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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 specify MSGCLASS for Subordinate Address Spaces

When running a Database Recover Facility batch job (FRXSDR00) to recover an IMS Database, subordinate address spaces are spawned. Would like a way to specify the MSGCLASS of those subordinate address spaces.
9 months ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Functionality already exists

z/OS Connect EE - Allow enablement of TRACE at individual API provider/requester level

To capture TRACE on-demand, Today it is possible only to enable at Server instance level. In Larger Enterprises z/OS Connect EE is utilized as a Shared entity in a SYSPLEX which can be shared my many applications. So, to trace a particular applica...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 6 Not under consideration

User Build - Automatically upload additional dependent files when changed

For VS Code it is possible to define additionalDependencies necessary to execute an User Build in zapp.yaml. The defined files / directories are uploaded to the z/OS-workspace while running "Setup for IBM User Build". Generally the user build conf...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Future consideration

Show when INGVARS are deleted from resources

When you add a new INGVAR to a resource, it will display inside the History section of the resource exactly what you have set and what that INGVAR has been set to. For example; History : 2020-01-21 09:31:05 Variable attribute/user/TESTVAR manipula...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Improve security processing for TCPIP-services

In a TCPIPService the authentication method must be specified. Currently there is no support for JSON Web Token (JWT).The TCPIPService definition should be enhanced to support at least JWT or better all types of authentication. And the handling sh...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

add RMF PCIE panel for Streaming in CDP (Common data provider)

after enabling zHyperlink, it would be usefal that Common data Provider (CDP) could stream PCIE statistics , to use data in Splunk
12 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Future consideration

IDz V16.0.1 keys keyboard mapping for short cut is not there in Remote connection Emulator

IDz V16 keys keyboard mapping for short cut is not there in Remote connection Emulator : IDz V16 keys keyboard mapping for short cut is not there in Remote connection Emulator - ex use of letters is not available (Ctrl+Shift+Z). This can be included.
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 4 Future consideration

Add support for multiline and >1024character line writes

Currently, ZOAU is limited in its ability to write to a z/OS dataset. Currently, the maximum character length for a line is 1024. Splitting a longer string into multiple lines requires multiple calls to datasets.write() since this function takes a...
12 months ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 1 Planned for future release

Create a single SMF field that represents the primary wait reason.

There are over 500 fields in the current SMF 110 (1) record. We have started sending these to Splunk, but had to whittle the number of fields down to about 20 considering we process up to 2 billion SMF records per day. There are so many different ...
12 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Validation of API Provider requests against the OpenAPI 3 specification

Enable validation of API Provider requests against the OpenAPI 3 specification. Since this will have a performance overhead, it should be fully configurable.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

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