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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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Allow script execution from remote emulator in IDZ

Most 3270 emulators allow the execution of scripts and in our case we use it a lot for the execution of automatic tests, it also allows us to enter certain commands to extend the session in HOST, so we really miss having this option that we consid...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 9 Submitted

Support External JWTs in CICS

Hello, in our company JWT is a standard for authentication. But unfortunately the JWTs come not from RACF instead they are from a vendor tool called ForgeRock. To use this standard authentication method we need JWT support in CICS for JWT which ar...
7 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Submitted

Cobol syntactic analyzer to handle multiple ENTRY statements

Any ENTRY statement in a Cobol program is detected by the syntactic analyzer as unreacheable code when previous code contains a GOBACK. However, a program with an entry doesn't necessarily begin from the PROCEDURE DIVISION. Any ENTRY can be used a...
8 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

LCP: tagging/untagging using script or NetView command

Currently, the only way a capture can be tagged or untagged is from panel VPCPLCS0. Being able to take these actions using a NetView command or a GDPS script would help develop unattended procedures.
about 12 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

Extend Query Services to LCP

In standard GDPS, this functionality is very helpful to support local automatic processes. Here are some examples where Query Services may be helpful in a LCP environment: - Being able to see capture and recovery information before deciding which ...
about 12 hours ago in GDPS 0 Submitted

Ability to save the project analysis in ADDI and continue working on it at any time

After doing some analysis like generating the graph or report. when developer close and reopen the ADDI/IDZ application, all the research was done has disappeared, The solution would be to download the graph and report externally to the local driv...
2 days ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Submitted

ZOAU does not support PDSE datasets on EAV volumes (because they are a format 8/9/3 pair in the VTOC and ZOAU only supports 1 and 8). It would be important to format support for the 8/9/3 VTOC pair. So, request to add this new format support in ZOAU. Thanks

We have PDSE ds allocated in EAV volumes, so when we use member_archive in Wazi Deploy we get the following error in the copy step using ZOAU copy command dcp. Unexpected dscb3 format encountered with ds3keyid of 0x9010180" error" can happen for d...
2 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

multiple servers in a single Administrator instance

currently we have to open many Administrator instances on our work station so we can see all servers simultaneously. a single instance with all servers like the Designer will make it alot easier and user friendly.
3 days ago in ApplinX 0 Submitted

Macros for generated pages

currently there is a macro feature for instant pages but it doesn't work for generated pages.a lot of legacy users are using macros for common daily/weekly/monthly proccess that are filling everything automatically without user intervention.
3 days ago in ApplinX 0 Submitted

Create path procedure from gct

This feature will save a lot of manual work with creating path procedure. In addition, it will give the ability to run automated QA tests on main proccess and receive indication on failures that were caused by new mappings or as400 screen changes.
3 days ago in ApplinX 0 Submitted

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