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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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Keep IMS Managed ACB as optional in XRF environment

Many Japanese Banking Customers are using XRF system.Since IMS Managed ACB does not support XRF environment, if IMS Managed ACB becomes mandatory, Japanese Banking Customers can not migrate to IMS V15.So, Keep IMS Managed ACB as optional in XRF en...
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 0 Not under consideration

Generate FROM/INTO db2_view in a pacprogram from dataagregate -gg

The standards are to use the generation of SQL EXEC statements from the -gg of dataagregate. The purpose is also to specify the -gg "a minima", usually the WHERE clause. Work is underway to bring programs that do not use this generation back up to...
over 2 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

Autostart session in full screen

Current HACPEE behavior is that when a session is opened it starts on a default size and in order to set it on full screen the user has to click on the full screen button. The desired behaviour would be to have a setting that allows the session to...
over 2 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

Filterstrings in remoteview

MVS filterstrings can not begin with "*" Example: *GCC.*.IDZ
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Allow current plan to be automatically rebuilt with correct status information after a refresh of the plan (dialog option 9.5)

Currently it is possible to recreate the current plan from the long term plan after a CP refresh, with loss of all status information. However many customers add most of their worklad dynamically, and dynamically added occurrences are not handled ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Completing occurrences via batch (WAPL, BCIT, etc ) should not delete predecessors without a warning or a special parameter to indicate that it is OK to delete predecessors

If occurrences are set complete via the ISPF dialog or from the DWC, there is a warning given if there are predecessors which are not completed. When doing the same thing via batch, the predecessors are just deleted which can make the current plan...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Add intercept of IMS AERTDLI calls

Add intercept of IMS AERTDLI calls. See case TS013086777. Thanks
over 1 year ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Allow to use RACF as keystore database for E2E Automation

The E2E Automation allows to have secured SSL-communication beetween the E2E-systems. Therefore you have to define some SSL-Keys. The configuration dialog within the feature allows to specify the name of the keystore inside the JAVA-Environment. T...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Parameter to control loading of the artifacts on startup

Hello IBM, z/OS Connect currently load all the artifacts while starting and there is no parameter to control loading which can cause z/OS Connect instance to run out or memory on startup due to obsolete services within /services folder. We are req...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Please add LIKE & IN predicates to WHERE

Please add support for the IN and LIKE predicates to the WHERE clause of update definitions to simplify the code.
about 4 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration