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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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Delete ability for function/subfunctions

We would like to see a menu driven command for deleting functions/subfunctions, similar to the 'Change the level of a subfunction' command that cleans up surrounding code when deleting functions/subfunctions.
about 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Delivered

Enhance Advanced Find to highlight text after navigating to target page

ITOM offers an Advanced Find that provides the client a screen showing all occurs of a search string with hot links that allows them to quickly navigate to the target page. Often even after navigating to the target page it can be very difficult to...
about 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Pdtool Plugin for RDz - allow altering VSAM file attributes using File Manager

This is a request to allow altering of VSAM file attributes using PDTools Plugin for File Manager.
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer: Add a transaction to WLM TranGroup

Add a transaction to an existing WLM transaction group without need to inform the WLM Specification name. The intention is the adding action take effect in all Specification where that transaction group is associated to.(As equivalent in WUI Resou...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

CICS Explorer: Improve ‘Perform Install Operation' screen

Show the list of groups and systems but allow user to filter by a mask of the group name or system name; then show a shorter result set.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer: Favorites

1- Enable opening more than one tab for the same resource, simulating the WUI Favorites. Use case 1: Transactions – first tab ordered by ‘use count' and the second one by ‘region'. Use case 2: Transaction Class – first tab ordered by ‘Purgewhileqd...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

Mappage des touches clavier

Dans l'?cran pr?f?rences, touches, on peut exporter la configuration des touches (bouton Exporter). Mais on ne trouve pas la possibilit? de r?-importer une configuration export?e (aucun bouton Importer).
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

BUNDLE state Changes should be part of the System Events

BUNDLE state Changes should be part of the System Events, so automation can be done, when it is disabled, enabled, discarded, or fully usable
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Add Container Names to CIUPFXTB and improve overhead of using table.

The program prefix list table now supports TS Queues, MQ, ENQ/DEQs and TS Queues for affinity. We have larger and larger uses of Channels and Containers to pass information that formerly was contained in TS Queues. The ability to add container nam...
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

TABR "What is not backed up" reports filter

Banca d'Italia customer (Marco TORRETTA is the customer focal point) need new option in TABR that we call the “Age Tolerance” support and below there is the description that we have already given to the development team: - Data sets that are young...
about 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Delivered