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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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Application Discovery - Handling of special characters in search file function

Function 'search in files' in application discovery doesn't retrive the special characters strings/words from the source base. There were few instance where there is need to perform scan based on the leading/trailing quote(single or double) and/or...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 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...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

DB2 Backup Object Size to Reflect in Metadata

Currently DB2 doesn't provide backup object size in Admin_Hist or any metadata tables. It writes to diag but that's very challenging to read and interpret . If backup object size info added to metadata it will help for planning our backup storage ...
about 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Implement binary copy/paste in PL/I and COBOL editors

Allowing in edition the copy-cut/paste of binary characters in COBOL and PL/I editors
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

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...
about 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

zD&T Webserver enhancement - Add a feature to capture a list of reply commands

The IPL of our LPAR copy require a manual intervention (through the console) to issue reply commands in order to complete the IPL successfully. Can there be an option in the zD&T Webserver to configure each Image with the option to capture cus...
about 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 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
about 5 years ago in GDPS 7 Not under 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.
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Allow for customer specific RACF groups to manage product administration

It is required as a security standard, that groups that are equal to schema of the tables cannot have any users connected to it, as by that, every user in the group becomes the owner of the table and can not only modify data but also drop the tabl...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

SCRATCHPAD inhibit

For security reasons we have been asked to inhibit the following pcomm menu option: Actions- Launch - Scracht Pad How can this be done?
about 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Planned for future release

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