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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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IMS LOG56FA Field TPMGU=1 after a LOG08 created

In the record x'56FA' of the LOG, the field TPMGU=2 after the creation of a LOG08. Even if the region is in PWFI and that the LOG08 is created because of the PLCT. So we can't use the field TPMGU to count the number of messages processed.
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 3 Not under consideration

RBD EGL Debug listener to be launched from IDEs other than VAGEN

IBM developed and EGL Debug Listener with the request of Halkbank. We can do End to End debugging from VAGEN GUI to EGL in RBD and back to VAGEN GUI. We want to have this facility for other IDEs also
about 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

CICS Event to interact with ML for z/OS

update CICS Event to be able to call the Machine Learning for z/OS product. This will enable any CICS user or CICS system event to interact with the latest in mainframe analytics tools. The event could inject data into the ML service in addition t...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Addition of Mainframe Character Set (CP1027) in JDK 11

IBM Java 6 which comes along with WebSphere 7 is having support for character set: CP1027. But In Java 8 or 11 this character set support is not there. When Java 11 is used to connect Mainframe zOS DB2, sometimes its failing with the following exc...
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Inquire and browse Applications in a similar manner to programs.

CICS contains SPI and XPI interfaces to inquire on a particular program as well as browsing through the list of installed program definitions. However, although the same functions for applications are available internally in the same domain, these...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

AD to create a storyboard from code

Create a storyboard on how the code to assist in facilitation of moving to another language.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

job naming standards which is not based on the USERID

As far as I know for the CRABATCA job, RDz will only support <USERID> or you can hardcode the JOBNAME. The CUSTOMER has job naming standards which is not based on the <USERID>. but on other parameters relates to job and department.They...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

Ability to alter DSNAME or attributes of file within CBAC regardless of the type of CICS startup(COLD/WARM/EMER).

The ability to alter the DSNAME or attributes to be effective after a COLD start within CICS Batch Application Control is needed.
about 5 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Object Oriented COBOL support in CICS

Currently Object Oriented COBOL is not available in CICS. We think that CICS should support the entire suite of features in IBM COBOL, so developers can use all the functionality of IBM COBOL, without limitations by the platform.
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Webtool - add the possibility for another user to restart zDT

Several users, with different accounts, are managing the zDT instances. We need a new functionnality in the WebTool that detect if the userid is not the one who started the process, check if he can be root, and upgrade his priviledges when restart...
about 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

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