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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 I.O. templates so it works with extraction of other planes

An Integration Object will not pick up the extracts from other datastream planes. This is needed to expose this plane data to web services.
over 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Add support for Hand held Scanner for HATS "Host Access Transformation Services"

At ths time HATS does not support Hand Held scanners. I have another client/PMR "DAKOTA ELECTRIC ASSOC" wanting to use hand held scanners with HATS.
about 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Move resourceUpdate.sts into the Eclipse workspace metadata area

Move the file WEB-INF/profiles/resourceUpdate.sts to the Eclipse .metatdata directory in the workspace to avoid constant updates to version control.
over 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Package HATS runtime as a shared library

Currently HATS packages its runtime as part of each EAR developed, so when deploying multiple applications (if they cannot be packaged in a single EAR) takes a lot of disk space on WAS servers due to multiple copies of the same code (around 28 MB ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Add company logo to session panel

We want to implement a company logo to the session panel as watermark for company identity purposes.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

One folder in APPDATA for all files

In our company guideline we use for every product following policy:companyname->product, in this case, we want following solution, if we use the parameter "UseAppData=true" in HoD 11.0.4:The first folder must be "IBMHoD" under this folder, we w...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

IPT Exit Point Integration

The design of IPT means that "certain ISV monitoring products" will see SVCs issued by the same module name for a wide variety of different functions. Some of these functions could represent "interesting" references to individual members, others c...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 1 Not under consideration

Customer would like to be able to run two instances of the IBM Hourglass on the same lpar.

When the customer installs maintenance for Hourglass in their development environment, they have no way of reviewing the impact of the maintenance...whether its corrects the defined issue or causes a new problem. They have a test lpar that they ca...
over 12 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide date/time shift support for SNTPD server on z/OS

Customer would like to see existing support in Hourglass extended to include support fot date/time shifting in SNTPD server running on z/OS
over 12 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Implement a "Business Calendar" in Hourglass.

Create a new feature of a "Business Calendar" where a customer can enter Holidays, Plant Shut Downs, Vacations, etc. A new option to include the "Business Calendar" would be included when Hourglass calculates prior or future dates for application ...
over 12 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 3 Not under consideration