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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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monitor the situation before EQQM975E

We got message: EQQM975E FAILED TO ADD APPLICATION ADID BECAUSE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES REACHED. . Is it possible to receive a warning message before reaching the threshold set in JTOPTS MAXOCCNUM or at least make a display to monitor the si...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

CICS Resource Compare Feature

Provide a mechanism to compare resources and highlight the differences. This feature should allow us to compare a resource defined in CICS regions within the same CICSplex and across our environments. The second would require the support of multip...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Support IDz/Aqua installation process via EPP (Eclipse Packaging Project)

Please simplify the (fresh) installation process of Aqua based Eclipse p2-tools (like IDz, Fault Analyzer, IBM Debugger, ….) . Currently you need to go to GitHub download page ( https://ibm.github.io/mainframe-downloads/eclipse-tools.html ) and th...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Add Host Connection Emulators (HCE) to PushToClient

Specific configuration settings are required by our RDz 8.5.x and 9.0.1 clients: 1. z/OS Remote System Connections2. Host Connection Emulators (HCEs - one for each Remote System Connection)3. Help Content URLs (enablement/disablement)4. Other Soft...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Make EYU9XSTR Threadsafe

I want program EYU9XSTR to be threadsafe as it will save us an enormous amount of TCB switches.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Personalized session colors

Our collegaues are very positive regarding session coloring (active and current colors) which was delivered via PTF UJ07698 on v310. But it would be nice if people could decide for them selves whether or not to use colors, and customize which colo...
over 1 year ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Descriptive wait reasons for tasks waiting in DB2 or IMS

We would like more information exchanged between CICS and DB2/DBCTL about the status of a task that is considered to be "in-db2" or "in-IMS", so that the wait reason for a task in a DB2 or DBCTL call shows what the task is waiting on.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add the ability to obtain ODO counter with the JSON PARSE statement

It would be really useful to us to be able to parse dynamic JSON arrays into ODO COBOL tables, with the JSON PARSE statement giving us the number of actual occurrences filled. Ideally by automatically update the ODO counter. It would also be very ...
over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support for configuring only parts of HAO due to customer environment.

In panel KLHXHBTL only are activated the 'helpdesk logon receiver' and the 'helpdesk cmds' receiver (HDO1). HDO2 is inactive in all cases. This configuration was done by IBM due to customer requierements. That is, HAO is actiated partially.
over 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

JSON PARSE error handling offset needed

Cobol Developer coding the JSON parsing and associated Error Handling For JSON PARSE statement, when a condition occurs (JSON-CODE > 0 or JSON-STATUS > 0) then expose the offset where the condition occurred. Make the offset available to the ...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

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