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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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Catering for variable timezones at the CICS region level

We have CICS applications running on a z/OS mainframe that now need to accommodate varying local time differences (i.e. multiple countries & multiple time zones in those countries), including daylight saving, while running on the same z/OS LPA...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Add an isNumeric() test to record classes

There currently is no straightformat way for generated record classes to check whether a byte pattern contains valid numeric data (in the sense of the COBOL "IS NUMERIC" test). However, this is often needed: Since COBOL does not really have the no...
about 5 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Support passing Network session ID and Network user ID using IMS Connect API for Java

We would like to pass Network session ID and Network user ID using IMS Connect API for Java. Currently this is only supported using ROY IMS Connect clients or using IMS TM Resource Adapter. Our main IMS Connect client is written in Java and uses t...
over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

Data Set View - Open Member, recognize correct editor

I am not sure if I got the right workspace. We use Wazi Developer for Eclipse version 1.4 When opening a member from the "Data Sets" view, the generic text editor is always used. This means that I cannot use the features of the language specific e...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Applications not installed after JVM error

We had an timout error in the JVM. This caused, that after a cold start the installed apps in application/platform context have not been installed. After changing this to a warm start now it works, but on this weekend we installed new PTFs and we ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support for SHA256

The capabilities that CICS WS-Security requires are; - Full support for <wsu:Timestamp> elements, specifically creating them on outbound messages. - Support SHA256 as a signature algorithm - Support signing of individual elements, specifical...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Adding search path for IDMS schema, subschema and record

Adding search path for IDMS schema, subschema and record in GIU AD Build Client (settings panel) and in asynchronous command MS-DOS.
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Purge mecanism of project in AD tools for SQL Server & OrientDB

Possibilty in the AD tools to have a purge of selected projects in SQL Server and OrientDB.
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Allow to specify a sender email address for zAware

Development confirmed that zAware email feature automatically replaces the sender email address with NO-REPLY. This is a problem for most mail servers as they reject emails without a properly qualified sender email address. Please allow the user t...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z Anomaly Analytics with Watson 1 Future consideration

RDz client user needs to be able to specify how <JOBNAME> substitution is handled, especially since USERID is not the default

RDz user needs a way to specify how property group <JOBNAME> substitution takes place in generated jobs. Customer would like <JOBNAME> to be resolved with the user's USERID. Currently the <JOBNAME> is resolved from HLQ of the sou...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

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