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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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CFDT 16 bytes key limitation

The Coupling Facility Data Tables suffer the 16 byte key limitation for Coupling Facility architecture reason. That makes this facility of a poor interest at many sites for legacy applications, the VSAM key being usually larger than 16 bytes. To c...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Ability to support multiple SSL ports

we'd like in the product is the ability to have multiple SSL ports. This would have allowed an easier transition to CLIENTAUTH and also permitted some internal interfaces to remain as they were with just SSL encryption. Anyone wanting to use CLIEN...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Specify Mirror transid when MQ Bridge DPLs

The customer would like the option to code TRANSID parameter within MQCIH to cause CICS to attach the mirror transaction under a different transaction id other than CSMI
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

AD Cobol Pre-processor extensibility to be able to generate AFTER pre-processor Cobol files

Hi Team,Kookmin bank uses the BANCS application from INFOSYS. They wanted AD to generate the AFTER Cobol files from the pre-processor extensibility instead of getting these files from the mainframe pre-processors.
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

New EXEC CICS COMMAND to verify USERID (GSE Requirement GGCIC07003)

We are working with USERIDs without passwords (e. g. if the user is coming into the CICS via a security server using the CWS). The existing CICS - API "E.C. VERIFY PASSWORD" is not a good way to verify the validation of a USERID because with every...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Addition of Excel export functionality

Would like to be able to export analysis results such as Call dependencies and CRUD matrix to Excel. This functionality is necessary becausedevelopers look at the graphs less often, but rather do impact analysis using Excel more often.
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Support for open system languages

Would like to request to add support for open system languages (C, VB, PHP)
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Support for Fujitsu/Hitachi COBOL

Would like to request to add support for Fujitsu/Hitachi COBOL , so that we can analyze Fujitsu/Hitachi COBOL source code. At present, there are errors during analysis.
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Update CICSPlex SM CODB Debugger to dump and alter 64 bit above the bar storage

More and more CICS TS and CICSPLex SM structures are being relocated or allocated in above-the-bar 64 bit storage. The CICSPlex SM Debugging transaction CODB needs to be enhanced to support display, dump and modify 64 bit storage areas for IBM ser...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Prevent CICS from termination after a CEDA install CONNECTION fails because the CICS Global Catalogue (DFHGCD) is full.

A user using the CEDA transaction to install a CONNECTION /SESSION or TERMINAL definition can crash a CICS production region if the DFHGCD is full CICS and cannot extend.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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