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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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All SDF messages from all domains visible in 1 SMU dashboard

Because the SMU source code in specified that the “Domain Name” or “Resource ID” is required, it is not possible to create a dashboard in which all SDF messages from all systems are visible. In our “traditional” environment, we now have our “own” ...
9 months ago in IBM Service Management Unite 2 Delivered

Python support for RACF Keyrings

With Python becoming more popular on z/OS for automation tasks, it should provide the same level and mechanisms of security offered in other ported languages such as Java. Currently, for example, certificates stored in RACF must be exported, copie...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 3 Delivered

Generate a report with smaller headers - trackinglist report - OFIELDS

The trackinglist report is very useful but the number of lines of the report is huge, like millions of lines for just a 5 minutos data window. This report is used as input into another system/step that will process the data and generate insights a...
5 months ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 0 Delivered

Propagate the JSONOMIT attribute from a structure parent to its members

If the JSONOMIT attribute is specified on a structure parent, and all its members are containing a null string or a zero value, then the whole structure should be omitted from output generated by the JSON functions. We need the same behavior as th...
about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Include the Storage allocated by program in the historical painel KCPTASHP

Now with OMEGAMON for CICS V5.6 is possible to see in the interface 3270UI (TOM) which programs were executed by task in the historical view (KCPTASHP) and their elapsed and CPU Time.It is very important to CUSTOMER. Congrats lab! The question is:...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Provide Filter for Control Scripts in the Panels

We have a large number of scripts in our Metro environment in certain GDPS plexes. The ability to filter on script names with wild cards would be useful to only display script names of a certain naming convention
over 3 years ago in GDPS 20 Delivered

Example of how to build COBOL V6R4 “non OO COBOL to Java interoperability” applications in JCL

We want to establish a Proof Of Concept between COBOL V6.4 and Java. The IBM documentation says this is only possible under USS with the CJBuild Tool. But SCLM is the tool we use to compile our COBOL programs – but it doesn’t work in Unix System ...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Delivered

Allow lists of programs or versions by parameter

Currently, using the cicsrequestexit provided with the CTG (BasicCICSRequestExit) it is possible to reject requests that come from a client with a lower software version than we indicate. Similarly we could do so for those requests that try to inv...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Delivered

CICSPlex WLM should take attention on TCLASS

CICSPlex WLM does not take care of TCLASS in the target regions. Transactions are may routed into a single region being queued while other CICS regions have not reached the TCLASS limit.
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Add new JSONIGNORE attribute

The JSONIGNORE attribute would indicate that an element should be ignored by the JSON functions. If theattribute is specified on a structure, all of the elements of the structure would be ignored. Same behavior as XMLIGNORE.
about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered