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Need load balancing algorithms as round Robbin on IPIC connections to multiple CICS regions working with CICS TG for Multiplatforms in local mode on WAS AIX

We require load balancing using the round-robin algorithm for IPIC connections to multiple backend CICS TXSeries regions from WebSphere AIX application servers, leveraging CTG in local mode. A similar request was submitted under idea CTG-I-112 on ...
3 months ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Allow use of CICS Security Discovery tooling without extracted Metadata

When trying to use the CICS Security tools added to CICS Explorer, nothing can be achieved until an sdd file created by extracting data from RACF. If for any any reason such a file cannot be created, none of the tooling can be used. IMHO, the tool...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Launch CICS transactions from CICS Explorer / IDz

Eclipse has built-in support for launching applications with normal execution or for debug (launch and debug configurations). It is possible today to setup debug profiles for CICS applications from Eclipse but starting the actualy transaction does...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

View SYSPARM data across multiple CICS regions simultaneously

Allow CICS region SYSPARM data to be displayed and filtered, across multiple CICS regions, just as is available in the CPSM WUI.
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 7 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer Auto Refresh

Enable CICS Explorer to have Auto Refresh like the CPSM WUI.
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Display installed Enqueue Models

Explorer is not showing installed Enqueue models. We can see all definitions, but need to use the WUI to see the installed definitions. We are trying to cut down on the need to switch from Explorer to WUI to work.
5 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - ability to view / filter SIT parms for multiple regions

Currently the CICS SIT parms (for combined, JCL, SYSIN etc) can only be displayed in an Attribute view for a single CICS region. We would like the ability to view / filter SIT parms for multiple regions similar to the way other Region Attributes c...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Allow CICS Explorer to test CTG gateway deamon against specific IP address

Allow CICS Explorer test against the IP address configured in the CTG connection definition to be sure which CTG we connect to.When trying to test the CTG gateway connection or the CICS connection in the CICS Explorer CTG perspective, the IP addre...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS Resource Compare Feature

Provide a mechanism to compare resources and highlight the differences. This feature should allow us to compare a resource defined in CICS regions within the same CICSplex and across our environments. The second would require the support of multip...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Test connection in CICS TG with only SSL

In CICS TG Explorer plugin, the Test connection currently uses the TCP connection as default. We don't have any option to tick the SSL option.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 1 Not under consideration