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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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Support IDOT definitions at CTL/CAT dump level

ZIDOT does not allow you to associate an override with all CTLs dumps, or all Catastrophic dumps. There are times when we want to add the same storage override to any catastrophic dump but not to all CTL or OPR dumps with SYSDUMP =YES.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Provide AWS message identifiers for oprmsg messages

The customer would like to see the message "1090 not running" that is returned when the instance is not running to be documented in the man files. A better solution would be to provide AWS message ids that could be looked up with the msginfo comma...
over 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

FM/IMS Database Compare

This Idea is for a FM/IMS function to do a formatted/synchronized database compare. The goal is to compare a database before and after it is changed, to report on what changed. This is probably a multi-step process: Generate and run a batch job to...
over 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Operation duration set to 00:00:01 in CP during daily plan extend when WS changed from reporting to non-reporting.

Current IWS Functionality. When the workstation is changed for an operation (job) in the AD from reporting to non-reporting, the duration of the operation in the CP is set to 00:00:01 during the daily plan extend. I would like the same function...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Add functionality to remove/delete keys in PRE_ACTIVATION STATE

Request to add the functionalty that will enable the removal/deletion of keys that are still in pre_actiovation mode. 1. Adding this functionality will allow completely removing the key in pre_actiovation state from the database and allow key leb...
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 0 Planned for future release

Add support for EVALUATE numeric-dataitem WHEN IS POSITIVE / WHEN IS NEGATIVE / WHEN IS ZERO / END-EVALUATE

The EVALUATE statement does not support SIGN CONDITION. EVALUATE numeric-DataItemWHEN IS POSITIVE[...]WHEN IS NEGATIVE[...]WHEN IS ZEROEND-EVALUATE raise a compilation error. This instruction must be written: EVALUATE TRUEWHEN numeric-DataItem >...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Save Menu Manager variables

When displaying a menu window. It displays the default values that we defined (Windows -> Preferences -> Menu Manager -> Actions and Menus). Is there a way to remember the user last choice? So when I set a library name, it will be display...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

A new IMS Installation Exit routine for RACF pre-authorisation

We would like to request the introduction of a new IMS Installation Exit routine that would get control when an IMS AUTH call is issued by an application, but prior to RACF being called (i.e. pre-authorization). The new exit point will need to pro...
over 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 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...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Provide update to ZCEE request and response payloads in interceptors

Provide update access to the request and response payloads within an interceptor module. This is to provide simple support for encryption / decryption, tokenization, and other security functions. The data would be decrypted by the pre-invoke metho...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Not under consideration