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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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Would like an option in option 5.3 ( EQQSOPFP ) to display all NOP'ed jobs

Would like an option in option 5.3 ( EQQSOPFP ) to display all NOP'ed jobs
about 9 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Download all PDFs generated at once

In the View Print Jobs screen, have the possibility to download (and/or open in the browser directly) all the generated pdfs, at once.
over 2 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

EKMF Web integration to Salesforce Cache-Only Key Service

Enable the feature to manage Salesforce Cache-Only Key Service
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 0 Planned for future release

Add --prof support in node on z/OS

Please add full --prof support to enable application profiling. Zowe applications need a way to estimate and track resource consumption and perform optimization.
over 4 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Planned for future release

Insufficient inlining for function pointers

The compiler is currently unable to inline a function that is passed to another function as a function pointer parameter. As a result trivial functions may not be inlined when called using a function pointers.
about 7 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 3 Planned for future release

Please replace SYSPLEX_NAME lookup table with SMF30SYP

The SYSPLEX lookup table is obsolete for tables that read from SMF type 30 records that already include the SMF30SYP field. It would be acceptable to us if the collect process read directly from this field where possible, or allow the collect jobs...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 2 Planned for future release

TDWC: Be able to have operation number in correct sequence

Using TDWC and adding additional jobs to a jobstream they always become added in the bottom.
over 9 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

Report on PTF level for discovered products.

System Programmers in our organization use spreadsheets to keep track of PTF levels applied to software products. This is a time consuming and tedious process. It would be very useful if TADZ could discover this information and include it in the '...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Planned for future release

Errormessage should be written at Joblog when UserID / Password request is used and "FALLBACKBASICAUTH" is set to NO

"FALLBACKBASICAUTH=NO" is set in our CTG-Init member for processing JSON WEB tokens to not allow logins with UserID and Password. If the CTG application try to login with UserID and Password, the CTG request in the application receives an error m...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

Provide host code page 1379 support for 3270 session

Host code page 1379 is recently assigned by IBM Globalization Center of Competency to provide Traditional Chinese Extended Mixed Host, extension including Traditional Chinese, HKSCS, Simplified Chinese.IBM internal Lotus Notes Database:Notes://D01...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release