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Support PDT files with IPP

We are preparing for the implementation of IPP (Internet Print Protocol) in our agency. Beginning in 2025, Microsoft will no longer publish new print drivers. By 2027, 3rd party print driver updates will no longer be allowed. We have legacy applic...
10 months ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

How to estimate the size of these pools in a mACB environment where there's no ACBLIB, DBDLIB nor PSBLIB.

Problem Description: In an ACBLIB environment, ACBGEN output shows the estimated size of DMB, PSB, PSBW, and EPCB pools indicated by DFS0940I, DFS0941I, DFS0943I and DFS0589I. messages like as follows. < ACBGEN output example > ... DFS0940I ...
over 1 year ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Planned for future release

Kerberos sign on does not work in Personal Communications and Host on Demand

Currently, the current design of PCOMM and HOD doesn't support FQDN with alias host. This entry is opened fro Dev/L3 team to explore and check what API are available in C++ to support the alias hostname to resolve FQDN.
over 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

Add an 80% warning message before zWS reaches 100% limit for adding applications of the same name. (EQQM952E & EQQM952I)

To add a 80% alert before an application reaches its limit of 1440 entries to be added. EQQM952E FAILED TO ADD APPLICATION XXXXXXEQQM952I REASON: NO UNIQUE INPUT ARRIVAL TIME LEFT IN CP FOR THIS APPLICATION This will give Scheduling team time to r...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Bring SQL-Compiler-Suboptions into LoadModule, especially ATTACH(TSO/CAF/ULI)

We try to find out whit compiler options are used for some programs on load library. When using the FM-LoadModule-Analyzer, we can list the compiler options of the load modules. If the program uses SQL, we see "SQL" as COBOL-option, but not the us...
over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Planned for future release

Add Job Confirmation Option to Error Panel

We would like to have the capability in the error panel (HANDLING OPERATIONS ENDED IN ERROR) to have user preference option for job confirmation. This would act like application confirmation today (type Y to confirm you want the application force ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

Handle multiple lines of header data

For HATS screen combinations, give HATS the ability to capture multiple rows of header data, and keep those separated from the actual table data. Today HATS can only extract one row of header data. Many host screens with tabular data have two or m...
10 months ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Planned for future release

Add last screen handling for Screen Combinations

Add the capability to screen combinations last screen processing such that data may not extracted on the last screen if the data that is displayed is repeated. This happens when the last screen of data is only recognized when a PF key is hit and t...
10 months ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Planned for future release

Allow system shutdown phases in z/OS Proxy-managed systems

For GDPS managed systems, SA z/OS provides three distinct phases in the final shutdown processing that are defined using the special message id SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN message/user data policy item for the MVS Component entry type. This is not supported o...
about 5 years ago in GDPS 6 Planned for future release

Profile Path, Icon Path, Embedded Macro Variable usage

Macro “include” statement under PCOMM Allow the use of the macro “include” statement so we can include the “global.mac” file they built in some of the more complex Macros. This was in version 12 and 13 from macros HCL built but in version 14 it fe...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Planned for future release

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