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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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Address VOL=REF=

Current TAAM is not able to address VOL=REF=* option for allocation. But competitor has it. Hence, as like TAAM already built an option SET_UNIT_AFFINITY (to care UNIT=AFF=*), how about to build new option, so called SET_VOL_REF to care VOL=REF=* ?
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provision of an API for the delta determination of changed modules from a certain timestamp

In the "Make" process of an AD project via the build client, any module of the time stamp is created internally before access.For a further bond of internal authorization is the monitoring and the review of all modules.
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Explorer CM Deployment Analysis Report - Export to excel Functionality

Currently we are able to generate CM Deployment Analysis Report using Explorer Plugin. But unable to download/export the data to excel or other formatted.
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Batch CM Deployment Analysis Report - Additional Functionality

The CM Deployment Batch Report needs the below additional functionalities: 1) Create package with duplicate entries to be deleted (Should identify duplicate entries that are not in use only)2) Create an export file which can be used as input into CM
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

improving the data cleansing/testing capabilities for CICS VT

It would be helpful if DMF could provide more information about differences in data when it finds them. When running against large files in batch for testing. When the records are long, dumping 32 bytes of data before and after the error is not en...
over 9 years ago in CICS VSAM Transparency for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Cobol V5 - Abend S0C4 in IGZCEV4 for CEEDUMP when an UNBOUNDED memory table is present

When a CEEDUMP is fired on a COBOL V5 program containing a memory table with an OCCURS TO UNBOUNDED clause, it cause a S0C4 / CEE3204S ( IGZCEV4 routine) because it is beyond the allocated memory actually in UNBOUNDED table and the dump is incompl...
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Is a defect

Cobol V5 - Mixture kind of interest in RULES(NOLAXPERF)

Option RULES(NOLAXPERF) concerns both about writing Cobol source and compilation options used. In a "industrial" building process (compilation, build process), compilation procedures can not be controlled by the developer, and inform him warnings ...
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Cobol V5 - Error displaying ARCH option in CEEDUMP - ARCH(10) shown as ARCH(0)

CEEDUMP displays the compile options of a program compiled with Cobol V5. ARCH information seems incorrect : it is returned to 0 as we compile with ARCH (10).
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Is a defect

ADDI-Support for current version of C

In order to avoid breaking the ADDI build process the C scanner has to support the syntax of the current version of z/OS XL C.
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer needs full "import/export" capability

CICS Explorer should have the ability to retrieve/"download" bundle definitions (in fact, all definitions) from a live, running region (presumably from the CSD or CPSM repository) in a format that would allow the bundle to be edited/revised and re...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

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