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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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Enhancing CTG Idletimeout paramater definition for Transactions or Group of Transactions

The Idletimeout parameter with dropworking specifies the period of time, in milliseconds, that a connection is allowed to remain idle. When the idle timeout has expired, the Client application is disconnected. Currently Idletimeout parameter can o...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 0 Planned for future release

Provide a FUNCTION MAX-LENGTH for the maximum length of self-referencing ODO structures

If a linkage section structure contains one or more ODO items resident in the structure itself, Enterprise COBOL provides no means of determining the maximum length of such a structure for allocation purposes, short of a numeric literal copied fro...
over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Future consideration

Automated backup of IDz workspace

Automate the backup of IDz workspace.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Provide ability to route all messages to a central storage

In larger CICS installation with WOR, TOR, FOR, AOR etc. it is sometimes difficult to find all information related to a problem or event. If the messages are written to SYSOUT, they can be searched, but need to be archived in an output management ...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Option to download list / Summary of all programs in impact analysis report.

Currently Impact analysis report option, search in files option gives the list of programs in CSV format where the program name is embedded with the complete path of the program. Instead would like to see the list of programs/modules impacted whic...
8 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Program flow can eliminate EXIT para which doesn't have any code statement.

This will reduce cluttering of program flow by removing unwanted EXIT para in program flow. Dont show EXIT para which doesnt have any code in it except EXIT statement.
8 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

UKO: /ukebase/server.xml improvments

It would be easier to have the same timestamp in each log (joblog, syslog, messages.log, trace.log). Currently our zOS logs are in local time and the GUI logs are in UTC. Please add a variable to server.xml in /ukobase to set a timezone Another go...
4 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Under review

Config to limit Thread or Connection usage at API/URL level

We have had multiple high severity incidents where degradation of one service for reasons such as latency, looping, database contentions, deadlocks etc ends up quickly (in matter of seconds) exhausting all available threads within z/OS Connect the...
8 months ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

The use of the symbols is not possible. Please set up.

For the configuration of the CL / Supersession, it is very helpful in various places to be able to use the MVS symbols. Also for programming logon routines and clists
over 7 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Update the IBM Explorer for z/OS document for secure communication

I'd like to suggest adding the scenario or be more explicit when talking about the cert usage. The manual explains about the use of self-signed and a signed cert of each user's certificate authority choice but I didn't find how to setup a scenario...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Documentation 1 Not under consideration