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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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    Add the ability to explain multiple queries at once

    Since datastudio is deprecated with IDz 16 and functionality is moved into RSE the functionality to run visual explain is also new. Utilizing Query tuning server it's only possible to explain a single query at once. It would be benefical to have t...
    6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Under review

    Please provide means for CSQLIGHT/DRLSLOGP to enrich log with SYSPLEX_NAME, MVS_SYSTEM_ID and even IMS_CTRL_REGION

    The COLLECT CSQ for IMS depends on the IMS_SYSTEM_NAMES lookup table. However, any shop having the same IMS_SYSTEM_IDs on all their SYSPLEX environments (PROD/QUAL/DEV) have to manually set the SYSPLEX_NAME, MVS_SYSTEM_ID, IMS_CTRL_REGION making i...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Auto-discover MQ configurations from mainframe system so that mainframe users can setup MQ tracing easier

    Currently the mainframe MQ queue tracing by Z APM Connect is configured through editing the AGMSYSIN parameter data set manually, but many Z APM Connect administrators are mainframe system programmers, they are not familiar how the MQ configuratio...
    7 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Under review

    During the report playback include the load library where the program was executed in the report

    We need information in the playback results about the loadlib where the program was executed
    7 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Under review

    Include an option during the playback to display the input/output data

    Some developers would like to save the result as a document that the test didn't fail and what kind of input and output data was in use.
    7 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Under review

    IMS pools status mesages in IMS JOBLOG

    Hi, We believe it would be beneficial to have messages in the IMS joblog for the various IMS pools available (CBT, HIOP, LUMP, etc.) that provide information about their status and health, possibly including storage thresholds. The purpose of this...
    7 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Under review

    dcat, dhead and dtail support for multiple command line dataset names

    Being able to process a list of dataset names would provide additional capability, like the Unix cat command.
    7 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Under review

    IMS Resource AdaptJava com.ibm.ims.connect.OutputMessage should contain LPAR (SMF ID ) and IMS ID that executed the transaction er

    Dear IBM Team, We are currently migrating a major insurance application from Java EE to Jakarta EE 10 (Liberty). Throughout this process, we have relied on the IBM IMS TM Resource Adapter (JCA 1.5) to integrate with IMS 15.3 across numerous applic...
    7 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager 0 Under review

    Replace CICS_TIMEZONE table with offset in SMF record

    We would like an option to use the time zone offset already in the SMF 110 records, instead of the CICS_TIMEZONES lookup table to reduce the amount of wrong data collected during a time change and eliminate the need to monitor the offsets in the l...
    7 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Setting in IMS Service Provider to translate user IDs to upper case before sending them to IMS

    When a z/OS Connect user generates a Base64 auth token with a RACF user ID containing lower case letters, the authentication and authorization checks in z/OS Connect will be successful, but those in IMS Connect or IMS may fail since the IMS Servic...
    over 2 years ago in IMS System Services 1 Under review

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