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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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Enterprise Cobol V6+ - Dynamic compilation variable

Compiler directives, and in particular the >>DEFINE directive, are not handled by the REPLACE and COPY REPLACING directives. This therefore prohibits managing compilation variables dynamically, for example by declaring in a COPYBOOK a compil...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Support the use of user and schema owner separation

Help us to DB_SCHEMA_OWNER parameter dont be ignored by SFG in order it can start to use schema owner specified?
over 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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

[RPP] Equivalent choix LFE : Liste des rubriques non définies au dictionnaire

Il n'existe pas dans RPP de moyen de retrouver les rubriques utilisées dans les programmes, sans fiche de définition dans le dictionnaire (équivalent choix LFE dans PACBASE)
over 4 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under 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

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

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

New NetView service/function to provide WTOR information

* Note: if NetView product is not appropriate for this request, client accepts that it may be considered for SAzOS product instead. NetView (or SAzOS) requires a mechanism to provide a user with WTOR information via API or clist/rexx implementatio...
about 13 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

EGL/RUI is consuming unnecessary memory from the browser. We need an automatic garbage collection process just like in Java..

To manage memory consumption in EGL/RichUI applications, you have to either reuse widgets or destroy widgets 'manually'. Reusing widgets makes software unnecessary complex postponing memory issues in larger apps. Manually destroying widgets is tim...
about 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

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

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