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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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Support for wildcard in DDL DROP for IMS Databases and PSBs

We refresh and rebuild test environment from production where we cleanup everything in test and build using the components from production by changing component names. So we could use DDL DROP with wildcard where we can erase the test definitions ...
8 months ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Add environment variable or equivalent, dummy DD (?), such that a PLIDUMP call can check the existence of the envvar and call Fault Analyzer as part of its processing.

In much earlier versions of Fault Analyzer a zap was provided to the PLIDUMP code such that IDISNAP (Fault Analyzers dynamic call interface) could be invoked as part of a PLIDUMP call, without having to modify the application code. This is no long...
about 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Support for EXTERNAL data

zUnit should support data items declared as EXTERNAL. If a data item in COBOL is declared as EXTERNAL it can be used to pass data from a calling program to a subprogram, and therefore should be recorded as if it is a parameter. Also when calling a...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Endpoint Descriptor - New Connection Error Threshold Element

Allow customer-specific settings to define at what point (counter) errors experienced during the endpoint descriptor processing will force an automated system undeploy of the failing endpoint descriptor.
4 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

SMF123 enhancement - error from server or HTTP response code mapping

Problem statement : Despite 'polite' requests to the contrary we have a few internal customers who employ HTTP status code's 500 in their HTTP status code mapping. In the event of transient issues in Open LIberty, it is not possible to establish w...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

Provide support to switch UID in zExplorers/iDZ

Hello, under zOS we more and more have to deal with USS services and zFS-files. As a zOS systems-programmer not everybody knows in deep the possbilities and features of USS. Often we need to switch to UID 0 to do specific file-changes and this is ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 8 Future consideration

Showing LPAR memory from GDPS panel Standad Operations

From GDPS Standard Operations , we can deactivate/activate an LPAR but we don't see the STORAGE allocated , would it be possible to add it ? Also , we can see the CF from GDPS (same panel), could you add some information around memory (allocated,I...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

Possibility to collapse/expand EVALUATE/IF/PERFORM statements for COBOL source

For the COBOL editor, today it is possible to expand or collapse a division, section or paragraph using the plus/minus icon in the left margin next to the division or section name. We would like to have the same functionality for EVALUATE, PERFORM...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Cognos Monthly Reports Selection should be by Month not by any date in the month

The Cognos Monthly reports select is confusing and is not documented to the end user.
9 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Future consideration

Show inserted CICS elements as part of the source code COBOL listing

When compiling with the COBOL co-processor, when CICS elements DFHEIBLK and DFHCOMMAREA are not coded by the programmer they are inserted by the compiler into the LINKAGE SECTION and as parameters on the PROCEDURE DIVISION statement.The elements d...
almost 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 9 Not under consideration

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