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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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Match 360 is a currently available feature in CP4D but it's not available for s390x architecture. This feature is needed on Linux on z

Able to provide 360 view of clients a cloud native environment in Open Shift on Linux on z
3 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for Data on IBM Z 0 Submitted

Support for Watson Query on Linux on z

Data virtualization (Watson query) is a currently available feature in CP4D but it's not available for s390x architecture. This feature is needed on Linux on z
3 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for Data on IBM Z 0 Submitted

IM Change Detection ability to compare using subset of time frame.

We have Near Real Time (NRT) environment where we process the data every day from 8 am - 9am, 9 am - 12pm and 2pm - 3 pm SMF time frame. We want ability to select custom time range and use same time range for comparison for every reference period ...
3 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

Enable Application Performance Analyzer in VS Code

Provide VS Code extension for Application Performance Analyzer
3 days ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Submitted

Support for PL/I

Unit Testing currently has support for Cobol, but not for PL/I at the moment yet there is a huge number of clients using PL/I
about 2 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Update code to allow SDA files in /kds/support/TEMS directory to be written with different permissions

By default, if the SDA process is unsuccessful, the intermediary SDA files are written with the 'Write' bit turned on in 'Other' class. As a result, we would like to request for an enhancement to the code where a parameter can be added so that cus...
30 days ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Under review

Portuguese language support

We have an opportunity at Banco Bradesco, which requires that watsonx Assistant for Z be able to interact with users in Portuguese. The expected information for support in Portuguese will probably be in 1H25. Would it be possible to bring this lau...
2 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

enter only Sessid on cmd line

I have to always add this functionality to the menu when doing migrations.
4 days ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 1 Under review

Support JXH and JXLE for exit t the beginning of a loop

Support JXH and JXLE for, e.g., ASMEXIT, DO WHILE, DOEXIT, IF, for testing loop termination at the beginning.
4 days ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 3 Needs more information

Access to z/OS Logstreams

z/OS Logstreams are used by CICS as Journals available to application programs. Currently there is the IXGxxxx assembler programming interface and the LOGR SUBSYS facility to read them as if they were BSAM or QSAM. Could ZOAU support them via the ...
4 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

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