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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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Allow to assign one operator to an APL and/or MTR

Some resources are highly mission critical. Actions against those resource have been immediatly be processed.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

ADDI CA7 job triggering flow with Data Files usage

CA7 will drive the flow of files shared thru path.
12 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Functionality already exists

TimeBoxing BAQCSTUB in IMS transactions

IMS transactions have high performance with very short process time measured in milliseconds. When they are enhanced to make outbound API calls using BAQCSTUB, they are subjected to latency from the network and the API providers. Currently, parame...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Canzlog Print - Need additional Option for easy use

For CANZLOG is a new PRINT option via APAR available. That was great !But after my first try to use it on the simplest way ... I failed. In our company the CANZLOG was not used only by automation admins which have know how about filters and the ma...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Add LIST CPSAI TO WAPL

WAPL supports the modification of CPSAI but not the LIST and so it is impossible for us to test the segments value in automated processes.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Remove the requirement for a FICON connection to production disk for Testcpy manager

Remove the requirement for communications over FICON for GDPS TestCopy Manager
almost 5 years ago in GDPS 7 Not under consideration

ability to turn on all tracing / logging with one command

from a support point of view and customer view too it would be great if there either is a command or a setting in EQAOPST which shows all available outputs . over the years we have added traces for different areas , they all have to be enabled by ...
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

An enhancement to the IMS Universal Drivers and Open Database Manager to allow for batching IMS segment data for the keyed segment and all of its dependent/child segments

Currently the JDBC driver allows for batching off a specific SSA list. Our application requires a way to fetch segments of varying parentage that do not conform to a single SSA. For example, We have a three level hierarchy of SEGMENT1, SEGMENT2, A...
almost 2 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Future consideration

Limit COBOL content assist proposals by user defined type

IDz code assistant proposal includes all declared literals while some of them may not be applicable in the context depending on their type.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

CPSM API Threadsafe

CPSM API to made threadsafe, in line with IBM recommendation for customers to write applications using threadsafe techniques.
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

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