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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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Need a tool to exploit data from new datacollection reduced under Linux.

The new datareduction under linux will provide data in a new format.Could you provide a tool to archive and analyse the data from datacollection? Something like you will do for Name value Pair Collection with ADI...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect should provide a feedback to the application when a timeout occurs

When an application takes longer to process a request than the timeouts configured or defaulted in z/OS Connect, z/OS Connect reutuns a 'timed out' error to the user. However when the application (eventually) responds with output, it is not inform...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Redefined Response Message, z/Os Connect validates each possible data structure issuing GMOMW0005E for every failure

z/Os Connect should not produce messages to the logs when validating the SOR message reply when one of the response message redefines structures is completely valid.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Customize error/warnings for pli sources

When developing Java you can customize error/warings under Window-Preferences-Java-Compiler-Errors/Warnings. For example you can ignore some warnings. This Feature would also be useful for PLI.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

AMODE(64) modules in GSA

I have an existing RFE 30605 - 64 bit COBOL for CICS. Assuming this RFE is completed, I would like this subsequent RFE considered. It would be having CICS load AMODE(64) modules into the GSA (the shared address range between 2 terabytes - 512 tera...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Not under consideration

CICS intraregion JVM Server balancing

CICS should provide with a built-in intraregion JVM Server balancing mechanism to improve CICS Java applications availability
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide Graphical Impact Analysis

Provide a graphical impact analysis (focus on one variable / database field / possibly a set of variables / database fields) similar to call-graphs.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Insufficient display of a nested UP for the external program in all views

If you look at the call graph of a program in which nested subroutine (UP) are implemented, the name of the nested UPs is linked to the outer program name. The assignment of the nested UP with the external program is displayed not only in the grap...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

TPFDF Cruise Verify should give number of items per Lrec Id

Today the CRUISE VERIFY utility gives the total number of ITEMS.We would appreciate to have also the number of items for each Lrec id.
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Future consideration

Client connectivity into CICS UMDTs and TSQs

We use UMDTs (Data tables) and TSQs in CICS as data stores. However, these can only be accessed by a program running in CICS. We requests that non-mainframe applications can access these data stores (UMDTs and TSQs) without requiring an applicatio...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration