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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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IDZ should officially support the Eclipse Installer / Oomph.

Firstly, the Eclipse Installer / Oomph provides the option of downloading the java JDK option with JustJ. We would suggest IDz offers the same option with its own bundled JDK. Secondly, we would like a EPP package available in this option. With th...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

The aqua download site should provide an EPP package to download

Like other IDE (e.g. Eclipse) IDz should also provide an EPP package to download on their aqua download side,. This would simplify the use of the Eclipse-Installer should customers decide to use one. As a first step it would suffice to provide the...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

Debugging from IDz: timeout configuration improvements

As an administrator I need a mechanism to configure some timouts to limit the duration of an idle IDz debugging session. Currentily, timeout can be configured in the IDz (Preferences>Run/Debug>Compiled Debug>Debug Session Timeout), but it...
12 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide WTO Capability

This may be similar to https://ibm-z-software-portal.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOAU-I-15 in that the desire is to write to an operator console. To expand on this idea, I would like to have a reply option that will block the caller until a reply is issue...
over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Future consideration

Add recommended data types to command documentation

When reviewing code, we try to teach the developers to use the right data type for the right purpose - use a binary index, don't do calculations with display numerics, etc. It would be very helpful if they didn't have to figure for themselves whic...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

OM JVM - Realtime monitor CPU and Memory per zOSCEE API and Service

A customer who is using zOSCEE would like to monitor the usage of CPU time and Memory per API and Service.For system operation point of view, this information is required for better management.Current OM JVM is able to provide "Response Time", but...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 2 Future consideration

IMS ORF to invoke IMS Index Builder independently to be able to rebuild the Indexes while the Main DB and indexes are active in the control regions.

In order to rebuild the Prim or Secondary indexes, the Main DB and indexes must be taken offline. If the Index build utility can be invoked by ORF and perform the Index maintenance using the Shadow copy, the main database and indexes will remain a...
over 2 years ago in IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Refresh application programs in a MPR with persistent JVM

IMS with MPP with persistent JVM. CANCEL_PGM=NO and COBOL main transaction programs calling JAVA methods via COBOL Object Oriented Wrapper and JNI APIs. The Language Environment enclave remains active during all the MPR lifetime in order to keep t...
about 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Future consideration

Timeout for transactions in TCLASS.

Customer would like to be able to define a timeout for TCLASS to begin to purge tasks (PURGETHRESH) rather than relying only on the number of tasks queued.
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Optimized LUW_DB2 database query

Currently we create LUW Db2 database manually and then attached that database when we create new project in build client. We do this to create optimized DB2 database by using tweaked create database query. We want to avoid this manual DB2 create s...
4 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration