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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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request to indent code in COBOL editor like in Java editor

Currently LPEX and COBOL editor do not indent COBOL code automatically while typing like in Java editor. For example: - type a IF statement and press return key - cursor moves under the IF while it would be also useful to have it indented further ...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Not under consideration

Report CICS JVMServer GC CPU usage

FI  would like CICS to report the CPU cost of Garbage Collection in addition to the elapsed time.This could be added to the JVM server statistics if this is made available for the JVM as an MXBean field.Migrated from FITS MR0704115122
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Sonarqube analyzer for EGL

We want to analyze quality of EGL code.There is already a tool which name is Software Analyzer in RBD.We want to analyze EGL code with Sonarqube besides Software Analyzer.
about 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 1 Not under consideration

DFHCSDUP CHECK LIST function,

Add to batch DFHCSDUP a CHECK function. Particularly CHECK LIST(L1,L2,L3,L4).
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

RDz CARMA to extract 2 types of element to local project

We are using RDz client 8.0.3.1 When we want to extract "all elements" for one or more types to local project by CARMA, we can only select one single type or all types in a subsystem. But we cannot select 2 or multiple (but not all) types.
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

Extend AD metamodel to load additional types of ressources

Extend AD metamodel to load additional types of ressources by adding user define tables in AD database and provide a generic parser to fill these tables. Being able to perform custom request using integrated AD feature.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Support SAS language

Support SAS language
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Retrieve DB2 informations from other DB2 tables

Retrieve DB2 informations from other DB2 tables instead of regular DB2 catalog
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Move CONL to OPENAPI threads

Please consider moving transaction CONL and its alternates to an OPENAPI thread so that their processing does not impact normal CICS work. In general, we would like to see more CICS functions running threadsafe.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Zos Connect API requestor support for RAML service documentation

zOS connect API requestor currently consumes request and response json as swagger input. API gateway such as Mulesoft publish documentation as RAML which means they cannot simply be consumed by zOS Connect. The requirement is to enable zCEE to con...
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration