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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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File Manager Editor, display characters using selected encoding in the text representation

Using File Manager Editor, display content of the text representation using IBM-277 encoding.
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Is a defect

Automatic Platform MRO Connections

If you create a Platform in the new Cloud Environment and I add Cics Regions to the Platform, I have to connect every Region by an MRO Connection. This is not very useful, as by connecting the a region to a platform I already know for sure this re...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Not under consideration

HourGlass MVS load

Contrary to IBM recommended practices HourGlass uses an MVS load in a program executing in CICS. When the load fails for any reason CICS becomes non-responsive. Upgrade HourGlass to recognize it is running in CICS and perform an EXEC CICS LOAD com...
over 11 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Taradata

Support Taradata db
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Oracle

Support Oracle db
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Feature to create a new 'Packages list' should be added to 'CA Endevor Packages' container instead of existing view

Currently to create a new 'Packages List' view, I need to right-click on existing list. This looks as if I am trying to create a view within a view. This is request to add this feature to 'CA Endevor Packages' container, not 'Packages list' contai...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Unable to delete 'Packages list' when this is the only filter

The 'delete' option is grayed out when there is only one filter called 'Packages list'. This seems to be strange. When multiple filters exist this works for every filter except for the last one. It seems to be logical to be able to delete filter y...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

zUnit Test case can handle DBCS data item names

COBOL programs using DBCS identifiers cannot be applied to current implementation of zUnit, because test case sheet created by zUnit cannot handles data item identifiers with DBCS characters.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Provide a single RTE member in WCONFIG across a sysplex

PARMGEN processing using system variable support should be able to use one RTE member in WCONFIG across a sysplex.
over 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Lrec ID data collection

TPFDF needs to collect statistics on the access/updates by Lrec id for a given file. These stats do not need to be collected for all files.
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Future consideration

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