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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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IBM Debug: Search function for program literals to add to Monitor

Hello IBM,we like to have a functionality that was found in Xpediter: When you want to add a variable/literal to the Monitors view "Monitor Expression" and you're not 100% sure how it's call, you should have the option to search for the name of th...
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Rendering Name filter results is very slow in Show In > Data Elements view

The Name filter is very slow when a program has a lot of variable. There should be an option to turn the key press listener off and only re-render the list when the Enter key is pressed.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

Add Open Perform Hierarchy from Show In > Data Elements view

Open Declaration and Occurrences in Compilation Unit are available in the Data Elements view. Open Perform Hierarchy needs to be added.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

ADDI: Impact analysis between programs

The user specifies at least 2 programs between which the direct and indirect (via other programs) calls could be made. Programs, which are not in the call chain between the indicated programs, are not indicated in the diagram. Other artifacts such...
almost 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Debug Tool should report the Jobname and Jobnumber in message +EQA4037I

It is very difficult in transaction systems like IMS MPP's, to find out the messages (i.e. Displays) if the user does not know in what region the IMS transaction was debugged. Therefore the Jobname and Jobnumber would be very helpfull
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Cloud Agnostic Interface

In order to support multiple cloud providers, define a pluggable interface or an adaptor interface that will be able to accommodate a few different major cloud providers, such as * Google compute engines * Amazon Some cloud providers support the a...
almost 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Future consideration

adcd install advanced archive for DFSMSHSM

I am interested in trying to use HSM to backup to a NAS......... and I learning about (and blogging about) IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aafd/1.1) so I can backup to minio on Linux
almost 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Add scoll bars to IDz Program Control editor windows

With Program Control Flow editor, there are no scroll bars on the right or bottom of the view. These would allow one to at least be able to scroll when the sizing and focus don't work.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

EGLSDK to generate service configuration files in the same way as EGLCMD and Ant scripts

This was previously raise as Case number TS014714157, where it was suggested to raise it as an RFE, for inclusion in the next release. EGLSDK does not generate essential configuration files, needed to call EGL services.1. generate -generateFile Xx...
11 months ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 2 Planned for future release

Need IDz v16 to be installable with Installation Manager

IDz v16 is currently only installable via Eclipse P2: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6826641 Installation process of earlier versions was with Installation Manager and it would be easier to upgrade to v16 if IM was also available.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

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