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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 api key as credentials in host connection

Add 'api key' as an option on credentials for a host connection in the z/os explorer.
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Not under consideration

The version number of the BAS resource definition is currently limited to 15

The version number of the BAS resource definition is currently limited to 15. Customer asked to increase this limit.
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

The ability for CICS to capture data and graph into Grafana/Promethius.

We would like a similar capability that MQ supplies via GitHub that provides capabilities to format display data and allows you to graph it via Grafana/Promethius. This request would not be for a separate chargeable product but provided either in ...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add RMF 74 subtype 10 support

Starting with IBM z15, IBM relocated EADM/zEDC and SCM (Storage Class Memory) metrics from RMF 74 subtype 9 to subtype 10. These performance metrics are key for measuring z/OS system, application performance, yet with IzPCA, there is no longer zED...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 4 Future consideration

z/OS Connect API Requester support for application/HAL+JSON

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis-administration/api/hal Currently, API Requester does not have integration with application/HAL-JSON, which causes the callers of APIS that use HAL+JSON to manually modify the swagger to define the HAL respons...
about 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Need DFS3PU00 to create datasets on selected volser

When our customers setup Managed ACB for the first time in their environment, we don't want to let them manually estimate the size of Catalog Database, Secondary Index, Directory, BSDS, Staging, therefore our recommendation is to create these data...
about 3 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Generated MRT is unexpectedly modified when making an update via AO.

When there is a Generated MRT and AT, if later, a change is made to the AT via AO (AT override) the MRT unexpectedly changes preventing the message deom being trapped on in the MRT. Similar changes when managing the MRT/AT will notify the user tha...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow job Group handling in IDz (not only single jobs but groups of jobs)

Job Handlind in JES currently allows single job handling only, no job groups.Would be helpful to also use job groups like in TSO/ispf. Current situation: In IDz "Remote Systems -> JES" cancelling a job group fails. Doing the same in TSO/ispf it...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Future consideration

Enterprise COBOL - Introduce equivalent of conditional compilation in management of compilation options in SYSOPTF

Hi, Managing compilation options can be complex due to the multiplicity of contexts: batch, cics, db2, static call, dynamic call, etc. This complexity is increased when several versions of the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler must coexist with opt...
about 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

LPEX JCL editor needs to have the same syntax support as JCL editor

LPEX JCL editor currently does not support JCL statements such as EXPORT and related keywords.IDz LPEX JCL editor does not recognize EXPORT statement and related keywords such as SYMBOLS etc.When JCL is coded with EXPORT statement, error - Incorre...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

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