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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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Ability to disable mouse scroll wheel

We have users that are accidentally hitting the mouse wheel and it deleted data have entered into the current screen. They do not use the wheel function and would prefer to disable it.
about 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Planned for future release

Enable JCICS to be mocked easily for unit testing

We need the ability to easily mock the JCICS framework to drive unit testing requirements.
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

Support square brackets expressions for REXX MATCH() function

We need to match system application names containing a small list of characters at a specific position: IM\d[PS]CTLThis would give us the possibility the differ between our 2 production environments and our 5 development environments. A normal wil...
8 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Add started item to DSI633I

When NetView functions are started/stopped using the NCCF commands START and STOP. The action is confirmed by message DSI633I. Eg: DSI633I START COMMAND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED We manage a few NetView functions via SA, so it would be useful to be ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4+ - Add support for the equivalent of the -M option from the USS version of the compiler to the MVS version of the compiler

Hi, The USS version of the IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4 compiler, cob2, has a -M option that allows to produce a makefile of dependencies between the program and the copybooks it uses: mkdepend.o: mkdepend.cbl mkdepend.o: /home/usera/test/f171592/WSC...
3 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Update EXCI to set the return code (R15) at termination

EXCI leaves an unpredictable residual value in Register 15 on exit, which defies all expectations and good coding practices. This behavior is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.5?topic=considerations-setting-return-code-r15-ter...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

SMU and GDPS - Hardware Integration

When integrating HW views into SMU it would be good to have GDPS facilities integrated, also.
over 4 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Future consideration

Externalise all error messages to the SYSLOG

Please add all Joblog Error messages to the SYSLOG so that it can be used to automate/trigger altering through OPS MVS. This is needed from the AGM Interceptor from zCEE and CICS, as well as the Base Component. Thank you
8 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Future consideration

Provide API Name in addition to field name for GMOMW0005E / GMOMW0021E error in zOS Connect

Currently we are debugging a lot of GMOMW0005E errors and they only provide the field name that encountered the error. Initially these were easy to debug but now that the environment is growing at a rapid pace it is near impossible as the error on...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Create "Balance" algorithm for CPSM routing

This algorithm can be a new algorithm, or an enhancement to the QUEUE algorithm, in which CPU utilization information can be considered. Avoiding disasters in existing algorithms, we prefer that a new one should be created. This feature can be ena...
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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