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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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A request for the ability to exclude Natural resources like CIUXPROG or CIUXTRAN.

The customer would like to have a way to Enable/ Activate, in a specific CICS region, an exclude list against Natural resources. For example to add an exclude program like CICS IA does for TS queues, programs, transactions, MQ queues, etc. Another...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Cobol Editor has to ignore any text after the column 80

The Cobol Editor falls in error if a line exceeds 80 characters.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Request to amend CICS compiler to detect undesirable (in HA) commands prior to allowing linkediting.

Certain parts of the CICS API are undesirable in a high-availability environment, for example, those creating region affinities, such as ADDRESS CWA and some enqueues. I would like to see the integrated compiler return an unique non-zero code such...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Add symbollist to GET and PUT CONTAINER

We wish for an enhancement to GET and PUT CONTAINER commands . That it further allows ,as well as the FROMCCSID and INTOCCSID options on the PUT and GET CONTAINER commands , the use of the SYMBOLLIST option that is allowed on a CREATE DOCUMENT com...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Notification on reason for menu options being disabled in RDz

Hello, We have found that when certain real-time errors are present some menu items are disabled. It would be nice if a change could be made so that all options that would normally be available still are availabe regardlesws of any errors; the mai...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

The CICS Explorer should support the management of CICSPlex.

The CICS Explorer should support the management of CICSPlex. For example, it can create a new CICSPlex.
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

Provide Menu Manager capability on local projects

The Menu Manager feature allows users to customize and add options on context sensitive menus, but it is not available for local projects. It would be very useful to be able to have Menu Manager capability for local projects
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Support text search in Fault Analyzer report

We want to have a text search function when we open the Fault Analyzer report.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

CPSM should allow multiple events to be named in a WLMSPEC and in a TRANGRP

Description: Dave Williams and Mayur Raya did take a look at the batchrep dump of the WLM definitions and, as discussed during today's call, we noticed that although two RTADEFs had been defined (one called MAKESICK and the other called DB2DEFCO),...
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Elevate the priority of the background query to populate the Processor Group Name list.

Elevate the priority of the background query to populate the Processor Group Name list so that the background query forces connection like the "generate" does.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

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