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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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Writing CICS EOD Statistics to a dynamically allocated DDNAME

Would like to write the CICS End-of- Day Statistics to a dynamically allocated DDNAME associated with the CICS region; similar to the way the STAT command writes to a dynamically allocated DDNAME (e.g. S0000001).
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

DFDL Generation for JAX-B Processing

Currently the DFDL generated out of the “zudfm decsriptor file-xxxxxxxx” in such a way that when run through JAX-B to generate a Java objects called DFLREC, which contains members for each LREC in the database. The LRECS are generated a single mem...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Include tape ownership details on ZTPLF QUERY ... VSN-... display

Tape ownership in a mutiple cluster GRID linked VTS tape environment is quite an important variable when one of the VTS devices is down or the link between them is not functioning.In this degraded state any tapes owned by the unavailable VTS canno...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Need capability to restore/recall a host archived file from RDz Remote System Explorer

Would like to have a 'Restore Archived File' action on the right-click drop-down menu when selecting a z/OS file which is archived (ie. dimmed out on RDz) with a other vendor product. The action should request a restore operation on the file and i...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Open sessions in new window instead of new tab

With PCOMM, I am able to bring up multiple sessions, each in it's own window. This allows me to view multiple PCOMM sessions at the same time. If this is not possible yet, I would say that it is a very desirable feature.
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Separation Batch – Processing from Liberty in CICS

Also an installation which is working with Liberty needs Batch - Support. Problem: A “Batch – CICS” is needed. But a “Batch – CICS” includes also full function services which cannot be available in Batch and CICS at the same time.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

possibility to resolve copybooks during SCLM browse

When browsing a program in SCLM perspective the copybooks are not resolved by COBOL or LPEX editors. It works during edit and operation log shows an extra step:SYSLIB Retrieval Operation Copybook support has been introduced for edit with http://ww...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Not under consideration

PL1- and Cobol Editor has wrong event handling with subscription

We are writing own plugins and are using the RDZ subscription mechanism. This mechanism works perfectly with the LPEX editor, but the pl1- and cobol editor when closing a dirty editor, sends first the close event and then the postChangeEvent on th...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Allow for use of Open Source DBs

Allow the use of Open Source DB as an option to AD and ADDI
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

DFSMS AMS Enhancement

I'm trying to get this RFE to DFSMS Access Method Services and could not match the product. The request is to include in the IDCAM DCOLLECT the following information Creating Job/Userid, Creation Date, Creation Time Last Job/Userid, Last Date, Las...
over 7 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm 1 Not under consideration

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