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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

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

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

Remove requirement to define at least one TCP/IP port in CICS CM

Remove requirement to define at least one TCP/IP port in CICS CM Systems Options.
about 6 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 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

Add Groups to any position of list - Command to be added to DFHCSDUP format Export File

Add Groups to any position of list. The Command should be added to DFHCSDUP format Export File.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

CICS CM requirements

After the CM PoC for BOCOM, customers expected CM can support the below functions in the future:1)Migrate of WLM specifications between two CPSM DR2)Migrate of "CMAS to CMAS link definitions"
about 11 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

include commands in CM export file

CM commands be converted to DFHCSDUP commands to be automatically included in export files
over 12 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 7 Delivered

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