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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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errorClass attribute needed for server-side validation

It would be really nice to be able to specify an errorClass attribute that would be triggered if a field failed a standard JSF validation such as a range clause. It could be a subtag that would check the same field that the h:message tag checks fo...
over 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 5 Not under consideration

DataItem: Add Cobol 88 like symbolic name for the validValues

Hi In order to get an equivalent syntax/semantic of the Cobol level 88 value, it wold be interesting to add a symbolic name to the valdValues of a DataItem. In Cobol, one can haveWORKING STORAGE.01 SEX PIC X(1) VALUE 'M'.88 MALE VALUE 'M'.88 FEMAL...
over 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Unit Testing: Filter option for displaying fields in the Test Case Editor

In the Test Case Editor, all fields defined in the program and/or in the Copybook are displayed. Both the referenced and the unused fields are presented, which leads to the fact that with a compatible extension of Copybooks (and thus to a multipli...
4 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z 1 Future consideration

RHEL9 support: mgmt node

RHEL9 support including mgmt node and compute node
5 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

Reduce time to provision ZVDT image

exploit copyonwrite filesystem for extremely fast provisioning of image. Enhance devlopers productivity
7 months ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Future consideration

IMS master terminal (MTO) as an option

Currently, IMS master terminal operator (MTO) should be configured. If MTO is not connected to IMS, MTO messages are kept in MSGQ, it would cause MSGQ D/S limit reach and IMS down. The customer would like to request to make MTO optional, not man...
11 months ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

The data contained in SMF 38 Subtype 4 command statistics data records should be identical to CMDMON dataspace

The data contained in SMF 38 Subtype 4 command statistics data records should be identical to CMDMON dataspace, i.e., CMDMON DISPLAY command. We would like to use standard SMF reporting tools to identify frequently run code by checking the 'comman...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Not under consideration

Make sure EQQICTOP (migration) program is run with the correct input files

If a REPLAN is not run after stopping the controller task, and then the migration program EQQICTOP is executed, the EQQCPIN DD must be set to the CP1 dataset not the NCP. If the NCP is specified as input, the current plan will be back leveled to t...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Circular hops between Java and COBOL transactions

we have CICS applications that make circular hops between Cobol program and Java EJB application and they perform update on RDMBS database that are belong on same LUW ,need to work in two-phase commit
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 0 Planned for future release

[Copy] Enterprise COBOL V6R4 - IGZPROUT - Add "SERVICE" information in report

Hi, IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4 allows you to produce a report of all subroutines called by dynamic call. We would like the information introduced by the SERVICE compilation option to be included in the IGZPROUT report. This would meet one of our...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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