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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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CICS transactions are contained in variable... Need a way to map to transaction name via csv file

Customer has a large CICS application that uses COBOL variables for CICS transaction names. We need a way via csv file, similar to dynamic calls that map variable names to programs, to map cobol variables to specific CICS transaction ids. AD suppo...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Printing using PDT on Windows 10

When using a PDT file to print on Windows 10, nothing gets printed. If we uncheck the "Use PDT" option something gets printed but without the required formatting. Since printing was fine using PDT files in Windows 7, this clearly has to do with th...
over 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Support for REXX development

Add full support for the REXX language in RDz including content assist, source formatting, and syntax checking.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

In a CICSplex there should be no dependency regarding the sequence starting CMAS regions.

there is always a dependency if service applied for CPSM to restart the maintenance point at first. In a CICSplex there should be no dependency regarding the sequence starting CMAS regions and their depending MAS regions.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

HALDB multiple HLQ for VSAM indexes and DBD names

State of TN uses multiple High Level Qualifiers for OSAM and VSAM definition - i.e. DSNPREF parameter needs to allow multiple parameters - VDE* for VSAM and DE* for OSAM / HALDB
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

Switch off CMF for a specified Transaction

CEB has a web support application, a single request will lead to multiple transaction been invoked,eg CWXN, CWBA, as well as some mirror task, this will bring a huge cost to print the CMF data, so they wonder if there is a way to switch off the CM...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

ptf requirement for the function of optimized web support

here is a question from CEB customers, they are now using web support, and they are complain that there are too many transactions for a single http request, eg, CSOL, CWXN, CWBA, and they use FOR as well, so there will be mirror transaction to rea...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

zospt could provision PA report

CEB would like to know if zospt could help to generate JCL to print PA report,the input properties is kinds of parameters.
over 6 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

zospt could provide a image repository

CEB would like zospt provide a image repository so that they could share the image across team.ps,They may have different zospt instance,as they may have different zosmf configuration
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 1 Not under consideration

zospt could provide function to duplicate FOR

CEB has a FOR. they'd like to provision cics region as well as the FOR, they would like to copy the files and define the files with new names in the new provisioned cics region so that the file could be opened in both existing FOR and new provisio...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 1 Not under consideration

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