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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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Prevent Duplicate TIMER's

Currently if an Operator is modified in the Policy Database for a TIMER, and a new ACF is refreshed into SA it causes a duplication in TIMER's: one for the previously defined Operator and one for the newly defined Operator. Create SA functionality...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Passticket support for Database Access

Hi, We use passticket for IMS SQL Batch utility. The passticket also supports MFA in batch utility. We would like to see the passticket usage in IMS Explorer for database connection, which simplifies our access for development systems. Thanks !!
over 2 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Not under consideration

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

IGY-Compiler-Messages are not summarized at the end of the SYSPRINT

In cobol-versions pre 5.1. all IGY-compliler-messages (info, warning, error, severe) are summarized at the end of the SYSPRINT-output . In Cobol 5.1.1 and above these messages are displayed anywhere and not always in one block.
almost 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer needs consistent number decimal places in summary views

CICS Explorer needs to display averaged values in an aggregated view with a consistent number of decimal places. This could be a fixed or user specified value. Potentially if ALL average values in a field are exact numbers no decimal places could ...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Add support for message-driven JBP

Currently IMS Java batch programs can't be message-driven. This prevents the modernization of message-driven BMPs and new applications with this processing pattern to be implemented in Java or forces you to using MQ to queue the messages (if MQ is...
over 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 0 Future consideration

CICS - In SMF performance records, supply the target program in mirror transaction

Senario: Program performs X a DPL to program Y. In the mirror task in the remote region the 1st program is DFHMIRS and it will link to program Y. Unfortunately, program Y is not reported by SMF performance records.My request is to always report th...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

LPEX editor : new preference to save blank lines in a VB member of a PDSE as records with length 1

In our environment our PL/1 source libraries are PDSE libraries with RECFM=VB and LRECL=259 When we add a blank line to a member of such a library with the ISPF editor a record is created containing 1 blank (length 1) However when we add a blank l...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Set a default value to a given service field exposed as Boolean for a service.

To expose a given service field as Boolean, select we select the Boolean option in the Override data type property of the Edit Field wizard. But we cannot find any possibility to set a default value.
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 5 Not under consideration

Choice of view-level Page size for ALL workspaces as opposed to setting/resetting it for each Workspace

Currently each Workspace has the View-level page size at a default of showing 100 rows; you can reset that to ALL ROWS (or another number of rows) for each workspace. In our environment we would like to have the option to change that default setti...
almost 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 4 Functionality already exists

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