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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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Tranclass Timeout

Add a mechanism to timeout transactions waiting on Tranclass. The timeout value needs to be a parm that the customer can set.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

AD.Automatic classification of source code

For many banking clients, their applications are complex, the volume of source code is huge, and most of the code are legacy for decades without appropriate documents and accurate understanding.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

CICS Program Newcopy or Phasein to show both current and new lengths (and PHASEIN RES>0)

CICS Program Newcopy or Phasein to show both current and new lengths. Our Code Asset Management (CAM) and Audit department uses the old and new program lengths for comparison of migrated code lengths. If Newcopy or Phasein sucessful; echo the leng...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Putting z/OS Connect Designer docker image onto Docker Hub

Due to company policy, we are only allowed to download docker image from Docker Hub or gcr.io. It will take a very long time and go thru some lengthy processes to get the approval and set-up in place for pulling docker image from IBM Container Reg...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Enhance IMS database Usage using load modules as inputs

In the current IMS database Usage function, it is showing the database's name and the structure of the segments used in a given Cobol program. However, the users run this function with a load module as an input. I would like to see the IMS databas...
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 7 Not under consideration

Having some system data available via standard COBOL word/ function.

Hi, in my shop several developers are using some basic system data like LPAR name, SMFID, job name step name...Despite many enhancements COBOL don't offer today some way to have this data at hand.So the developers create many module to have access...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Enterprise COBOL V5+ - Possibility to encrypt the source code present in the dwarf section

The TEST(dwarf,source) option stores the source code (not the compilation listing) in the dwarf section. Moreover, it is the source code expanded after resolution of the calls of copybooks which is stored. This is useful for debugging (tracing) o...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Not under consideration

Enterprise COBOL V5+ - TEST(dwarf,source) option violates *CONTROL NOSOURCE directives

When the *CONTROL NOSOURCE / *CONTROL SOURCE directives are used in a source code, the lines present between these two directives are excluded from the compilation listing. However, if the compiler option TEST(dwarf,source) is activated, then the...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Multiple ADDI instance use same SQL Server

We have 2 apps that use ADDI. We would like to use the same SQL Server VM instance for both. How do we setup our DB/instances/configuration to do this?
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Increment number of member after build is complete

TD Bank decided to use ADDI 5.1.0.4 and a full build is required after adding and/or updating any nymber of members on ADI (it should be incremental).
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration