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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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Equal amount of IF / END-IF statements

Would be nice to have in Cobol editor syntax check or in software analysis a feature which calculates IF and END-IF statements. A warning or even error in case of not equal amount of those.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 4 Not under consideration

EQQADMIN needs to be modifiable without RACF command

Currently EQQADMIN can only be put into effect via issuing of RACF commands such as RDEFINE EQQADMIN AUTOMAPPING APPLDATA(‘NO’/'YES')or RDEFINE EQQADMIN DWC_userID@Hostname APPLDATA(‘RACF_userID’). If the RACF class EQQADMIN is defined and enabled...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Non-display of IBM transactions/programs in CICS Explorer & RD/z (SHARE requirement SSCICS12003)

Provide a check box in CICS Explorer that would allow IBM supplied CICS transactions and programs to NOT show in the appropriate tabs. Looking at programs with CICS Explorer and RD/z shows a "wealth" of IBM provided transactions and programs (whic...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Display the dataset where the JCL/Script is acquired.

We currently have multiple source JCL/Script datasets that are linked to WAz. Scheduling is asked to refresh the copy of a JCL/Script in the CP so that it is brought in from a different dataset than normal.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

zSort Support for zWS

Allow usage of the hardware accelerated approach to sorting by z/OS Workload Scheduler (zWS) to take advantage of the IBM Integrated Accelerator for Z Sort. The aim will be to reduce the CPU costs and improve the elapsed time for eligible batch wo...
11 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect - gRPC support

z/OS Connect supports the creation/consumption of RESTful APIs. As several customers use gRPC as their internal intercommunication protocol, it would be helpful to have that support also in z/OS Connect.
11 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Support for EXPORT when parsing JCL in zUnit

When zUnit is pasring a JCL for recording which includes "EXPORT SYMLIST=*" you get an error "EQA3140E Invalid input: EXPORT" Since a lot of our existing JCLs are useing EXPORT it would be nice if supprt for it was included in zUnit instead of nee...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Show progress when copying multiple files in USS

The progress bar currently goes crazy when copying multiple big files from USS.It seems to handle progress well only when copying a single file.When copying multiple files, it seems to jump from one to the next very quickly, which makes it impossi...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Support 66 levels in zUnit

66 levels are valid COBOL definitions for working storage and linkage areas, and prevents zUnit from generating test cases for programs containing these.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Not under consideration

Record Generator not generating DAA-compliant code

Record Generator 3.0.1 does not generate code that would take advantage of the Data Access Accelerator mechanism, even though DAA is true and available to the CobolDatatypeFactory, it generates BigDecimal members. A parameter to control the behavi...
over 4 years ago in Record Generator for Java 5 Future consideration

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