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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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Best practices for Utilization Tracking and Reporting for IBM Cobol for AIX.

Please providebest practices for Utilization Tracking and Reporting for IBM Cobol for AIX. Fromhttps://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21642903andhttps://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27022104we can see that Utilization Track...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Move WGTA tables above the 2g Bar

Request is to move the WGTA tables above the 2g bar in order to free up valuable space below the BAR Current allocation is 1.4 million entries today .
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Not under consideration

Internally Indexed RDS Tables within SAzOS

The Systems Automation(SAzOS) tool would greatly benefit from being able to support Table data that is Internally Indexed. Currently the CREATE sub-function within INGRDS does not support creating tables that are internally indexed. There needs to...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

XLF: Compiler should detect and isolate the source of non-conforming Openmp code using local pointers for data maps.

SalesForce Case: TS001878905PMR: 80808,227,000 The use case reproducer for this issue is an OpenMP Fortran implementation that uses local, temporary pointers to do data mapping. The implementation does not conform to the OpenMP spec but the compil...
over 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / Fortran 2 Not under consideration

Include MQ as subsystem in zd&t capture tool

The tool now contains subsystem capture, currently only CICS & DB2 are defined MQ would be a great addition.
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Capability request on sending console messages or emails when using E3270UI

By using Tivoli Omegamon XE for Messaging on z/OS V7.1.0, when Queue Depth reaches a threshold value, the Customer wants this product to run a REXX program automatically.
about 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Statistcs Report - Please add Total allocates for IRC EXCI Connections

Please add the 'Total Allocates' number field for IRC EXCI connections also like XM/VTAM APPC etc in statistics reports. Currently the field is always zero and not applicable.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CICS Administrative Interface on mobile device

The CICS Explorer provides a graphical interface for administrating CICS. With all the recent advances with mobile in the last couple of years, it would be good to have a graphical administrative interface that works on mobile devices. Such as iPa...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Use of "Bypass extent checking function " for DEDB Access to improve performance under many parallel I/Os on the same AREA

Our customer's systems are experiencing lock timeout issues and have seen DASD response times increase during certain times of high transaction rates.About over 100 FP areas from each of the three data sharers have been consolidated and updated wi...
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 29 Future consideration

Ability to make FIND/REPLACE window persistent while in any of the editors

It would be a really nice feature if you could either make the FIND/REPLACE window persistent so that it stays open when you click back on the editor. either make an option to be able to move it to somewhere or place it at the top bar so that you ...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

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