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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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Overlay the applicationId additionally to the active panels/screens

The previous software Netview Access offered an Option within the configuration to overlay the applicationId additionally to the active Panel, for example ISR§PRIM. The Panel Looks like Line 1 - Row 2 Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help s...
about 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

ABEND parameter for single IMS when IRLM ABEND occurs.

We need IMS ABEND parameter for single IMS(non-XRF and non-FDBR IMS) when IRLM ABEND occurs. Also, We hope you to standardize specification method of ABEND parameter.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 0 Not under consideration

To enable viewing of JCL Control Cards in AD Analyze Client

National Australia Bank has requested for the ability to view contents of JCL Control Files in the Explore Project functionality or JCL expansion.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Supersession issues with Swedish national characters

Hello Team, we have migrated from TPX to supersession. Our Swedish colleagues are complaining that when they use Swedish characters they are converted to Danish characters and thus their systems will fail search attempts and so on. One of the cpmp...
about 6 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

multiple ADLogin on the same client

currently users can only perform an AD login via a workspace. The ADLogin button remains inactive in other workspaces.
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

API call for preprocessor integration (Create a new AD-Project)

The automation of existing AD projects (current state) 1. Copy the artifacts in the subfolder of the AD projects2. Generation of the make-bat files3. Parallel execution of the make-bat files The preprocessor integration has to be done manually for...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Selection of individual files from a folder

So far, only the full path to the artifacts from which all files are imported can be specified via the API. Particularly in the case of overlapping storage structures, the artifacts must be copied before installation so that they are correctly imp...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

More granularity with BROWSE mode RACF configuration for LPARs and CICS environments

General Dynamics IT (GDIT) has installed the PD Tools. They have a shared RACF data base between production and development. They want to limit production use of the debugger with BROWSE mode on specific LPARs and CICS regions. Today, this is not ...
about 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhancing RTMC NVP collection in tpfrtmc to extract a configurable sample of the received ECB data would enable examination of the underlying distributions for better insights that simple averages would hide.

During RTMC NVP collection the tpfrtmc component could extract a configurable sample of the received ECB data, which would include the following: ECB lifetime CPU burn time Finds Files Etc. This would enable examination of the underlying distribut...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

Remove the manual step to create a working directory for Remote Host Connector

For IDz v15.0.5 or v16.0.0, user need to manually create a local folder as the "working directory" before they can use Remote Host Connector. This is a very bad user experience as users no need to do so before when it still have HCE. Users will no...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration