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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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new function returning an updated date in pattern p with a given date in pattern p updated by days d

It could work as follows: daysUpdate( x, d, p ) - returning an updated (by d days) date in pattern p given a date x in pattern p and correspondingly secondsUpdate( x, s, p ) which would do the same for a time
11 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Add option to specify ID for owner of new and existing zCDP policy files

This would help address an audit requirement, as it is against policy for personal IDs to own files in Production environment. Currently, the file owner of the zCDP policy files is the ID of the individual who created the zCDP policy.
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 1 Under review

new builtin-function returning the last day of the month

In some situations it is necessary to know the last day of a month, so a new function would be usefull: endofmonth( x, p ) returns a date in format p with the day value changed from that in x to the last day of the month
12 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

new builtin function checking leap year

Would it make easier to handle date calculations in PLI, e.g. isleap( x, p ) returns true if the date x in format p specifies a leap year
12 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Provide under SMF, for each program provide a count of totals number of Program LINKS to a program, total Program LOADs of a program and total Program XCTL to a program.

We need a count of totals number of Program LINKS to a program, total Program LOADs of a program and total Program XCTL to a program. This will help us to understand program usage in the product. It would be especially helpful verifying a program ...
5 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Submitted

Support for JWE Payload(entire/individual elements) Encryption in z/OS Connect as specified by Mastercard

Overview This Request for enhancement (RFE) proposes the implementation of JWE payload(entire/individual elements) encryption support in IBM z/OS Connect, as specified by Mastercard under the following URL: Mastercard Payload Encryption Documentat...
5 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

PanelID EQQWWSEP - List Workstation in Offline/Inactive status

For instances with many workstations it is useful to get a list of workstations which are in offline status
5 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Line Truncation Warning

Hi friends. When there are some lines in a cobol program that exceed the maximum line length a dialog can be displayed to warn the user. But, there is NO option to know WHICH lines are the ones that exceed this line length? Sometimes is very diffi...
5 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Allow LIST RECORD consumption to be drifted to ZIIP processors.

Now, IZDS and IZPCA allow the derivation of a COLLECT to ZIIP, but it is not possible to do the same with a LIST RECORD.It would be good to study the possibility of adapting the LIST RECORD as well.
6 days ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Submitted

View or Print datasets of history (RKC2HIST) when CICS region is down

Now there is no possibility to view the dataset of the history when the CICS region is inactive. The request is to have the possibility from the TOM to read the history dataset even if the CICS region is inactive or to have an utility (from the TO...
6 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Product functionality 0 Submitted

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