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    Asynchronous requests connect Mother transaction with Child transaction in RACF to allow Mother Trans to run Child

    We use asynchronous requests to enhance existing SOA architecture solutions to introduce API calls to Cloud. Often an API call will be added to a number of existing CICS transactions (Mothers). Today we have to identify all run users of Mother CIC...
    10 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

    Restricting the Multiple Signon to CICS Regions using z/OS Explorer

    Due to security standards, most companies tend to restrict the number of signons to 1 from any user to any one of the CICSs at a time. This can be achived by using the SNSCOPE=CICS SIT parameter for the CICS regions including WUI & CMAS adress...
    13 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 0 Under review

    The TS6.1 new msg of "DFHSJ0207 11/21/2025 15:44:14 CICTxxxx JVMSERVER JVMOSGI1 is running Java version 17.0.13." only goes to TDQ; would be easier to see on the CICS JESLOG.

    It would be nice to be able to browse the CICS region's JESLOG and immediately see the DFHSJ0207 message showing the JAVA level that each JVM is using. Our Operations staff implements 95% of our CICS changes and know how to verify things in the CI...
    16 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

    Create a New SMF type for Named Counter Server. The counters are requested via Db2 stored procedures, REST API, Batch jobs and CICS transactions.Our applications use DFHNCTR which is called via the 'CICS call interface ' and so the SMF 110 records are not inscope

    From time to time we have applications that use the named counter excessively resulting in the CF structure going into monopolization mode. We would like to easily identify these applications. We are concerned about over head in doing this so woul...
    18 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

    Configurable PURGE for unresponsive CICS tasks on IPIC timeout to z/OS Connect EE

    This enhancement proposes adding a new configuration option within the CICS region or connection definition to allow customers to control the task termination behaviour when a CICS task attached via z/OS Connect EE over an IPIC session fails to re...
    27 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

    Callable Services & Other Ressources Access security and Traceability

    Callable services run within the CICS environment. In certain cases—such as ICSF—these services are critical, and so are the associated keys safeguarded in the Key Data Set (KDS). When a transaction performs encryption, CICS is granted access to t...
    about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

    Use of Optimised Schema Defns to improve perf in CICS SOAP Web Services

    One of the 'issues' with CICS WS SOAP based services is that XSD validation needs to switched off in live Prodn operation due to the overheads involved. Could though the use of OSR's (Optimised Schema Defns) help here and provide a route by which ...
    about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

    It would be nice to be able to group multiple CICSPlexes in explorer as a context

    We have multiple CICSPlexes in our non production environment, all connected to the same maintenance point CMAS. It would be nice to be able to group multiple CICSPlexes into a group and specify the group as the CONTEXT in explorer. I can think of...
    about 2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Under review

    Improve Diagnostics for in IPCONN Auto-Install capability

    Background : We are in the process of evaluating and deploying the IPCONN Auto-install facility and have constructed a program in line with the published template albeit for z/OS Connect and not CTG. Issue : During the evaluation / verification we...
    2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1

    Add SYSPLEX name to CP/SM resource table CICSRGN

    MVSSYSNAME and MVSSYSID are already there. Also make available in CICS Explorer and CPSM rest api
    3 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Future consideration

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