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CICS Explorer - Task Rule - New Compound Condition, as in System Rule

CICS Explorer - Task Rule - New Compound Condition, as in System Rule You may have multiple conditions and perform the action when all are true. Similar to the existing System Rule.
about 15 hours ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 0 Submitted

Ability to Make the New DFHCE3549 Logon Message Format Optional in CICS TS 6.2

We request the introduction of an optional parameter enabling: Reverting to the previous (short) format of the DFHCE3549 message, Or selecting between the new and the old format, Or using a backward‑compatible message without the additional inform...
9 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

Make autoinstall support also available for terminals like AICONS=AUTO for consoles

We would like to eliminate the AUINSTRM URM for the automatic installation of terminals, consoles, and more.For terminals there is an option AICONS=AUTO where CICS automatically generates the console TERMID. This would be also great if this option...
12 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

To be able to stop & start Liberty microservices via CEMT commands

We can refresh a microservice via CEMT commands and we can stop & start microservices via Collectives and Broadcom SYSVIEW, but it would be really useful to be able to issue CEMT commands to stop and start a microservice, which we could then u...
16 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Needs more information

RFE: Please enhance CICS TSv5.6; TSv6.1 & TSv6.2 to support RACF self-managed passphrase ptf UJ98757

We've been testing self-managed pass phrase support on sandbox system and it turns out CICS TSv5.6 does not support the enhancement to RACF we just applied there: RFE: Please enhance CICS TSv5.6; TSv6.1 & TSv6.2 to support RACF self-managed pa...
22 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

CICS webservices migration assistant tool to migrate existing WSDL as an openapi3 document. Thus, facilitating easy migration of CICS webservices to z/OS connect based API's

As CICS webservices feature is stabilized. We would like to convert existing webservices into json based api's. That could be exposed via z/OS Connect both for Provider and Requestor type services.Thus, a tool that can migrate exiting WSDL files, ...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

CICS Transacton Policy - TCB Monitoring by Task.

Transaction Policy, to monitor QR TCB usage. We had a SLIP defined to exceed particuar thresholds; it would be good to have this capability as a CICS Policy. SLIP SET,IF,RA=1D8236DA,J=J8D1PSTW, A=SVCD,ML=1,ID=HIQR,PRCNTLIM=1, DATA=(2R?+AA4,GT,0000...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Request for Documentation on MCP Server Function Capabilities

[Summary] The MCP Server function became available starting with CICS TS V6.3; however, the current documentation does not provide sufficient detail about the toolset exposed by the CICS MCP Server. While it is possible to build a CICS TS V6.3 env...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 0 Under review

CICS Event Policy Processing - Message Insert - add GT an LT Operator Conditional

When defining a CICS Policy to trigger a Message Event currently there is: Equals; Does Not Equal; Does Not Start With; Starts With. There is no Greater Than or Less than Condition. For Message DFHDS0102, there are text strings that represent Perc...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

CICS Task Policy for SOCKET Receive Wait Time Rule

CICS Task Policy for SOCKET Wait Time Rule. We have tasks doing Socket Calls to an external vendor; sometimes the vendor takes long to do a Send Response to the CICS Socket Requester. The tasks wait RECEIVE forever, waiting for a response, until n...
about 2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration