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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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CICS explorer task history

Include Task History, that is Configured; Collected and Displayed. This is available in WUI interface. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.6?topic=resources-historical-data
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Functionality already exists

Selection Panel for CALENDAR and PERIOD

IWS offers selection panels in database panel for WS, AD, OI, SPECRES, EDWA, JD, JCLVAR and RUN CYCLE. Two selection panels are missing: PERIOD and CALENDAR. In enviroments with hundreds of periods or calendars a selection menu like the other sele...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Input / Expected Output terminology is not clear in Test Case Editor

The headlines for Input and Expected Output is confusing in the test case editor for database calls and sub program calls. The phrasing is seen from the calling program (Program under test). An “input” is input to the calling program (PROGRAMA) , ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement to IDz product

When positioned on a COBOL paragraph name in IDz, I would like to hold down the control key and cause the paragraph name to become a hyperlink. At when the link is selected, a Find command will be implemented, positioning me at the first Perform v...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Not under consideration

Enhance GETSYSWORD to Support USERID

Please enhance GETSYSWORD to support USERID depending on the current environment: - Under CICS, provide the ID from the user, like getting it from EXEC CICS ASSIGN USERID.- Under IMS MPP, provide the ID from the user, like reading it from the TP P...
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Planned for future release

Provide the ability to load comma delimited (or other delimiter) files into IZPCA tables

Anyone having delimited text log data wishing to load into IZPCA custom components
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Add High Speed Connector metrics as a CDC data flow for RTMC

HSC end point metrics are maintained in the group control block (e.g. number of application timeouts), and socket control block structures (e.g. total number of APIs, Total number of errors etc). HSC end point metrics should be added to RTMC as a ...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Allow High-Speed Connector to function in CRAS state or above

RTMC uses the high-speed connector to send data to the off-host Linux listener. Since RTMC is the new way to send performance data, and eventually user data, we do have a need to know what the system is doing in all states.
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

[IDz] Column no. in "Remote C/C++ editor"

Editing a COBOL program with "COBOL editor", colomn no is displayed above the fisrt line of code. But for C programs with "Remote C/C++ editor, column no is not displayed. However, this fonctionality is very useful and it would be nice to get it i...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

Provide ability to decrypt encrypted query/path parameters in a GET request

The API consumer need to pass a client card / credit card number to retrieve account information such as account balance or mortgage information with a GET method. Even though the request URL is protected in transport layer with TLS/SSL, the URL c...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

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