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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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Provide an Expert View Report

This report should shows the findings of the current APA Measurement Analysis with the the pertinent portions of the referenced reports automatically inserted.
about 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CICS IA Customization clist needs to provide a DB2 configuration option to comment out REORG TABLESPACE in generated SQL

After applying CICS IA maintenance, it is often required to re-run the CICS IA Customization clist to re-generate members. For the DB2 configuration, SQL members, for example CIULOADC (and many others) end with a 'REORG TABLESPACE'. At this site, ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Enhance the CICS IA Explorer Plug-in to provide the capability to delete collected affinity data

The CICS IA Explorer (v5.1) Plug-in allows users to delete dependency data by collection id. There is no equivalent capability in the Explorer to delete collected affinity data..
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Besoin d'un code retour general de traitement de migration et de traitement journal

Le besoin est d'avoir un code retour global du traitement de migration et du passage quotidien MIBJ pour l'import journal. Le but est de determiner facilement et quotidiennement si une analyse complementaire est necessaire ou non (particulierement...
about 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

RDZ PLI Editor Library Extension Point

We are currently building up a lifecycle management System for all our Mainframe artifacts using MAVEN and bamboo. For the Editing we want to use the default main IBM PLI Editor (not LPEX). The first step now was to create PLI Language artifacts a...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Rdz ZOS Project Explorer Filter Extension Point

In Eclipse it is possible to extend the Content of the ProjectExplorer with some custom Filters: <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.navigatorContent"> <commonFilter description="hide *.wds" id="com.wds.commonfilter.hidewds" name="...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

IMS OSAM HIDAM DB exceeds 8GB before abending with U0844

Technical condition:During OSAM space search during update activity (ISRT or REPL), occasionally an invalid input will cause the request to exceed the blocksize.The source of the invalid input might be an overlaid block, an incorrect calculation b...
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Is a defect

Provide additional mapping for SMF Records

Provide mapping for SMF record types 30, 32, 117, and 120.
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager to read RMF Data

Read the RMF VSAM file in a Formatted Mode
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support for Websphere Message Broker Flow

Show statistics for Websphere Message Broker Flows
about 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration