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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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CPSM PROGRAM Table should provide a counter for remote program call stats.

Statistics for use of remote programs is not currently available. Such a statistic would be helpful to have and provide visibility. Suggest that the could be held in the CPSM PROGRAM Table as a new field.Or perhaps a new REMPROG table as for REMFI...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add SQL counts columns to KPM_DB2_PACKAGE tables

Add columns to KPM_DB2_PACKAGE tables :SQL_SELECT SQL_INSERT SQL_UPDATE SQL_MERGE SQL_DELETE SQL_OPEN SQL_FETCH SQL_CLOSE
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

Improve to include a SEARCH facility to perform a member search. In critical in case we have 500+ elements for DBB

Improve to include a SEARCH facility to perform a member search in situations where the customer needs to handle 500+ elements for DBB.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 3 Future consideration

Debug EGL code invoked from any language

It would be nice to debug EGL webservices, invoked from another platform than EGL Rich UI. (e.g. JavaScript with XHR requests / SOAP or REST client /...)
over 9 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Inter-product Integrations 4 Planned for future release

Comparison operator in Resource override file

Hi, The resource override yaml file has options to give the filters such as "is" "is not". It would be helpful to have options like "greater than", "less than", "greater than equal", "less than equal". These are helpful to filter resources. Ex: Se...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

IMS support for OSGi Framework

IMS should support OSGi Framework within IMS Regions (applications)
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 2 Not under consideration

ServiceNow or JIRA Adhoc Job Submission to the CP

Eliminate manual error prone process by introducing the ability to have adhoc job submissions, change of workstation for HOLDs or DUMB via the ticketing platform (ServiceNow / JIRA) with approval workflow.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Functionality already exists

Need a way of listing available ZOAU Commands (reference list) from USS

ZOAU ibm documentation site has a 'Shell command Reference' section in the ZOAU manual - which is very useful. It would be just as useful to be able to get a "reference list" of available ZOAU commands from USS - instead of needing to open the man...
about 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Functionality already exists

On demand, embed the contents of members (e.g. control cards or parameters) referenced by a DD statement

When examining JCL, it is often desirable to reference the contents of members which contain options to be processed by a program. This capability would enable JCL Expert to automatically expand the contents of selected members and display them as...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 0 Planned for future release

An options panel

As JCL Expert evolves, additional capabilities will require additional options. A panel (when invoking JCL Expert under ISPF) will provide an easy and flexible interface to specify options and obtain help for them. A complementary ISPF "command" w...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 0 Planned for future release