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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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Can RDz suppport Microfocus APS COBOL?

RDz Editor currently cannot support parsing of APS-Cobol from microfocus, Users application are written in APS COBOL, which can get very limited benefit for using RDz. All smart editing features are disabled.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

CBAC enhancement to improve product integration with CICS

The current CBAC implementation requires additional process to ensure resource integrity between CICS CSD and CBAC CNTL file.
over 8 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Install and activate new CICS VR server without needing to IPL z/OS

A new install of CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS Version 5 Release 2 requires a z/OS IPL to activate the CICSVR server address space. Please provide a CICSVR server activation process that can pick up dynamic LPALIB changes for a new install that does...
over 8 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Improvements to File Manager/IMS Batch Edit or other utility to compete with ISV software

An in-depth analysis of the work required to convert Cigna's Compuware FileAid/IMS Extract jobs to File Manager/IMS IEB or File Manager Export or Import has identified several product enhancements required to meet the same functionality. These fun...
over 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

RDz/CARMA should present complete element data

When asking for the properties of an Endevor element via the CARMA interface we do not get all the relevant information. Previous actions for instance are not presented. For the developers this is important information that they need to have.A doc...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Not under consideration

GDPS/A-A support for manual fence/unfence of DB2 workload tables

GDPS/A-A needs to provide the ability to manually fence and unfence the DB2 tables associated with a workload. The ROUTING SWITCH command performs fencing, but we need a means to manually control this. Needed to fix failures during the switch proc...
over 8 years ago in GDPS 1 Planned for future release

Improve OM audit logstream examples

Improve the documentation and IVP sample definition of the OM audit logstream: Include the retention period and auto-delete values, as well as a discussion about cleanup and link to the sample that shows printing out the data for archiving. Also s...
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 2 Not under consideration

Request for RDz Windows Client 3270 Emulator Enhancements

We'd like to see two enhancements to the 3270 emulator within the RDz Windows client. (a) For copying / pasting text, like to see a regular drag 'n highlight instead of drawing a box around the text. Former is easier. (b) On the full screen, SELEC...
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 4 Not under consideration

DOCX Built-in Function for Creating .docx Output

We'd like the ability to generate a true .docx document from a PL/I program. We currently generate documents from a PL/I program that we subsequently transmit to users via email (using SMTP from a clist), however the document is not a true .docx d...
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 7 Not under consideration

New PlaceHolder for Interceptor jobs in TWS

Hi Team, Issue: Interceptor collector job is failing due to below error: +++ CONMAN: AWSBHU076E Conman cannot process the issued command. The following error occurred: AWSBHU510E The following job already exists: "EB4SAP-DB#GT_I_NPS_CRM.A020031955...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

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