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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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As an IMS systems programmer, I want the ability to make messages sent by IMS back to the client (e.g. DFS3688I) visible to operators and automation on z/OS.

Actually, to have an alerting when a transaction reaches his expire time we have, in the OTMA client descriptor (DFSYDTx), activated the parameter TODUMP with the option YES This solution is no longer efficient because when the issue arises our MP...
about 1 month ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Add option to specify ID for owner of new and existing zCDP policy files

This would help address an audit requirement, as it is against policy for personal IDs to own files in Production environment. Currently, the file owner of the zCDP policy files is the ID of the individual who created the zCDP policy.
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 1 Under review

new function to calculate the number of days between two dates

daysDiff( x, y, p ) which would return the number of days between 2 dates and correspondingly secondsDiff( x, y, p ) which would return the number of seconds before 2 times (or dates)
9 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

use the weekday builtin function with two parameters(date x, format p)

This would be an easier way to use the function weekday: weekday( x, p ) returns weekday( days( x, p ) )
9 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Show end wait time for synchronous callouts in the /DISPLAY ACTIVE command output

IMS shows an end wait time for synchronous program switches in the /DISPLAY ACTIVE command output. This is very helpful in some kinds of error situations. Although for synchronous callouts the same DL/I call is being used, the /DISPLAY ACTIVE comm...
9 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Submitted

Display or messages to monitoring the available private storage

We think it would be very useful to have messages or displays to monitor the available private storage (below the line, above the line and above the bar). In other products have message or displays to monitor the private storage: - In MQ we have m...
9 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Submitted

Reporting on SGC capture status

Reporting on SGC capture status needs to be improved. Currently there is no IBM provided automated option to query or report on capture completeness. Only option is manually checking Netlog or the LCP/SGC GDPS panels. To determine if a capture is ...
4 months ago in GDPS 9 Future consideration

Suppress DFHHC0801W repeated messages from CICS LOG

This message is being generated every 30 min, which does not make much sense, it could be sent one per day or only once after startup, I dont need this info to be checked every 30 min as CESN sign on programs are stable, we only change it if we do...
6 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Is a defect

Extending CICS SMF records with relation between transaction and programs

Hello, we are currently looking into our application which transaction is calling which programs. This is not easy to find out because there is currently no information about that relation in CICS statistics. The CICS statistics already shows whic...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Submitted

Progress Feedback for GDPS Script Execution

Currently, when a GDPS script is initiated, there is no feedback provided to the initiator, leading to uncertainty about whether the process is underway. This lack of feedback can cause confusion and unnecessary actions by operators. Proposed Enha...
14 days ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

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