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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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when compare is used, the print function is not available in v8.0.3

After creating a compare, the print function is not available in v8.0.3. I searched the RDz discussion forum on IBM's site and did not find anything. Ideally, we'd like a way to print the compare results for documentation. It would also be nice if...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Add user profile global parameter for filtering

enhancement to RDz to allow for the creation of a global parameter to the store RACF ID of the user in a profile that can then be changed in one place as opposed to forcing the user to go to each filter when they are using a template workspace tha...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

RDz COBOL Editor - column restricted search

COBOL Editor should provide the similar functionality of "Column Restricted" searching as the same as LPEX Editor.
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

custermize which resource is collected in statistics

Customer can customize which resource is collected in statistics. eg, only collect dispatch in statistics.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Improve performance of RECSTATS in VIEW mode

Improve record processing time and memory usage of RECSTATS in FM VIEW mode.
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

SHARED WORKSPACE IN CICSEXPLORER

We need the possibility to share the CICS EXPLORER workspace across different users. It means that we can have different people that read/write resources on workspace at the same time. So a sort of lock should be implemented.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Not under consideration

Resolver data from NMI in ZOS 1.13 for MFN

In ZOS 1.13 the RESOLVER Task now has data in the NMI. This data would be important pc of the STACK Layer data currently provide in Omegamon Mainframe network workspaces.
about 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / API 2 Not under consideration

Add capture point for EXEC SQL in CICS event processing

Event can be triggered when SQL call happens in application.Following information should be capture:1. SQL 2. table name3. variable value in SQL in other word, they want to the whole SQL in event.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

VSAM access with RLS=NRI does not show in FA's report

When we are using Fault Analyzer to investigate a VSAM RLS open problem in batch, we found that in the the dump created by the batch the file open status shows all status(INPUT, OUTPUT & I/O) for a VSAM RLS file. After testing, we found the fa...
about 12 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

LPEX Editor Shortcuts preferences page

You can submit JCL within LPEX with Shortcut <cntl>+<i>. On RSE <cntl>+<alt>+<m> is the shortcut for submitting JCL. Please offer a preference page to edit the LPEX Key preferences/bindings.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration