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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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Option to expose data conversion error in API response

z/OS Connect APIs return HTTP SC200 (OK) despite reporting many GMOMW0005E data conversion errors in the STDOUT. According to L2 support, this data conversion error is so pervasive that zCEE just log the error messages but move on to provide the A...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

DBB user Build Configuration enhancements

Currently all the IDz users needs to do some settings related to DBB User build Configuration for the first time before they can invoke the user build.By adding the below two functionality to DBB user build we think we can better manage the g...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

System Shutdown Boost Enhancements

When a system is being shutdown system automation checks if any recovery boosts are active.If any are active then the shutdown boost is not activated by system automation.This means that when you shutdown multiple systems one after the other in a ...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 4 Not under consideration

Add support for SMF 103 subtypes 13 and 14

We have IBM HTTP servers based on Apache software. They create SMF type 103 subtypes 13 and 14 records, but IZPCA does not support these record types.
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

Expand delimited length from 255 to 1024

This would help eliminate "DWO378E DELIMITED STRING IS TOO LONG, GREATER THAN 255 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH" when working with PIPEs, and perhaps other areas as well.
over 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

zCEE: Support for WebSocket Clients

We have a requirement to establish WebSocket connection with our partner application to receive the various responses since the partner application supports only WebSocket API connection while sending its responses.
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

New install option to disable Kerberos Authentication

We have Blue Prism RPA (Robotic Process Automation) in use to automate TN3270 access. If IBM Personal Communication is also installed on the same machine Blue Prism Login Agent is not connecting. This problem is caused by the Kerberos feature of P...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Planned for future release

SMF26BYT and SMFBYU do not appear in Common Data Provider

Could you add these 2 fields please in the product DEFS ?
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Future consideration

Permit SAF keyrings to be used instead of jks files for host connection.

Currently HATS requires a jks files to be used if the host connection is secure. When the HATS application is deployed on z/OS in WAS the SAF keyrings should be used either as a default or a method to switch when deploying. This is required due to...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

cazcnfg0: not all config statements accept symbols

in de cazcnfg0 parameter files there are statements where you can use system symbols which is very handy to make this parameter file system independant. But some other statements do not accept system symbols which makes it very confusing. The idea...
over 2 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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