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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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Parmgen enhancement for OMEGAMON XE z/OS 5.3, XE CICS 5.3, PE for DB2 5.3, MQ 7.3 etc.

RFE for Parmgen OMEGAMON XE z/OS 5.3, XE CICS 5.3, PE for DB2 5.3, MQ 7.3 etc.: We have several user modified members in different libs which we always have to take care not to overwrite them by parmgen.Most customized members are in RKANPARU or R...
over 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 3 Future consideration

Increase container address space connections to a maximum of 1000 say

I believe the current maximum of 400 connections is to small. In some LPARs we have over 800 CICS regions. I know you can start a second zAPM container in the LPAR but it would be nice to have a start-up parameter to state the maximum with a defau...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Not under consideration

Support for Cobol Report Writer statements

Cobol Report Writer statements are not being parsed in ADDI. This is impacting the results when needing to check where variables are used. The variables used in report writer report is not shown as being used in the where used
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Record Generator for Java open source request

After opening a case to try to get documentation, none was found.
about 4 years ago in Record Generator for Java 0 Future consideration

Properly resolve a user's TSO prefix

For the odd shops like ours where a TSO prefix is not the user's ID, this can cause a lot of ZOAU commands/python invocations to fail. ZOAU tries to allocate temporary work datasets under the user's "prefix", but it seems to just grab the user's I...
over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Functionality already exists

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

Validate zUnit playbackfile in DTR runtime

When pushing a zUnit testcase in a pipeline (and maybe other places) the playbackfile isn't validating with possible result a testcase is run forever (or until canceled). The functionality to validate the playback file is present in ZVTP and would...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Record Data Test Case Window

In zUnit when the Test Data Editor is open, you select the Red recording button, the Record Data Test Case Window pops up where you push the Start Recording button. This window is modular, the whole workspace is frozen while this window is display...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Not under consideration

Replace /usr/lpp/cicsts in the CICS Web Assistant script with a variable similar to PATHPREF or USSDIR

Remove hard coded zFS address from the DFHLS2WS (and associated) scripts
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

ADDI is missing to show procs and control cards

TD Bank decided to use ADDI 5.1.0.4 and they were investigating about the file layout and control cards impacted. ADDI shows the impacted JCLs listed along with the step names and Programsalone. However, ADDI does NOT show any Procs and/or control...
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration