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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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GDPS ReIpl with Activate

New funktion in GDPS standard action.ReIpl with activate.
over 9 years ago in GDPS 9 Not under consideration

Automated backup of IDz workspace

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

Include 45xx statistics records in the calculation of Average Checkpoint Duration, Average Checkpoint Frequency, and CPLOG count to the Checkpoint Summary portion of the Checkpoint Report.

IMS writes statistics records (45xx) at every checkpoint just before the checkpoint records (40xx). I would like to see something like this: Start 12Sep2024 00:00:37:75 IMS Performance Analyzer End 12Sep2024 00:01:53:25 Page 1 Checkpoint Summary ...
4 months ago in IMS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

enable wildcards in policy condition values

We would like the ability to use wildcard characters within a policy condition for example: <conditions> <header name="imstran" value="TRAN%A" /> </conditions> Where % is a single character wild card. This would be beneficial for...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

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
almost 4 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

Upgrade Kafka Client

The Kafka broker version we use is well in advance in compare to the Kafka Client 2.8.1. It produces unnecessary warnings on z/TPF. Moreover we would like to be proactive and be open to new features as well as to keep security enhancements u...
4 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

AD - Analyze client Legend icon shall appear in the menu bar next to other icons, but not under expandable menu

On AD Analyze client v611 we found that Legend icon is not visible any longer next to other icons (on this small menu bar), but instead it is hidden under pop-up menu. This is not very convenient, as when needed to use this Legend icon feature, de...
4 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Enhance the setting UI of Remote Connection Emulator (RCE)

Now there are 2 place that can configure the connection parameters (host / port, etc) in the RCE - the "Host properties" tab at the bottom - the "Session properties" button on the upper right corner Users are always getting confused for how / wher...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

shortcut menu manager

i implemented actions in the menu manager and i need run options to include shortcut for exemple CTR+SHIFT+2 for the action
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 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.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

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