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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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Single Sign On with Open ID Connect in HACP EE

HACP EE is a web application which offers a zero foot print host accessFor customers who want to access HACP EE using single sign on should be able to do so using OIDC or Open Id Connect. It is a modern standard for exchanging authenticated end us...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

COBOL Editor 'Search text in File' between columns is not correctly limited

COBOL Editor 'Search text in File' results are notcorrect when 'Restrict Search to columns' is set.Euro Info is expecting to have results which are included between the 'Start' column and 'End' column.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

zOSConnect - Generating data format for integer

Hello,In zOSConnect toolkit 3.0.6.10, we have noted that for a data defined in PIC 9(n) in the copybook the generated data in swagger is like below :"contract_number" : {"type" : "integer","minimum" : 0,"maximum" : 99999999999999} ‎Without data fo...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

We should able to extract Cross Application Callgraph details in csv format.

Currently, we have functionality to extract Program/Job Callgraph in csv format but we don't have same functionality for Cross Application Callgraph. Cross Application Callgraph are very complex and contains so many details within it. So if we can...
about 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Flag SQL Statements not followed by a test of SQLCODE

The SQL coprocessor should flag any EXEC SQL Statement which is not followed by a test for return information in variable SQLCODE.
almost 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 9 Not under consideration

IMS Support for VSAM Linear database Buffer pools 64 bit addressable

Support for VSAM LINEAR datasets for IMS databases was delivered for the enhancement for databases dataset encryption in 2020. The buffer pools for VSAM LINEAR datasets are still treated like OSAM buffer pools with 31 bit addressability. Anthem ha...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Enhance GETSYSWORD - USERID

USERID (Batch job submitter's User ID)USERNAME (Batch job submitter's User Name)
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Planned for future release

Omegamon IMS zIIP exploitation

We use TEPS for detailed monitoring on IMSPlex enviorenment. After a while some of Omegamon adress spaces started to use high CPU. We monitor region occupancy, global lock conflicts, region statistics from TEPS. Since these monitoring functions ca...
over 7 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS / Client 1 Future consideration

Enhancement of Web Service Assistant for Enterprise PLI

When generating wsdl/wsbind files with the Webservice Assistant DFHLS2WS for all of our business services written in PL/I, we receive the message DFHPI9565E. DFHPI9565E: ALIGNED and UNALIGNED keywords are not supported for an entire structure. Thi...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CICS - Change MCT parameters with online command

Good afternoon, Please check the possibility of chaning the MCT parameter via online command, in flight, without the necessary of stop/start of CICS that is currently needly.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Future consideration