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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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Optimized LUW_DB2 database query

Currently we create LUW Db2 database manually and then attached that database when we create new project in build client. We do this to create optimized DB2 database by using tweaked create database query. We want to avoid this manual DB2 create s...
5 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Planned for future release

Change to generated JCL out of PGM=HSICCSI

The issue was discussed at the last IZSAM workshop in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and I was asked to create an idea for it: Currently the CSI report generates IQ-JCL which is pretty much hard coded and therefore not so useful for us. Instead provide t...
5 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 Future consideration

Enhancements for validating DBB toolkit setup/configuration

Please consult the thread at https://github.com/IBM/dbb-zappbuild/discussions/466 I am often asked to validate things with regards to DBB/zAppBuild. Many of these tasks I manually do, though I have a few scripts of my own that do some of it. I rea...
10 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Future consideration

Conditional reorg check for new KEYLABEL in RACF

We are encrypting our IMS Databases. We store the encryption KEYLABEL in RACF on the Dataset Profile. Over time, we may change the KEYLABEL, to switch to quantum safe algorithms for example, and would like the conditional reorg to detect this chan...
about 2 years ago in IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS / Database Reorg 4 Planned for future release

Data of DFHPI0715 message are not correct

When CEMT P PIPE SCAN command ends, the following message is issued: DFHPI0715 I 05/23/2018 15:20:26 CICSPA01 CHGMAN PIPELINE PIPEPROH explicit scan has completed. Number of wsbind files found in the WSDIR directory: 002493. Number of WEBSERVICEs ...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Control asyncRequestTimeout on API or Service level

Currently it is only possible to set the asyncRequestTimeout parameter on a server level within the zosconnect_zosConnectManager element. We keep the value for this default rather low to have some protection against misbehaving programs. For most...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Update LS2JS code to allow for a string of type json

Update the LS2JS conversion app to include a String type of "json" that would allow for the passing of a JSON payload without transformation and without the addition of quotes. "type":"string", "format":"json" for example the outbound z/OS Connect...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Add DD statement to provide member selection in File Manager Batch.

Currently, the member selection is within the SYSIN DD statement in a File Manager batch. It will be more usable if the member selection can be provided via a DD statement in the JCL. Benefit of this change is when the members list is created dyna...
about 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

CL/Supersession needs to support TLS

When PAGENT is enabled CL/Supersession does not support TLS
over 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

In addition to syntax checking in the Editor, please add semantic checking as well.

Semantic checking of the code in IDz Editor would make mainframe developers even more productive since they still are able to create code in IDz that passes all syntax checks without being valid code. You only see it in the JES Spoolfiles, once yo...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

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