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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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Support Left/Right Control Key Mapping for Remote Connection Emulator for Improved Adoption of Migrating User from Host Connection Emulator

I have created Remote Connection Emulator configurations and the connection is working, however, there is a challenge I am facing to remap the enter key to be the CTRL key. I can see in preferences Remote Connection Emulator is mentioned but the k...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Future consideration

CICSPlex Global TRANCLASS

We would like to have a the possibility of defining Global Tranclass Resources, and this way to be able to activate them with 'CICS System Group' scope in a CICSPlex.
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Search on Unicode character strings in File manager MVS

Is it possible to change the functions of File manager MVS to allow the specification of Unicode character strings ?File Manager will convert these Unicode character strings into an internal hexadecimal character string in the File Manager templat...
over 1 year ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

GDPS/Metro 4.2- No need of any contextual validation? when View command used for a Script

When we select a script with view we clearly indicate that we do not intent to launch the script
over 4 years ago in GDPS 9 Not under consideration

Exploit 64-bit addressing mode in zWS

We would like to request the implementation of 64-bit addressing mode for zWS to avoid potential S878 storage-related abends. Our current production zWS controller has a very large and complex batch schedule with a high frequency rate of updates. ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Quiesce CICS before shutdown

CICS no longer quiesces TCPIPServices as part of SHUTDOWN, which caused a large number of connected clients to terminate when CICS was shutdown. For this RFE we are asking for a more graceful shutdown option.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Provide Troubleshooting section in documentation

When running builds which fail/abend in an MVSExec or another Unix System Services process, it can lead return codes which are difficult to troubleshoot. Users have reported their trouble with diagnosing these issues in the community repositories:...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Future consideration

Make VS Code as first-class code editor for major use cases of a developer.

Make VS Code as first-class code editor for major use cases of a developer.
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 0 Planned for future release

Make Early Development Testing possible for majority of the customer usecases (across different middleware like IMS, CICS, MQ , DB2 etc.

Make Early Development Testing possible for majority of the customer usecases (across different middleware like IMS, CICS, MQ , DB2 etc.
3 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Under review

Across the products capture usage metrics at the menu click level (without capturing any PI information) and produce reports for customers / IBM to understand the impact of our products in a developer’s life.

Across the products capture usage metrics at the menu click level (without capturing any PI information) and produce reports for customers / IBM to understand the impact of our products in a developer’s life.
3 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing for z/OS 0 Under review

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