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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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Identifying the requests proccessed by CONL transaction

Following PMR 72808,003,756 we have encountered a bottleneck caused by CONL processing an EXEC CPSM request from an application. We were unable to identify the source transaction, causing inability to identify the source of request sent to CONL.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Ability to limit access to systems resources when using the CPSM API

Following PMR 72808,003,756 we have encountered a bottleneck caused by CONL processing an EXEC CPSM request from an application. When using CPSM API, the resources are accessed by the CONL transaction. Even with CONA configuration, after 5 CONA tr...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CONL CPU usage should be charged on the originating transaction.

Following PMR 72808,003,756 we have encountered a bottleneck caused by CONL processing an EXEC CPSM request from an application. We want CPSM activity to be similar to MQ and DB2 - allowing us to both monitor the cpu usage of the transaction and l...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Conditional Comparison Column Exclusion

We need the ability to conditionally exclude columns from processing. For example, if columns 1 through 5 are APPLE, then exclude columns 6 through 10 in the comparison. We would need to be able to use different versions of this exclusion in the s...
over 5 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 1 Not under consideration

In Debug Tool provide a method in the 3270 and GUI to display control blocks from CICS, IMS, and DB2.

Currently if a control block variable is defined in application code, those can be displayed via a LIST or MONITOR command. However if the application code does not contain the definition you are unable to review those control blocks.
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Need Locate function in CARMA

Difficult to look for an element without the "Locate" function.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Db2 host-variable xLOB-FILE difference coprocessor and pre-processor

We noticed a difference of generation between the preprocessor Db2 and the coprocessor Db2 integrated to the compiler Cobol, on the generation of hosts-variables of type xLOB-FILE (USAGE SQL TYPE IS xLOB-FILE): - the preprocessor Db2 generates a S...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Cics Liberty Profile Security without entry in web.xml

At the moment you need to define in each projects web.xml if you want a security or not. In a Cics where you have a general security in a 3270, or on other interfaces, this is not realy nice, because if a programmer forgets the entry in a web.xml ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

RSA - R?gle "V?rifier la valeur du SQLCODE apr?s un EXEC SQL" et utilisation des WHENEVER

Voir ticket TS002533616
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 2 Future consideration

HACP EE support for Modifying session properties dynamically

See email.
over 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Planned for future release