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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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Auto refresh for CICS Explorer displays

For various displays on CICS Explorer, e.g. alerts, running regions, current tasks, I'd like to be able to get the display to automatically refresh at a set interval, in the same way as you can in CPSM and MQ Explorer.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

Display of BLF-Data

Interactive Analysis of a batch dump: Content of BLF data online shown in dump format. Info from compile listing is not used (as in Working-Storage).
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

Better management of IMS PGM name to Java class name mappings

For IMS Java programms (both Java batch and Java message processing programs) a mapping between IMS program names and Java class names must be provided in IMS PROCLIB member DFSJVMAP. Such a mapping within this member looks like this: IMSJAVPG=com...
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 4 Not under consideration

ZD&T Parallel Sysplex in Containers

Azure container support for a sysplex configuration is being requested.
about 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Built-in Function SYSDSN

PL/I is lacking the ability to check for the existence of a dataset. Adding a built-in function like the clist SYSDSN function would be very helpful. DECLARE FOUND BIT(1) INIT('0'B); FOUND = SYSDSN("MY.DATASET");FOUND = SYSDSN("MY.PDS");FOUND = SY...
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Enhance CICS to fully support encoded http messages

We are running a CICS Provider Web service. We need to compress the response. We have a transport handler which takes the response in DFHRESPONSE, zips the content into another container using a Java program, sets the http header Content-Type and ...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Admin API to return IMS SQL query used in service.

IMS Database Service provider This request is to enhance the admin API to GET service details to include the SQL for that service.
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CTG Explorer Preferences - add ability to specify trans id - test CPSM workload Routing and Separation (TRANGROUP)

CTG Explorer Preferences - add ability to specify tranid - test CPSM workload TRANGROUP Routing and Distribution. Check path from the CTG connected Target CICS to the target processing AOR (Application Owning Region).
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 0 Planned for future release

allow zd&t to orderly shutdown z/os on Linux reboot

when Linux reboot/shutdown is issued the emulator recognizes the signal and forces the emulator to stop immediately. Their should be a directive in the parameters file to allow the emulator to continue and let it be shutdown by SystemD service fil...
about 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Remote SYSID returned to caller after DPL (SHARE requirement SSCICS11013)

CICS should return the region/sysid/applid where the DPL request actually ran to the caller. Debugging and diagnositics will become much easier, especially in large shops that have dozens or even hundreds of AOR regions. The SYSID could be provide...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

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