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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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COBOL for AIX should Support SSRANGE(MSG), which has been implemented with PI74933 for z/OS

SSRANGE can only find one problem perrun: Currently, when the SSRANGE codedetects the first subscript or indexout-of-range condition, it issues aterminating error message and thenABENDs. There is no way to dåetectadditional out-of-range problems,w...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Provide Colour Settings for icon's in AD

Provide the ability to choose colours for the various icons to improve readability.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Native CA Telon support

Provide support in the Build Client and Analyse Client for native Telon applications
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Detecting algorithm similiarities in Application Discovery

Customer would like to search for similar source codes in their application. Hence, would like to have this functionality that can automatically detect similar algorithms in the source code.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Application Discovery sets up annotations database to annotate by variable name for biz rules

Annotations Database allows user to comment on source code executable (like COBOL program). But suppose I want to focus on commenting on a specific variable in a copybook that is meaningful for a business rule, the annotations database does not su...
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Auto populate few fields

Hi,We like to auto populate few fields instead of application developer has to fill in the filed manually. Ex: approval group name, Package name
over 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Migrated prepare syntax generates expensive loops [RTC 40352]

Performance enhancement to generated Java to the effect that the implicit SQL statements used to implement EGL I/O statements associated with SQL records should be prepared no more often than is necessary. For implicit delete or replace of the cur...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 7 Not under consideration

HOD paste function doesn't handle negative number to spreadsheet

Rumba users migrating to Host On Demand. They are copying a numeric value which has a minus sign after the number to indicate a negative value. When they paste the number to Excel, it is copied as is with the minus sign at the end.
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement to printing to Disk with Append

1) Need the ability to clear the print file between print Collections. After doing a 'Purge Collection' we would like the Print file cleared for the next set of Print Collection Screens. 2) We would like to be able to create a Word Document (.doc)...
over 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Handle Commands from Sterling Connect: Direct

Support the JCL call to PROC OSNDM8 (Sterling Connect: Direct) with the symbols' initialization to be used in the PROC analysis.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration