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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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False INITCHECK messages for MOVEs of overlapping storage

The compiler should not produce INITCHECK warnings when the piece of a source field of an overlapping MOVE is initialized. In the example use case, the overlapping move results in WORK-REST being set to LOW-VALUES from the filler at the beginning ...
almost 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Enterpise_Networks allow change of defalt filters

Allow a way to customize the built-in filters within the workspaces in the Enterpise_Networks navigator view.Any attempt to modify by creating custom views or queries within Enterpise_Networks breaks the unique and simple way of navigating between...
almost 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

XL Fortran Bogus Error on Assumed Shape Dummy Argument of BIND(C) Procedure

The XL Fortran compiler gives a bogus error message for the below valid Fortran program. The restriction that presumably generates this error message was replaced in Fortran 2018 standard (sec 18.3.6 point 5). Furthermore, the XL compiler provides...
almost 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / Fortran 1 Future consideration

Change mfivarsubsaction in Menu Manger to not remember previous entries

We use Menu Manager for a lot of custom actions within IDz, including actions to interact with our SCM, Endevor. We give users the ability to right click a module in the Remote Systems view and select from a range of Endevor actions, like add to E...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Improve logging of HACPEE connections in HILMv13

Currently, Host Integration License Manager (HILM) is capturing HACPEE connections but is not able to log specific details such as: a. IP Addressb. User Namec. Machine Addressd. Machine Name Additionally, request to provide new logging options suc...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Improve File Manager customization for invocation, including MQ libraries

This was requested by Discover Financial Services GTS IBM Team. The invocation for File Manager foreground and batch require MQ series libraries, if you want to use MQ with File Manager. There needs to be a better way to provide this information t...
over 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

zConnect/IMS Mobile Feature Pack additional JSON feature.

Additional zconnect/IMS Mobile Feature pack JSON functionality: 1. Allow generated JSON field names to be lowercase_lowercase or smallCamelCase. 2. Add flat JSON input/output support to reflect TMRA generated object
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 1 Not under consideration

Enhance the audit and debugging capability of IMS Enterprise Suite for Development

Request to have the following functionality added in the IMS Enterprise Suite for Development (specially as used in the ZConnect/IMS Mobile context): 1. View server log/trace data. 2. Store source COBOL copybook in registry as part of service meta...
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

Z/OS Connect/IMS Mobile Feature pack misc functionality requests

Request for the following functionality in Z/OS Connect/IMS Mobile feature pack: 1. Support service stub creation that will use a sample test data to be returned. 2. Set user defined service URI or remove ?action=invoke in service URI. 3. Service ...
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 1 Not under consideration

Platform Versioning

We just installed a Platform in the System Aproval Test Environment. Afterwards we tried to make some changes and this was not really funny. First we had to disable all Applicaiton, then we had to disable the platform and other not really nice thi...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

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