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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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Dynamic Array Support for copybook overlay

Several of our IMS database segments use dynamic arrays (number of elements imbedded into the structure). We need the capability of modeling these into the E4D tooling to access the data in those arrays.
almost 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

In export IMS Resources to z/OS, unable to refresh dataset name.

In export IMS Resources to z/OS, unable to refresh dataset name. There is no option next to the entry window to refresh. We did find out later that you can hit enter and it will refresh but that is not intuitive. Something needs to be added to thi...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 4 Not under consideration

Provide ability to copy/paste portions of a sysout from the viewer

ITOM versions prior to v3 utilized the native ISPF facilities for viewing sysouts. This provided access to all the features of View/Browse, including the ability to utilize 'CC' line commands to copy portions of an output to another file for some ...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to see the archive dataset name from viewer

In earlier releases of ITOM the ISPF archive and report viewer was the native viewer or browser. Both would include the name of the archive data set in the ISPF panel heading. In ITOM v3.1 a new ISPF viewer was introduced and the archive data set ...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable administrative control for default panel layouts

Provide the ability to setup site wide panel layouts for the archive list layout which will then become part of the end users profile and customized from there. While this specific request is for the archive list layout in the ISPF interface it wo...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CICS TS 4.2 expansion for sign on userid.

I want to expand for userid longer than 8 characters on the cics transaction server 4.2 sign on screen.What needs to be done.
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Validation capabilities in File Manager

Provide the means to invoke a data validation routine upon a record change using File Manager
about 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Audit trail for configuration manager

We would like to have a kind of audit trail in CICS configuration Manager in order to log both changes made with CM and with CEDA transaction
about 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Enhanced support for Library Managment Systems (LMS)

Enhance File Manager to allow use of Library Management Systems in the Input Data Set areas throughout the entire product (Edit, View, Find/Change, Compare, etc).
about 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 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...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

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