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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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Enterprise Cobol V4/V6 - Defect - Error in mask for numeric-edited currency sign with 3 characters

There is an error in the generation of the mask that allows to edit a numeric value with both a currency symbol of more than one character, and a floating sign.At execution a part of currency symbol is lost. This concerns the Enterprise Cobol comp...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Is a defect

Improve doc about dealing wiht Java problems

Client feedback indicates that there are an increasing number of additional traces and logs beyond the three JVM server output files. It would be useful to have a summary of how to turn on ALL the various diagnostic options. - Would like to see mo...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Improve doc about installing CICS TS

Client feedback indicates that the installation information for CICS TS is out-of-date, ambiguous and difficult to follow. It doesn't connect well with the other documents that are needed for installing, such as the Program Directory and z/OS docu...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Add Linux Support for the Analyze Client

The build client which currently has to run WINDOWS, AD 505 can run MOSTLY IN A NON MSWINDOWS ENVIRONMENT which could be desirable to a customer who want tolimit WINDOWS licenses
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

CPSM API : Get CSD DSNAME and BASEDSNAME for DFHCSD for a CMAS

We are using CPSM API to retrieve infaormation about our regions. One of them is the CSD NAME (both DSNAME and BASEDSNAME). Unfortunately, we are not able to do that for the CMAS. It will help us if it was possible. More generally speaking, we can...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Chainage accès SQL issu de -gg

Il n'est pas possible de savoir dans quel programmes ou écrans est utilisé tel ou tel accès SQL issu d'un -gg de segment.
over 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

USS GKB add Asset informationto products

Like in the z/OS GKB, we would also like to have 'Asset' information in the USS GKB, in order to be able to identify licensed products, which is a major focus of Configuration Management.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Planned for future release

Compare Function: allow for attribute value masking when using the CHECKSUM List option

Provide the ability for masking and/or wild carding of individual attributes when using the CHECKSUM LIST option.
over 12 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

zospt could support dataset input for SITPARMs

The customer may have a huge number of SIT parms settings. They stores them in a specific dataset member, then set it to SYSIN in region jcl . Can we support dataset name in DFH_REGION_SITPARMS ?
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 2 Not under consideration

Cobol V6R2 - Set default value of undefined compilation variable to false (B'0')

The assignment of the default value B'1' to an undefined compilation-variable-name does not seem to be a good choice because it implicitly implies the inclusion of a text conditioned by this compilation-variable-name. The default value of an undef...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Is a defect