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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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Highlite negative statuses in Supersession

This is additional request for delivered RFE in https://ibm-z-software-portal.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/CLSS-I-73 We like the new feature, but we'd like to have also possibility or 3rd color position in KLSOPTHL to be able to also highlight negative Ses...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Need to have typical z/OS System Programmer commands available in E3270UI

Mostly all the commands related to a z/OS System Programmer should be available directly in E3270UI. To achieve this goal it would be sufficient to have a system console directly in E3270UI with different authorities capabilities (for example for ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Future 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.
over 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.
over 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...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Anomaly Analytics with Watson 1 Future consideration

CICSPLEX Systems Manager (CPSM) Web User Interface (WUI) Security for Shutdown of Regions

Shutting down an LMAS (a cics region) via the WMAS (Web User Interface CICS Region) , no Userid is captured in logs to say who shutdown the CICS region. The default User ID of the CICS region being shut down is captured in the logs. Audit requirem...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Add batch job (JCL) function to create web service and .SAR file in z/OS connect for IMS.

Enhance z/OS Connect for IMS by using batch job to create web service and .sar file . For example like CICS does . (BAQLS2JS) submit JCL job to create service and file . The current environment might have lots of applications need to publish as AP...
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Not under consideration

Connect to remote Database

Provide system option to define connection to a remote database service, exposed only as an option for programs within the scope of an Application definition. Implemented using lightweight TCP/IP to a datasource, including IMS and DB2, capturing t...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Support for older version of rocket git, specifically options in .gitattributes file

Please allow backward compatibility of IDz to work with options defined in older version of Rocket Git. Updates for tools can take a long time to complete and having newer versions IDz incompatible with specific versions of Rocket Git causes numer...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 1 Not under consideration

Allow on the fly changes to .gitattributes to take effect immediately

Please allow changes to .gitattributes files to take effect immediately. Currently, only a new clone of the repo will force IDz to update file tags, however, that is slow and cumbersome.
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration