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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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Add ability to see PSBs that point to a DBD from DBD Detail panel, and sort better on that column.

On the DBD Detail Panel there is a column 'Pointed by PSB (#)'. It would be nice to have a line command to see that list of PSBs from this panel. Also, each DBD often has multiple lines (ACTIVE/ACT-DIR) with only one line having a 'Pointed by PSB(...
3 months ago in IMS Administration Tool for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

Filter the graphs screen

Could it be possible to filter the screen like the graph inventory? The purpose is to get a screen that will be more fit for the users needs. It could be a good assets also for WCA4z.
3 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Under review

Add the capability of creating custom HTTP headers for API Requesters

Our web-proxy gateways and API registrars require additional custom headers. Since these headers aren’t required by our API Providers, they usually aren’t in the OAS3 doc. Examples of what we use are: ConsumerId, ContextId, RequestId, and x- Gatew...
8 months ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Add DFHTABLE support for SIT (System Initialization Table).

Easier to upgrade CICS. Fewer tables to assemble. Can easily view all SIT Settings, when in ISPF, while reviewing the job, for ongoing support or analysis.
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

PCOM FTP client file size limitation

PCOM FTP client fails to transfer file size close to or bigger than 1 GB and recommended to transfer about 200MB size of files for best performance, TS008008701. There is no file size limitation for well-known FTP clients, Winscp or FileZilla. I s...
over 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

Include ZOAU as part of base Python

If using Python on zOS it is very likely it will be required to access zOS resources and therefore ZOAU will be required. To reduce the overheads associated with installing and maintaining 2 x products, ZOAU should come as part of the base Python ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Future consideration

Receiving meta information when listing members

z Open Automation Utilities provide function to check meta information when listing a data set (like created or last changed). It would be really usefull to have this function as well for member listing.
about 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Planned for future release

Threshold changes should be possible to dynamically revert back

Our team uses SA 4.1 and NetView 6.2.1 for mange applications. Panel AOFKAASR allows to dynamically add, change threshold but it doesn't allow to revert changes back to previous state. This function should be added to avoid recycle NetView, ACF CO...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Increase OMEGAMON/CICS online statistics limitation

Currently, OMEGAMON/CICS has limitation on online historical statistics is 4GB is the maximum per CICS region. In the growing of online CICS transactions, this limitation does not allow our OEMGAMON/CICS to have over 1 working day's transaction hi...
11 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Support of CICS HTTP error response in application/json

When CISC as an HTTP server receive a web request via TCPIPSERVICE and send an error response (401 basic auth error, 404 no matching urimap definition...), it does so in text/xml, application/soap+xml, or HTML depending on the media type of the re...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Future consideration

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