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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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Method within CICSPlex SM to dynamically modify the CMAS connection directory.

When a CMAS is first identified (in a CMTCMDEF), a CMAS Directory (CMASDIR) entry is created in the MP CMAS and broadcast to all other active CMASes. As long as any CMAS remains active, it will broadcast the CMASDIR entry during Topology Exchangew...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

When CMAS and MAS recycle, system prompt 'EYUWI0086I', meanwhile TOR can't join workload

When CMAS and MAS recycle, system prompt 'EYUWI0086I', meanwhile TOR can't join workload ,it did cause many transaction abend .And sometime system didn't prompt 'EYUWI0086I' ,TOR join workload successfully ,but it gernerated duplicate record of ac...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Macro for online overrides automatic generated code

When code is generated, the Function (in this caseF20ZA) seems like is doing nothing when in fact it is overriding the validation of the element.
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

CICSPlex Workload Management: Goal / Queue Mode

The CICS Transaction Server V3.1 documentation doesn't contain information about the decision criterias for the CICSPlex Queue and Goal mode. Following list contains possible topics which should be documented in the official publications (the list...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CPSM Workload Management must support Defined Capacity Work (GSE requirement GGCIC07018)

IBM machines can be licensed with the Defined Capacity Option. This means a machine which has installed more processor capacity than the installation effectively is allowed to use all over the time. The only exception is for peak times where the i...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

suppressChangeEvent on DojoCheckBox and other Dojo-fields

RBD9.5 introduced a property suppressChangeEvent on DojoTextField. This was very useful since we were now able to eliminate a lot of code that would simulate this working when set to true. However, this property seemed to be implemented on text-ba...
about 8 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 1 Planned for future release

START TRANSID, with DATE parameter option

Ability to issue a EXEC CICS START TRANSID with DATE option.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Better handling of errors in squential terminal input

If a CICS region experiences a problem reading the input for a sequential terminal at start up, it issues various error messages and then terminates citing a failure starting the AP domain. This seems a rather drastic error for an error related to...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

The ? source PDS member name ? in the ADD Screen

In the Endevor Interface ADD screen , the field ? Source PDS member name ? is still initialized with its value positionned during the previous ADD action.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 4 Not under consideration

Drop & recreate DB2 views only when tables change

Currently the DB2 views are dropped and recreated each time a component is re-installed. Doing so removes security every time an install job is executed. This incentivizes us to update less often because we have to open requests to security to gra...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release