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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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154 VOTE

Issue an alert when IMS virtual storage usage reaches a threshold.

An ABEND occurred in the customer's system due to run out of IMS CTL region size. Currently, usage is checked during periodic termination, but unexpected increases in usage cannot be detected during running, so the customer has strongly requested...
about 2 months ago in IMS System Services 0 Under review

Update GETPW to support PASS Phrase

As we migrate away from password and to Pass Phrase, it would be a requirement that IBM support Pass Phrase for the NETVIEW GETPW function.
18 days ago in IBM Z NetView 2 Submitted

Add Integration with ZEKE job scheduler

Currently ADDI only supports CA7 job scheduler integration. We use Zeke in our organization, can you please add Zeke integration to ADDI?
5 days ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Submitted

Make the CICS_FIELD procedure automated to include new OFFSETs to the CICS-FIELD table

When a CICS new Release is released by IBM, the IZPCA users have to update the CICS_FIELD Table executing a manual process. This is an error prone procedure; thus, we suggest the IZPCA development to adjust it to a safer process to be executed by ...
14 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Submitted
146 VOTE

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...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 10 Planned for future release
177 VOTE

Develop the functionality in File Manager to choose the encoding with a file should be downloaded to a PC through its export to desktop function

BBVA is a very important global bank with operations in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, etc. BBVA is the largest bank in Mexico, employing over one thousand of mainframe developers. These developers use IBM Developer for z for th...
5 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 8 Future consideration

Hostnames allowed in the security groups rules

Today we can define rules inside a security group only using the source or target IP. Since sometimes the rules are related to some company services or sometimes the ip changes, should be useful to have the possibility to define the rules not only...
about 9 hours ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Submitted

Multiple users role assignment

If you need to give some role to a list of users, if select the users from the gui ad assign the role, only the first user got the role, so you have to assign the same role to the user one to one. It can be useful you selecting more users from the...
about 9 hours ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Submitted

stopEntity() logging visibility

For creating HA solution for ZCEE we have implemented Automation solutions by issuing REFRESH commands whenever an API or Services are being installed,updated,deleted etc.We pushed the message codes to the MVS Syslog, and that is how Automation pi...
about 14 hours ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

start debugging in second program called by CALL

It is not currently possible to configure the debugger to start in a program other than the first in the chain (as is possible with other debuggers) if the first program calls the second with CALL and not with EXEC CICS LINK. It would be very usef...
about 15 hours ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Submitted

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