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Support contract-first inbound web service generation

Currently, TXseries supports the generation of a WSDL and WSBIND file from a program structure file for inbound SOAP web services. This contract-last generation is provided by the DFHLS2WS program available in the z/OS Transaction Server and TXser...
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Extend CICS applications as web services in TXSeries

Currently COMMAREA handling for inbound SOAP webservices in TXseries is limited to equally-sized request/response structues only.
almost 10 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Abends not reported in the CICSSTAT_TRAN_TRANS_ABENDS statistics counter

The statistics CICSSTAT_TASK_NUM_TRANS_ABENDED counter reports the number of ABENDs produced in the TRANCLASS. The value of the CICSSTAT_TRAN_TRANS_ABENDS counter is always equal to zero.
almost 5 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CTG COMMUNICATIONs statistics

We have 2 CTGs connected to one TOR region.In the ISC statistics we have 2 lines for each CTG and all the counters are equal to zero.We notice that the only counter updated is for the AOR communication (PPRD).We would like to have the number of in...
almost 5 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Allow IPCS VERBX commands in SDUMP reviews

With some of the other fault analysis tools, system dumps can be futher reviewed using the same VERBX commands as can be done in IPCS. This allows for deeper manual investigation of a system dump
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

Fault Analyzer Notification Exit

In lieu of the REXX exits for notifications, provide a panel in the product to allow changes to be more easily implemented.
almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement to TXSeries monitoring facility

1: MONQ doesn't get cleared automatically2: There is no Date field in the Report3: We can not provide size to create multiple MONQ based on file size.
about 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Invoking File Manager from Fault Analyzer to get the initial positioning on a file that caused the abend

wehn we analyze an abend using Fault Analyzer,We need to let the user know the following things when there is an abend.1. DD Name of the dataset which is causing the abend(in case of S0C7,S0C4...etc). 2. Take me to the record in the input file tha...
about 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Better Support of WMQ-Applications

Currently Fault Analyzer does not properly recognize that an abending Batch-Job or CICS transaction is connected to Websphere MQ. In these cases FA does not show any information related to MQ and last MQ-API calls.This flaw seems to arise when the...
over 5 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support application bundles

There are more and more application in ICBC. They required whether we can provide a bundle feature like CICS TS. Then they can install their application using one package. It should be easier to managed. This feature can work with web admin single...
about 12 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration