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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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Update the OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks product to package and use the Pre-req checker

ITM v6.2.3 includes a Prereq checker that improves Time to Value through pre-installation/pre-deployment checking. Other products can leverage this capability by defining the environment profiles associated with their application, submitting same ...
about 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

180K CSM buffer space is needed

180K CSM data is missing for both ECSA and Data sapce on NPM 2.7 SMF records. There are data on the other buffers (32K, 60K, 4K,...) but none on 180K. We would like to get the data so we can monitor and tune these.
almost 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / API 1 Not under consideration

Validate RFE process feed into RTC

This will validate the flow of an RFE into RTC
over 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Documentation 1 Not under consideration

Add mouse hover overs to CICS Explorer PA Plugin reports and Historical DB displays

When using the CICS PA Plugin, there is no easy reference point from the PA plugin column headings to the 8 byte name in the PA documentation. For many of us in the non-IBM world that are not performance experts, I would like to see a mouse hover ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

CICSPA MQ Queues

Currently in another Vendors Product (part of a Monitoring Product) we have the capability to pull things like CICS Transactions where the Response Time of CICS is on an MQ Getwait for a Specific Queue Name. The person that Support CICSPA for our ...
about 11 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Reduce the size of headings in PA column headings

It would be a nice feature to have to allow the column headings in the "spreadsheet" view in CICS PA (and probably other Eclipse based tools also), the ability to "wrap" (similar to what Excel allows for column headings with the "wrap" option).
over 12 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

Enhancement for CICSPA plugin Records View

If the customer uses CPSM groups, give the customer the option to select a subset of performance/statistics data by CPSM group in the Records View of the CICSPA plugin. This would include multiple APPLIDs in a group which could be defined by appli...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICSPA add arithmetic capability to Performance Alerts

Please add arithmetic capability to CICSPA performance alerts. For example (Response - RMIMQM). This feature should bel similiar to what is already available in CICSPA Statistic Alerts.
almost 13 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

ISPF Interface - provide ascending and descending column sorting

Provide the ability to sort columns in descending sequence. For all CICS CM ISPF panels that lists data in columns, CICS CM should have the capability to sort each column either in ascending or descending sequence. Currently only ascending sorts a...
over 12 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

I would like CICS explorer CM plugin search results to be enanched to be modifiable

I like to use CICS explorer CM plugin especially to search for resources. I think the search result view should be enanched with 2 features:1) the chance to modify the search performed and run it again instead of start a new search from scratch ev...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration