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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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Additional field for TCPIPSERVICE resource definition (GSE Requirement GGCIC11001)

A special IP stack can be addressed by its IP address only (or the default stack must be used). A specification of the stack by the name of the STC would make the definition more transparent. This is already implemented in Integrated IMS Connect (...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Have GDPS scripts check for themselves as to whether systems have been shutdown

MGMM_SWITCH_ABCD_CDAB and any other 3/4 site procedure issues prompts to confirm systems are down.We would like the script to check for itself, and not issue prompts - the information is available to GDPS.
almost 10 years ago in GDPS 3 Not under consideration

Warning message if last transaction is removed from a CPSM transaction group.

When deleting transactions from a CPSM transaction group or moving a transaction definition from one CPSM transaction group to another (Take), if the transaction group become empty generate a warning message/SM Explorer Alert that the group is emp...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Formatter doesn't work as expected

The Formatter for PL/I programs only works when programs are preprocessed because of our internal prepro-macros.Sometimes literals are set to upper-case!
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 6 Not under consideration

Having some system data available via standard COBOL word/ function.

Hi, in my shop several developers are using some basic system data like LPAR name, SMFID, job name step name...Despite many enhancements COBOL don't offer today some way to have this data at hand.So the developers create many module to have access...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

a way to show the resources deployed in an application or bundles in target environment

After deploy CICS application or a bunch of bundles, user want to know how many resources are deployed to target system. They want to get a list of the resources' name. It could be a view in CICS explorer or a batch to generate a list. Similar to ...
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Add etos.exe port information to the TOS Gui

The TOS gui includes fields for ETOS.exe's IP address and host port, but not ETOS.exe's port. Adding this field would display all of the connection information for each gui session.
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 0 Planned for future release

Update of bundles via phasein (like programs) and NOT via CEDA

CEDA and CEDB are CICS administration transactions and not allowed for other coworkers like application developers! A reason for this is the revision because CEDA for non-administraors are a very big securityhole!
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Not under consideration

Provide load module attributes at autoinstall time

Our CICS program autoinstall exit program has been designed to set the DATALOC attribute based on the AMODE of the program being autoinstalled. Since CICS does not make load module attributes directly available to the autoinstall exit, we are loca...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Report on PTF level for discovered products.

System Programmers in our organization use spreadsheets to keep track of PTF levels applied to software products. This is a time consuming and tedious process. It would be very useful if TADZ could discover this information and include it in the '...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Planned for future release