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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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Show Order in which Job Steps Execute

The JCL specifies a specific order in which the jobs steps execute. It would be useful to see the sequence in the Graphic view..
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

IMS "/MODIFY PREPARE ACBLIB" : transactions modified are refused to enter IMS

Between the "/MODIFY PREPARE ACBLIB" and the "/MODIFY COMMIT", the messages for the transactions related to the PSBs modified by the change are refused to enter IMS (message DFS3470). They ought to be accepted and suspend until the "/MODIFY COMMIT".
about 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer: Remove Rule does not delete it

By removing RULE1 from SPEC1 in CICS Explorer, it just removes its association. There is no option to remove the whole RULE1 (WLM Group/WLM Definition/WLM Transaction Group) from the CPSM repository. a. In the repository, the subject WLM Group/WLM...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

RPP generated cobol program not adhering to cobol standards

RFE opened on behalf of AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, related to RFE https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=103616 initially opened against RTC. Currently at Ameriprise Financial we have RPP v9.1.2 installed. Now the pro...
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

IMS LOG56FA Field TPMGU=1 after a LOG08 created

In the record x'56FA' of the LOG, the field TPMGU=2 after the creation of a LOG08. Even if the region is in PWFI and that the LOG08 is created because of the PLCT. So we can't use the field TPMGU to count the number of messages processed.
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 3 Not under consideration

Ability to Submit Group Thru DWC (Dynamic Workload Console)

Currently, the DWC does not allow a Group to be submitted. It only submits the application you demand in but not the others in the group. It should prompt to run a the group or specific application within the group. This functionality is available...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Addition of Mainframe Character Set (CP1027) in JDK 11

IBM Java 6 which comes along with WebSphere 7 is having support for character set: CP1027. But In Java 8 or 11 this character set support is not there. When Java 11 is used to connect Mainframe zOS DB2, sometimes its failing with the following exc...
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

CICS Event to interact with ML for z/OS

update CICS Event to be able to call the Machine Learning for z/OS product. This will enable any CICS user or CICS system event to interact with the latest in mainframe analytics tools. The event could inject data into the ML service in addition t...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

RBD EGL Debug listener to be launched from IDEs other than VAGEN

IBM developed and EGL Debug Listener with the request of Halkbank. We can do End to End debugging from VAGEN GUI to EGL in RBD and back to VAGEN GUI. We want to have this facility for other IDEs also
about 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Inquire and browse Applications in a similar manner to programs.

CICS contains SPI and XPI interfaces to inquire on a particular program as well as browsing through the list of installed program definitions. However, although the same functions for applications are available internally in the same domain, these...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration