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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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CICSPLEX Systems Manager (CPSM) Web User Interface (WUI) Security for Shutdown of Regions

Shutting down an LMAS (a cics region) via the WMAS (Web User Interface CICS Region) , no Userid is captured in logs to say who shutdown the CICS region. The default User ID of the CICS region being shut down is captured in the logs. Audit requirem...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Use of line number as parameter in macro is not working

Email from Remili, the developer: Hi Srinivas, could you please open a ticket for this specific macro that our team uses. Right now we have a workaround but it will be good if they can fix it for the new RPP version.This is for our macro ADVATR, w...
over 5 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

More transparency for Liberty users

Liberty is integrated in the CICS, but it functions as a "subsystem WAS" in the subsystem “CICS”. There is a lack of rational means for debugging and clarification. Thus, Liberty acts as a poorly integrated foreign body in CICS. See also Pmr 87726...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Set timeout value on a MQ descriptor (to tell MQ how long time the message stay on the MQ queue before it is deleted)

Be able to set a timeout value for an asynchronous message to MQ using an MQ descriptor. (To tell MQ how long time the message should stay on the MQ queue before it is deleted.)
almost 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Not under consideration

CICS Event capture of DL/I call / command

This request is to be able to capture information from each DL/I call using the CICS EVENT mechanism.The data to be captured includes the command code, the call details and the business data.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Modify EXEC CICS ENABLE to permit specifying conditions for when the exit program is to be driven

Could EXEC CICS ENABLE command be modified to specify a condition for when an exit program could be driven. Conditional execution could be based on CICS resources such as task number, transaction name or program name for example. Maybe we could ha...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Modify EXEC CICS ENABLE to permit specifying conditions for when the exit program is to be driven

Could EXEC CICS ENABLE command be modified to specify a condition for when an exit program could be driven. Conditional execution could be based on CICS resources such as task number, transaction name or program name for example. Maybe we could ha...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Ability to extract packages from an export file into another file via a batch interface

We require the ability to transport resource definitions between geographically dispersed sysplexes and to apply transformation rules in the process. This need means we will have to migrate through an export file.Since the export file will be used...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Dynamic Transaction Routing

We are routing transactions (3270 based) and programs (CTG and CWXN based) from a TOR to AOR's. When we route a program from the TOR (active) to an AOR (in SHUTDOWN Phase) the routing program is called with DYRERROR set to 1, request rejected beca...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CARMA Enhanced Browse to resolve dependencies that are in property group

When editing/browsing an Endevor element using CARMA, we would like to have the ability to cancel out of the edit session and not have a copy of the source remain in the lower entry stage of Endevor. This would be the equivalent of an edit in that...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration