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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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GUI usability improvements for UKO

We need to provide the UKO authorisation roles to a group of users with little knowledge of key management. They need a tool that is easy and intuitive to use. So the GUI needs to be clearer. I think it would be very useful if users of the UKO GUI...
9 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

enter only Sessid on cmd line

I have to always add this functionality to the menu when doing migrations.
3 months ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 2 Planned for future release

Support JXH and JXLE for exit t the beginning of a loop

Support JXH and JXLE for, e.g., ASMEXIT, DO WHILE, DOEXIT, IF, for testing loop termination at the beginning.
3 months ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 5 Not under consideration

allow STCKE columns on table MVS_ZCONNECT_T to be pulled as a timestamp using SQL

These columns on table MVS_ZCONNECT_T are not usable, because they cannot be selected as a readable value using DB2 mainframe SQL. TIME_ZC_ENTRY_E TIME_ZC_EXIT_E TIME_SOR_SENT_E TIME_SOR_RECV_E I was asked to submit a RFE for this, but I did find ...
12 months ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

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

COBOL DISPLAY prefixed by program-id - compile option

If COBOL developers make DISPLAY in CICS and do not ensure that the DISPLAY-text contains a unique identifier, it can be very difficult to find the programs, that make the DISPLAYs and a lot of parallel DISPLAYs can be a serious performance proble...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

Add support for the usage of symbolic links for USS Path

I would like to have the ability to use symbolic links under USS Control > Process Command/Path in the System Automation Policy Database to remove the need for submitting a policy database build and configuration refresh if the path is changed.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 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...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Correlate the PST processing the request with QUERY ODBM TYPE(THREAD) information in IMS to identify and kill the concerned long running threads and regions.

This is very useful to identify and kill the inefficient and long running IMS SQLs. At the moment we cannot correlate between the ODBM threads and processing region (DBT) on IMS side. There could be queries that could run longer and do not fill th...
6 months ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 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 ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration