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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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Graphic flow chart - Missing information on arrows

Graphic flow chart - Some information are missing from this flow chart (branches on IF or WHEN COBOL orders). It is then necessary to look into the Source Code of the program to understand the graph. Add information on the graph to display the mea...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Impact Reports - Incorrect management of Occursed data during the impact analysis

Incomplete management of data with REDEFINES and OCCURS clauses in COBOL pgm when generating the Impact Analysis Report. This happens when the impact analysis is performed on the occursed variable, and if this variable is also a REDEFINE of a set ...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Keep HOD icons size and space in between the same as HOD 11

The default icon and the space between the icons on HOD v1302 is too big compare to HOD v11. Users have 23 icons have to click on arrow to switch the screens which is not convenience. We have got a lot of complains. Deepak Bohra from HCL has helpp...
over 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

IDAA support for IMS

Please provide similar function to IDAA for IMS. We need both functions like following. a) Transform IMS hierarchal data to relational data format and load it into IDAA appliance.b) When SQLs come into IMS DB, then route these SQLs to IDAA applian...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Not under consideration

Allow text editing in MEM window

In memory window you may not edit the text, only the hex values.Our request is to allow editing the text directly.
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

VSAM RLS files should have a quiescestate of UNQUIESCING

When unquiescing a VSAM/RLS file, we would like an interim state of "UNQUIESCING" that indicates that the unquiesce has been issued but has not yet completed. When used with the SET DSNAME NOWAIT option, the quiescestate returned could erroneously...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Use %userprofile% instead of %userdocuments%\.. for creating needed directories

RDz creates an .eclipse folder for default configuration at %userdocuments%\.., which is bad in our case because %userdocuments% points on a networkshare. Windows created an evironment variable for that, called %userprofile%, which should be used ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Cobol Date Functions

Developers use different date functions in most of the COBOL programs. These functions get executed hundreds of millions of times a day in various programs. We have inhouse written product, which may not be efficient and this probably a requiremen...
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

Modify DFHLS2WS to create better tags

The WSDL document created by CICS Web Services Assistant DFHLS2WS is not useable "as is" due to some issues with the values chosen for a few tags or element names. The WSDL would be more useful and compatible with other non-IBM distributed tools i...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

RDz - Enable Software Analyzer features

RDz Software Analyzer currently supports the Analysis Summary report. The report shows Code Quality, Code Complexity, and Code Structure however the values are always set to zero. This request is to enable those fields so as to produce meaningful ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

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