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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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Support for REXX development

Add full support for the REXX language in RDz including content assist, source formatting, and syntax checking.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

PL1 with PCB pointer reference

AD doesn't build the PCB that is referenced by a pointer correctly
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Expand Source to process override statements

Application is using procedures a lot. When looking for where files are used the answer sometimes is a procedure inside a Job.AD offers 'Expand Source', which pulls in the procedure. Notation is looking very similar to same functionality on mainfr...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 6 Not under consideration

ADDI Analyze Client - copybook variables should be visible to choose for Impact Report related to fields.

Issue: Inside the project, if we select Cobol Program as resource type and if we choose one Cobol program and click on Impact reports, it is not listing out Copybook variables. It is only listing out working storage variables. Enhancement Request:...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Multiple CICSPLEX view for CICS Explorer

Requirement:Ability for CICS Explorer to connect to, display, and manage resources in multiple regions simultaneously regardless of which LPAR and/or SYSPLEX might contain those regions.  Permit logical groupings of regions by function withou...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CTG Explorer plugin - Provide interval statistics

Statistics values returned seemd to be all Lifetime and not Interval. When shooting a problem interval stats are probably the most important
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 2 Not under consideration

Show what is executed based on variable settings

Would like to set values for one or more variables in a program and have AD determine what objects are executed based on those variables.
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Get the actual address of the entry point of a dynamically loaded program

When using the "SET function/procedure-pointer TO ENTRY program" instruction, we get the address of a routine that is not the actual entry point of the program, but a routine that allows calling the program. The routine seems to be different depen...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 10 Not under consideration

Animator feature in Application Discovery

Request for animator-like feature in Application Discovery that allows users of the Analyst client to step thru the program source code as if they are in debugging mode. When decision point is reached such as IF/ELSE condition, the system will pau...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

The special view to show both the code coverage for each line and the change

We want to request to you to add the special view to Analyzing code coverage of ADI to display both the code coverage for each line and the change.We expect that ADI user can display this special view with clicking the value of "Change %" of Line ...