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    For any incoming IMS Connect transaction: Extract user ID in USERDATA field for a specific IMS transaction profile in RACF(TIMS), and replace original user ID?

    For any incoming IMS Connect transaction: Extract user ID in USERDATA field for a specific IMS transaction profile in RACF(TIMS), and replace original user ID. user ID in USERDATA will be propagated as OMSECUID in IMS Connect. Business reaso...
    27 days ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Under review

    As an IMS systems programmer, I want the ability to make messages sent by IMS back to the client (e.g. DFS3688I) visible to operators and automation on z/OS.

    Actually, to have an alerting when a transaction reaches his expire time we have, in the OTMA client descriptor (DFSYDTx), activated the parameter TODUMP with the option YES This solution is no longer efficient because when the issue arises our MP...
    11 months ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Add support for CICS RESOVERRIDES to generate accurate reports such as COLDSTARTCOMPARE

    Reports such as COLDSTARTCOMPARE generate mismatches on DATASETNAME for FILE entries for example. The DFHCSD definition does not match the DATASETNAME attributed to the FILE when CICS applies RESOVERRIDES to the file dsn. The CSD definition for is...
    6 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

    Be able to throttle incoming trafic rates based in USEID using CEX

    We believe it would be beneficial to implement a mechanism that allows throttling of incoming transaction rates in IMS based on the associated user ID. This approach would help safeguard the system against excessive workloads and enable more preci...
    2 months ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    I would like to be able to copy from one group en masse to another

    I would like to copy the whole group to another group at the GROUP level. Preferably, if possible, creating the group at the time of the copy itself. Or with a new or used package that is already there. In other words -- COPY PACKAGE FROM(pkg1234)...
    4 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Needs more information

    CICS CM CHECKSUM in package display

    In CICS CM when viewing the components of a package via 3.x.2, displaying the checksum with packaged components would save customers time by allowing them to verify checksums of components in a package at one time.
    over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

    Enhance the z/OS Explorer CM plugin​ to support MFA

    CICS Configuration Manager V5.4Our application teams have requested the ability to use the CM plugin as an alternative to the ISPF panels. In order to achieve this we would require the CM plugin be enhanced to support MFA.
    about 6 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 0 Future consideration

    Java com.ibm.ims.connect.OutputMessage should contain LPAR (SMF ID ) and IMS ID that executed the transaction

    z/OS Connect stakeholders need to know which system of record executed an API, in this case IMS transactions. The IMS service provider does not supply any information about the IMS that executed the transaction beyond IMS Connect.
    over 2 years ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    CICS CM Agent Functionality

    Currently the agent handles CEDA INSTALL, we would like to see it also handle CEDA DEFINE. We plan to use CM agent for our remote CICS region and having to manually NDM or xmit the CSD DEFINE commands to the remote site and then run batch job to s...
    almost 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Planned for future release

    Package Reuse with a Resource/Command Preview & Delete Option

    Enable Options to automatically clear the resource/commands from a package that is being reused along with a preview of resource/commands that is already present in the package
    over 8 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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