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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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zD&T Web app provide ability to add scratch 3390 volumes to an image.

When creating a zD&T image, the user should be able to include new/empty/scratch volumes as part of the image. This would eliminate need to manually create the volume files, and add them to the devmap, and edit the IOCD.
over 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

Support up to 100 chararcters in mapped PLI names when using XML assistant DFHSC2LS / DFHWS2LS

Due to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_4.2.0/com.ibm.cics.ts.applicationprogramming.doc/datamapping/dfhws_wsdl2pli.html the xml assistant DFHSC2LS truncates resulting PLI names to a maximum of 31 characters. But PLI supports u...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

SA timers on Application

In the SA dialog timers for lpars are specified under "30 TMR Timers". We also specify a lot of timers on the application in the STARTUP phase under ANYSTART with the CHRON command to set timer and in the SHUTDOWN phase under INIT to purge the tim...
over 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Need OpenID Connect for Liberty Webserver to work with DBB

Current Security Model used by DBB - LDAP or internal security are not approved standards for security at Bank of America.
over 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

TPF Continuous Data Collection. Add Weighted Msg Rate and Tivoli Functionality To Manipulate Data

Provide weighted message rate statistics based on formulas used in Data Reduction. In addition to actual "weighted message rate counts", either provide related statistics (DASD/VFA I/O per message, or an enhancement to Tivoli that would allow mani...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

ISSUEACT to support threshold name in the thres parm

Update ISSUEACT to support dynamic thresholds supplied by the user.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

Highlite negative statuses in Supersession

This is additional request for delivered RFE in https://ibm-z-software-portal.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/CLSS-I-73 We like the new feature, but we'd like to have also possibility or 3rd color position in KLSOPTHL to be able to also highlight negative Ses...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

IMS Explorer Access Control

IMS Explorer is eclipse based solution which is used to define connection and interaction profiles to target IMS systems along with service and transaction definitions. As these two activities are performed by different roles. Fine grain access co...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Dojo MenuBar

Hi,please add the Dojo MenuBar widget. https://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/1.10/dijit/MenuBar.html
over 7 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 1 Not under consideration

Cics Web Services <wsse_handler> DFHWSSE1 with new option <ignore_signature/> to ignore the message signature.

Using CICS Web Services wandering if we could have a <wsse_handler> DFHWSSE1 with on option to ignore the signature and not give an error. Similar to: In provider pipelines only, an optional <reject_signature/> element. If this element...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration