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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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CICS Ability to close, and require re-entry of credentials to regain access

Within CICS have the ability to close an application, and require re-entry of credentials to regain access
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Successful initialization messages from Spark Started tasks

When Spark-master & Spark-Worker are successfully started as started Tasks on z/OS, they should write messages to SYSLOG to indicate that those spark components have started successfully. Such messages are important for System Automation produ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 1 Future consideration

Publish xml segments

As a user of the Programming Patterns publish feature, I would like more control over how the xml file is created. When selecting multiple segments, and including their 'referenced instances', the referenced instances are not in the correct order ...
over 5 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Not under consideration

propagate end user identity in an SOA environment build on DataPower when calling IMS Connect to invoke IMS transactions

Need to propagate original network ID of end user through SOA ESB to IMS for logging / audit purpose. Original Network ID may be Active Directory, SAML, OAUTH, X.509, etc.. Passing through SOA ESB implemented with DataPower XI50b that ID may be tr...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 1 Not under consideration

Ability to customize color of find matches

allow the user to select a highlight background color on the 'Find Text" preference page (Window --> Preferences --> LPEX Editor --> System z LPEX Editor --> Find Text) where they are currently selecting the check box to "Highlight all...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Enhance MakeTPF for TPFAR builds.

Enhance the MakeTPF process to be more of a automated process for TPFAR builds to included the DB2 precompile, the bind and compile. The process exists for .asm files, support needs to be added for c and c++ ...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

MQ Series - add support for the WebSphere MQ v.6 monitoring functions for Queues and Channels.

TPFUG_Req_Number: MQ07001FContact Originator Id: bryan.alison@worldspan.comAbstract: This MQ Series enhancement will add support for providing statistical information related to real-time queue and channel usage, in conjunction with the local Queu...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

enhancement o allow TOL(ENQF) to be selectively used on dss backups

Customer needs to use datasets from z/os that are never deallocated. SO in order for df/dss to work it needs to have the option to add the parameter TOL(ENQF) to the request
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

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over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Modify DFHLS2WS to support multiple Operations for a single Web Service

We currently write Web Services (programs) to support multiple operations for a single web service. We start with PLI structures and using DFHLS2WS, create the WSDL. But we have to manually merge the 2 or more WSDL documents into a single document...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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