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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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Limit the size of drag and drop file in RDz

Need a way to control the file size for the "drag and drop" action from host to local. If the file size exceed a predefined value, the action should fail.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 1 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...
almost 3 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...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer 1 Not under consideration

COBOL 6 compiler options error messages (IGYOS4003-E)

COBOL Compiler options generate message IGYOS4004-E which is listed at the top of the listing. Message "IGYDS0139-W Diagnostic messages were issued during processing of compiler options. These messages are located at the beginning of the listing."...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Certificate Revocation List processing enhancement

Problem: When performing CRL processing in CICS there is currently no way of knowing what Certificate Authorities (CA) have been loaded into the CICS address space from the LDAP server and any information about each CA. Solution: Add the capabilit...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Editing of Data Structures outside of API Toolkit.

Document in KC not to manually edit underlying output of the API toolkit.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CICS Enhanced Security Authentication

Our internal security requirements team have asked us to reach out to IBM to request Enhanced CICS Security Authentication
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

CICS/VR RLS recovery bypass catalog update requirement

Currently, CICS VR will attempt to use VSAM RLS services ( IDARRST ) to set the recovery required bit in the catalog entry if it determines the dataset might be RLS. This requires that the user running the recovery have update access to the datase...
over 5 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

[RPP] Update Date-compiled

Is there a way in the preferences to automatically change the date compiled when a program (cbl) is modified
over 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Not under consideration

Ability to use any kind of data format, not only JSON

Currently in our industry; we and our clients adapt slow and when format is chosen it stays around, sometimes a bit too long. To address this we have a lot of different type of deliveries to external and internal clients. Some examples includes JS...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

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