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Add a site defined Change Package Menu Option to trigger User Defined function/process.

Need a site defined change package menu option to trigger an immediate ISPF program (say Rexx) or another custom Exit Routine to perform site required checks - e.g. check JES queue and cancel scheduled future jobs.
6 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Ability to Hide/Show External Reference field on Package Menu panel

Add a configurable setting/feature to Show/Hide External Reference field on Change Package Menu panel. This allows for any customization done on External Reference field to be switched to a recently added new field (Previous Exit Text) in APAR PH5...
about 1 year ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

Add functionality to Customize Columns on CICS Resource View/Package View Panels for display

Adding the functionality to customize searchable columns on the CICS CM Panels will help users expand their search based on additional resource definition fields (Example: Description field). This will save time in filtering of resource definition...
9 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Ability to use a change package for single migration - with a 'Lock' option at package level following a Migrate action..

We would like to be able to use a change package for a single migration. Once package is migrated, it should be locked for changing of package contents and re-use. We should be able to look at history, do an install, and perform a backout. But can...
over 1 year ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Delivered

Provide a mechanism to clone a change package. The cloned package will inherit from the donor package, attribute values (e.g. Description, External Reference, etc) and packaged resources and commands, but not history or state information (e.g. Ready state, Approval states). The donor package remains unchanged. The cloned package appears like a new change package that is prepopulated with resources and commands.

Background: Applications development create change packages and promote these to testing levels in the development lifecycle. At some point, production controllers will clone the packages for use in the production transfer process. Cloning ensures...
over 1 year ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Delivered

Batch interface to package resources

A batch interface to package resources and groups.
over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Delivered

Delete SCHEME should have a FORCE option to ignore RI Check errors

The deletion of a Migration Scheme suffers RI Check failed because a PSCHEME record references the Scheme. To delete the Scheme, you first must delete the related change packages. However, the customer may want to keep the change packages for reus...
about 8 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Delivered

CICS CM enhancement to submit timed dynamic installs

I've developed a way to have the migration exit in Configuration Manager perform dynamic installations of packages at a specific time. I believe this would be a useful addition to the base product. I am currently using the description in the packa...
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Enable updating of the last API command information displayed in the ISPF change package list, by an UPDATE API command request.

Provide a method of updating of the change package last API command information (e.g. Command, Scheme, RC, Date/time, ID) displayed on the ISPF change package list panel (ISPF option 3), to reflect the processing outcome that occurred in a remote ...
over 2 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Delivered

ADD, DELETE Commands be added Export File Formats

ADD and DELETE commands be added to a DFHCSDUP (and BATCHREP) format export file.
about 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

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