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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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Policy build report improvements.

We have a single policy database that contains Sandpit systems. We would like to perform a full build of the policy database, but to have the flexibility to exclude test systems as we're not interested in these. This would significantly improve ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

Add option to test cases and that should be automatically saved in workspace

Currently Debuggger is not integrated with ZUnit.If we need to create test cases for zUnit, we have to go out of our way from our daily routine and do a lot of painful preparation and do the test cases in such a way that zUnit will give some resul...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Not under consideration

DSC monitor in a sysplex

The Monitor should be allowed to be used across the sysplex if DSC is licensed on any image in a sysplex.
over 6 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 1 Not under consideration

Frequency based thresholding for policy rules and events

Please provide user customizable mechanism to only trigger if the monitored event occurs more than N times in X minutes. This would be useful for thresholding within a single task and for thresholding across tasks.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Provide ISO 2014 COBOL Literal Enhancements

Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSLANG13001; Voting Priority=2.8 +5=2 +4=5 +3=4 +2=11 +1=2 abstain=3 Priority=2.8 NOTE 1: This is a follow-up (possible replacement for): SSLNGC08006 2002 ISO COBOL - Enhanced literal continuation support ...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

readonly access

Provide a mechanism for me to connect in a read-only way. This could be a separate connection definition or a toggle between view/edit. Regardless, it needs to be clear which mode is currently in use.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Select multiple, specific regions

Allow selecting multiple regions in the "CICS Explorer" view.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

DWC's job log to show the JCL Directive of the Fetch Member the same as command 'J' in IzWS.

DWC's job log to show the JCL Directive of the Fetch Member the same as command 'J' in IzWS. Currently, the job log only show what's in JES job log which required extra step to do command 'J' in IzWS to see JCL Directive of the Fetch Member. 'J' c...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Not under consideration

Include execution times for Code Coverage reports

In the Code Coverage result we can see the percentage of execution coverage for each routine, and we request to show the time spent to execute the routines.
over 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

replace SMF record compression in CICS w/zEDC ?

Request that Hursley performance team benchmark ( general purpose ) CPU reductions that may be realized by replacing CICS compression of SMF records with zEDC
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

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