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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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create a component ZBNA "like" for IZPCA

The extraction of SMF, executiong of CP3K, generation and download off DAT and EDF and import in zBNA is quite annoying and takes time. If you think the input is the same SMF data that we already collect in IZPCA/IZDS family, is quite possible to ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Add session timeout functionality to Debug Tool

Add an EQAOPT for the time (in some unit) Debug tool is willing to wait for a user action. This would allow to stop a debug session even if the user is unavailable, thus preventing a situation where CICS tasks are left hanging overnight and clutte...
about 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

FM Db2 - Retrieval of uppercase object names not working in editor option

In current file manager version 14.1 it is impossible to select Db2 objects that was defined as uppercase in the catalog. For eg; if table DB2X.TBLNNN is defined as uppercase in catalog the same can't be retrieved in the FM - db2 editor options wh...
about 1 year ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

IDz program control editor next/last should be in program order

When using IDz Program Control editor, the Previous/Next buttons should flow through the diagram programmatically.Currently, they move alphabetically/numerically.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

enhance discovery using taddm z/os dla

the zd&t tools should provide generalized capability to move/copy any subsystem from z/os to zd&t. This would be much easier if it used taddm z/os dla to do the discovery. In this way cics, ims, mq, broker etc etc could all be candidates f...
almost 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Add capabilities to support JES3

There are several larger customers with JES3.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Anomaly Analytics with Watson 1 Not under consideration

Support VTAM generic resources function to allow a balanced increase of concurrent users in e3270

The theoretical maximum number of concurrent users on e3270ui is 99. However, depending on storage layout, and constraints, the actual maximum number is lower (around 50-70). This limit may occasionally be too low. In particular, in the test/devel...
over 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Separate NUMCHECK's MSG/ABD suboptions by type

We're trying to ease our developers into NUMCHECK, and have mostly got PAC through, using the parameter NUMCHECK(NOZON,PAC,NOBIN,ABD) unless specifically requested to downgrade to NUMCHECK(NOZON,PAC,NOBIN,MSG) for a temporary duration (until the c...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Add support of named constant arrays

Please add support of arrays of named constant, e.g.: dcl titleOrderNumber(*) char value('Auftragsnummer' , 'No de l''ordre' , 'Numero ordine' ,'Order number' ); In cases like in the example above, the length of the longest value has to be taken. ...
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Add functional group column in "Project explorer" view

Have a new column to group multiple projects in "Project explorer" view.Be able to set up the group to put a list of projectsFunctionality for administrators only (AD Configuration Servers Admin for example).Please see file attachement.
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration