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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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PD Tools Code Coverage Plug - Name in the Code Coverage Report is not persistent

When you double click on the Code Coverage Report Generation line in the Debug Tool Code Coverage pane, you are presented a Code Coverage Report pane where you enter the name of the code coverage output data set. This name is not persistent. So, w...
over 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

OSAM Encryption for 4K or smaller blocksizes

OSAM Encryption (VSAM linear data set) currently has a minimum blocksize of 4K which would inhibit our ability to implement pervasive encryption. A large proportion of our databases have blocksizes smaller than 4K and more are moving in that direc...
over 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Compatability Scan when migrating to new COBOL versions

We would like to have a batch interface to RDz which could scan our Cobol Source Libraries for incompatablity scenarios. we would like this feature to be able to run as a batch job on the host, so no download is required, but can be done purly in ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Not under consideration

Add PTF HOLD information UI66571

In the HOLD ACTION of UI66571, it described that FMNPRINT and FMNIN DD were added by this PTF.But there is no description about the impact for customer's JCL.Our customer already use FMNPRINT and FMNIN DD on their JCL as user's definition. So it a...
over 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Be able to make session parameters changes

Would like to be able to change parms configured in a session with out updating every session in the Configured Session List
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Not under consideration

IMS catalog audit trail userid

IMS catalog audit trail SMF record 29-03 does not have end user userid. SMF record 29-03 has ODBM STC userid which is not useful. We need to know the end user who submitted DDL.
over 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 4 Not under consideration

Remote Resource API documentation

For the Remote Resource API there is currently a poor javadoc documentation and some incomplete samples available. We wish to have an improved separate documentation, about all interfaces and functionality which is available in the API and how it ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 1 Not under consideration

no specification of the extension for includes

With the language-specific program structure usage, the extension can be derived from the context of the action.For the Explore AD project from the selected resource type. In the Include Usage analysis, a corresponding field would have to be inser...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

support wildcard characters in transaction group in CPSM WLM

In CPSM WLM, when we want to define transactions in transaction group. We have add transaction one by one. ICBC has several thousands transactions, it takes long time to add them one by one. It also has the risk that forgetting to define some of t...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Builtin to determine level of recursive calls

When using recursive procedures, it would occasionally be useful to know if the procedure currently active is called directly, or recursively, and in the latter case, provided such information is available in control blocks, at what level of recur...
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration