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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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Add additional properties to policy rules

Today with z/OS Connect policy files you can only use headers to make a decision on which CICS transaction and connection to use. What we are needing is a way to use the headers and other information such as the API operation, path, method e.g. to...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

Move CICS LSR Pools above the bar

We would like to see the LSR pools moved above the bar for CICS. This will allow us to allocate more number of buffers which will reduce physical I/O
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Workload Service Assurance

Workload Service Assurance: When the Estimated Start Time or optionally the Estimated End Time of a critical job has past and the job has not started, automatically recalculate new Estimated Start and End Times for the critical job. Even with RECC...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

CICS TS and ThreadSafe

Our customer suggested that CICS should have a trap for non threadsafe commands (if it doesn't already have). For instance: if a program issues an OPEN, READ, DISPLAY COBOL command, CICS should abend the transaction and send a ABEND CODE indicatin...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Provide AWS message identifiers for oprmsg messages

The customer would like to see the message "1090 not running" that is returned when the instance is not running to be documented in the man files. A better solution would be to provide AWS message ids that could be looked up with the msginfo comma...
over 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Future consideration

FM/IMS Database Compare

This Idea is for a FM/IMS function to do a formatted/synchronized database compare. The goal is to compare a database before and after it is changed, to report on what changed. This is probably a multi-step process: Generate and run a batch job to...
over 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Operation duration set to 00:00:01 in CP during daily plan extend when WS changed from reporting to non-reporting.

Current IWS Functionality. When the workstation is changed for an operation (job) in the AD from reporting to non-reporting, the duration of the operation in the CP is set to 00:00:01 during the daily plan extend. I would like the same function...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Add functionality to remove/delete keys in PRE_ACTIVATION STATE

Request to add the functionalty that will enable the removal/deletion of keys that are still in pre_actiovation mode. 1. Adding this functionality will allow completely removing the key in pre_actiovation state from the database and allow key leb...
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 0 Planned for future release

Enable discreet sequence control of bundles installed via platform

When using platform resources in CICS cloud support to also deploy a set of bundles as part of the platform installation, it would be helpful to be able to control the installation sequence of those bundles during installation and enablement of th...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Save Menu Manager variables

When displaying a menu window. It displays the default values that we defined (Windows -> Preferences -> Menu Manager -> Actions and Menus). Is there a way to remember the user last choice? So when I set a library name, it will be display...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

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