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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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Allow IMS applications to connect with the MQ queue sharing group name

Allow a IMS BMP to issue an MQCONN call specifying the queue sharing group name instead of the queue manager name
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

Timeout for transactions in TCLASS.

Customer would like to be able to define a timeout for TCLASS to begin to purge tasks (PURGETHRESH) rather than relying only on the number of tasks queued.
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Change KCIPARSE to use the Configuration Manager RTEDEF defined variables

When using RTE_SYSV_SYSVAR_FLAG=Y , variables can be defined as System variable, or they may be defined in the RTEDEF(VAR$GLOB) and/or RTEDEF(VAR$lpar) members. When running the Configuration Manager (CM) GENERATE action, variables defined by the ...
4 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Under review

Create CICS web service assistant to transform YAML into COBOL, or any utility to provide mapping between YAML and COBOL copybook.

YAML users need BINDJCL and the ability to convert YAML file COBOL equivalent copybook. Per IBM CICS doesn't provide anything to perform a mapping between YAML and COBOL
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Setting a custom value for the Content-Type HTTP header in z/OS Connect API response messages

We are currently trying to align the error messages sent by our company's REST APIs with this RFC: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7807 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs). One of the standards in the RFC is setting the Content-Type HTTP head...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Support for more advanced JCL parsing when recording

When recording a testcase for zUnit the JCL isn't parsed correctly when the original JCL contains a SYSTIN DD with a dataset leaving the user to do some (not always obvious) manual editing of the JCL before being able to do a record. To improve th...
12 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Not under consideration

IDz v16.03 make the "Launch Shell" context menu available for Filters in Remote Systems View and on remote directories in the z/OS Projects view

1) Currently in the Remote Systems view the "Launch Shell" context menu only appears on directories listed under a defined filter. Please make the "Launch Shell" context available on the Filter as well. 2) Currently in the z/OS Project View the "L...
8 months ago in z/OS Explorer 1 Planned for future release

make program EYU9XSTR Threadsafe,

We are trying to reduce Threadsafe TCB swapping; we are QR TCB constrained. In trace I notice that EYU9XSTR causes a TCB SWAP L8 to QR; see trace below, I notice an old RFE from Circa '18 to have this done; was not considered at that time; I'd lik...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

CDP and USS files group option

Currently the CDP user can set the group option to config the collected scope either Sysplex or Lpar only for Generic VSAM and Sequential data sets. For Generic zFS data streams, this option is not enabled. Could you change it please ? TS014662042...
12 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

Enable options to add Stack affinity at URIMAP when usage is define as Client

As per the current setup, we need to define stack affinity in CICS region JCL to make CICS region to use only a particular TCPIP in case URIMAP usage is defined as CLIENT. This setup is restricting CICS not to use other TCPIPs in case of multiple ...
12 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration