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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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Filter CSD by GRPLIST

If a CICS Region is selected, the CSD groups allow to be filtered in the following way:Retrieve the lists from the GRPLIST parameter in the CICS SIT and show only RDO groups which are contained.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

add checkbox selectors to resource views for multiple selection as alternative to pressing Shift or Ctrl

add checkbox selectors to table views that allow selecting multiple resources
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

search for orphaned groups

Search for orhpaned groups that are not part of a LIST
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CPSM tasks in a MAS can block the QR TCB to the detriment of normal application workload.

In a CICS region managed by CPSM, there are certain CPSM tasks that run occasionally. These tasks can potentially have a negative impact on the response time of the normal application workload running in the CICS region. In particular, it is the C...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Kerberos with CICS Transaction Gateway

We would like to use Kerberos authentication over/with CICS Transaction Gateway.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

slow opening of network directories and file in RDz

When I open a directory using windows explore or go into my computer and open a directory to get to a file out on the net work it is almost instant. If I try to open the same directory using local in RDz it takes much longer. some times up to seve...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Separate counts by OSA for ZTTCP STATs display

On systems with multiple OSAs defined, exception counts (out of order, retransmit, fast retransmit, etc.) are accumulated and displayed together making it difficult to identify or troubleshoot which osa card is having an issue when the counts star...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Add copy and/or export capability to search results in CICS Explorer

When performing a search in CICS Explorer (with the CICS Configuration Manager plug-in) to find a group in multiple configurations, there is no way to access the results in the "Search Results" windows either by copying or exporting the results.
over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 0 Future consideration

DEDB DBFUMIN0 DB utility and ACBLIB

DBFUMIN0 requires the ACBLIB library. During IMS version migration in an IMSPLEX environnement, the utility fails because it ran in IMS V12 and ACBLIB was still in V11. DBFUMIN0 should be able to run with the DBDLIB to be not release dependant.
about 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

TXSeries v8.1 Linux support for IBMCOBOL

IBM COBOL compiler is available only on AIX platform today and so there is no support for IBM COBOL on TXSeries for Multiplatforms V8.1 on Linux. The COBOL support that we have on x86 Linux is only with Micro Focus Server Express COBOL. IBM should...
about 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration