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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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Extend JES filters configuaration for performance configuration

Depending on how a user set up his JES filter there could be a huge cpu usage seen for JMON started task. Think of a JES filter all values set to '*' and / or a regular refresh every 5 seconds.There should be configuration options to reduce perfor...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 2 Not under consideration

Extend JMON for performance configuration

Depending on how a user set up his JES filter there could be a huge cpu usage seen for JMON started task. Think of a JES filter all values set to '*' and / or a regular refresh every 5 seconds.There should be configuration options to reduce perfor...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

Combine COBOL outline view and preprocessor integration

The COBOL outline view is based on the content of the editor and not on the changes made by the preprocessor integration. That results in a very confusing and long outline view when (for example) the DIVISION statements are generated by the prepro...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Abends not reported in the CICSSTAT_TRAN_TRANS_ABENDS statistics counter

The statistics CICSSTAT_TASK_NUM_TRANS_ABENDED counter reports the number of ABENDs produced in the TRANCLASS. The value of the CICSSTAT_TRAN_TRANS_ABENDS counter is always equal to zero.
about 4 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Data Flow / Data Flow Hierarchy View avoidance of suppressed assignments

Assignments that occur multiple times are suppressed in the views.Important information is simply suppressed. This only confuses and leads to wrong assumptions and errors. The problem occurs in both Dataflow and Dataflow Hierarchy views See use ca...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 6 Future consideration

IP address in HTTP POST

It is common to bind a web service to the hostname and not to the IP address.But INGOMX resolves the defined host name and uses the ip address in the HTTP POST request.This results in HTTP404 - not found. To prevent this, the INGOMX directive <...
about 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

webservice enableGeneration

webservice enableGeneration property
about 8 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 1 Not under consideration

Add Support for DELIMITED BY to READ statement

We would like the ability to read variable length files delimited by a user specified field separator directly into a record layout. Input file:'12345','TEST LINE''67','ANOTHER TEST LINE' ON ENDFILE(MYFILE) BEGIN; EOF_MYFILE = '1'b; END; DECLARE M...
about 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

OK BUTTON NOT SHOWN ON LINK PARAMETERS PANEL

From APAR IT14558http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT14558 Error description Personal Communications v12 Windows 10 Unable to press the "OK" button on "Link Parameters" panel in both 3270/5250 Communication -> Configure dialog. ...
about 8 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Not under consideration

SuperC - Do Not Report Spacing Changes Unless Within Quotes

There is an existing option, DLREFM (suppress reformatted lines from the listing) which although it does suppress the reformatted lines from the OLD file, it does not suppress them from the NEW file. Another option, REFMOVR, suppresses reformatted...
about 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 3 Not under consideration