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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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support RMODE(64)

CICS only support Rmode 31 and 24. ICBC wants CICS support Rmode 64
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Be able to click the field to extract in an extract action.

Add the capability to the HATS studio such that the user can simply click a field to be extracted from the screen rather than needing to draw a box around the field. The Rational Service Flow Modeler does this today. HATS should be able to do it. ...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Debug Tool. Access to set monitoring of PL/I local declared variables from outer scope.

Debug Tool. Access to PL/I local declared variables from outer scope. As PL/I works with local declared variables, it is not possible in Debug Tool to work with local variables until the point in processing where local variables actually are addre...
almost 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

JES Pop-up/Alert when job is completed

Today we have to refresh or set poll configuration to refresh the JES job status. We need an alert msg similar to RTC alerts that the job has completed and the option to turn off the alerts if the user chooses.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz: Sort by Date within JES in Remote Systems view

need RDz JES view option to right click and select to sort jobs by date, owner id, job id, return code, etc.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Improve JES navigation through job dd outputs

Today we view the contents of a ddname in JES Job. Once we are in the ddname, we need some way to go to the next or previous ddname automatically. Maybe provide user the ability to click on left arrow or right arrow when they are currently browsin...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Not under consideration

RDz: Debugger variable display issue

Debugger monitor view should be able to show the contents of variables greater than?32K.
almost 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

RDz: CARMA wizard customization

RFE submitted at request of Venkat (Rational Architect) Need to have full control over the CARMA wizard in regards to prefilling entries and changing labels. A label tailoring example would be changing "Extract to Remote Project" --> "Copy from...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz: HCE / Program tab in Debugger should blink once the control is returned

RFE submitted at request of Venkat (Rational Architect) While debugging, and if control is returned from the program to CICS/IMS transaction screen in HCE, HCE should blink stating that the control is transferred to HCE instead of the user manuall...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz: Change filter properties

RFE submitted at Venkat's (IBM Rational architect) request. In RSE, instead of requiring the user to click on Properties to modify the filter, provide filter option as follows:Filter --> Create New Filter --> Modify
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration