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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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FileManager member listing.

Add a function to FileManager which can print a member listing. The function would need to be batch compatible and able to perform the listing out of a DD filename to accomodate non-cataloged data sets. The function would accomodate a range of mem...
over 6 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Code Analyzer Reporting Enhancements

We are trying to use the Code Analyzer to scan our programs for our Standards, but currently no reporting is done for our management to validate. Reports are local to the developer running them. We would like the tool to provide reporting to show ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Automatic internal conversion of indices to index

When a data-item declared in Working-Storage or Local-Storage is used to access the elements of a table (OCCURS), and is not used to access other tables (data-item dedicated to a table), this data-item could be automatically converted to INDEX for...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

Output error messages on TXSeries console when ECI request is abnormally ended

Target System: TXSeries and CTGMany customer uses ECI request to call applications on TXSeries from CTG application.We found that TXSeries does NOT output any message when ECI request is abnormally ended in a specific situation. That is when mirro...
over 6 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS WEB WRITE HTTPHEADER unimplemented

We need to use these CICS documented command:EXEC CICSWEB WRITEHTTPHEADER()NAMELENGTH()SESSTOKEN()VALUE()VALUELENGTH()END-EXEC
about 3 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Rational Programming Patterns : REFER generation option in Dialog and Screen entities

REFER / REF generation option entered in dialog complement tab or in - GO lines of a screen's -G lines tab do not generate "the LIST OF REFERENCED ENTITIES" in the Cobol program's Working Storage Section. If this "LIST OF REFERENCED ENTITIES' is a...
over 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

Bring TensorFlow to z/OS

This is a popular deep learning package that we have had several requests for
over 6 years ago in IBM Open Data Analytics for z/OS (IzODA) / Spark 3 Not under consideration

Stop doing pointless updates to DFHRSTAT in cpsm non-target cics regions

CPSM code should check to see if a cics region is defined as a wlm target region. If it is NOT a wlm Target region, cpsm should override (to 0) any coded, or default, UPDATE RS parm value to avoid updating DFHRSTAT with info that will never be uti...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

LDAP active directory msft support on HOD

Actor : 600 users are potentially interested to ldap control for access to our I--series and mainframe environment Description: We are using Microsoft LDAP Autenthication feature as a standard for our environment and we need to introduce it also f...
over 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 7 Not under consideration

Certificate based User login to Analyzer

We would appreciate the login to Analyzer would be based on client certificate.The user's certificates contain the hostidmappings extension (OID 1.3.18.0.2.18.1), which contains the pid of the user.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Planned for future release

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