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Exit points needed in the various reporting functions

The various reporting functions should have exit points that allow customers to use business specific information to tailor the report contents.
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

CICS CM needs to identify definitions causing referential integrity failure

Delete of CICS Configuration from ISPF dialog results in short message "RI Check Failed" and the configuration is not deleted. There are no additional messages in the CICS CM server CCVLOG or when PF1 Help is pressed in the ISPF dialog to identify...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

CM to provide before/after for ADD to LIST

Make CM compatible with DFHCSDUP by providing the BEFORE/AFTER option when adding a GROUP to a LIST
about 12 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Discard option for DELETE kind of requests

Currently CM doesn't discard the resources which are of Delete kind. It just deletes the resource from the group and we have to wait for the region cycle to pick it.We are looking for CICS CM to discard the resource when it is deleted from the group
about 3 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

CM Install fails if the remote region is down

If the remote region is down when the CM package install is in progress, CM returns RC =8 which is mostly used for actual failures.Can CM mark the RC =4 with a reason code instead of failing it with RC=8 if the remote region is down and install fa...
about 3 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

CICS CM group list check doesn't flag groups that are not found

Although Configuration Manager lets us know when we've added a group to a CICS group list that doesn't exist, it doesn't tell us a group doesn't exist when doing a check.
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

Create list of entries in a package via a batch interface

We need a way to create a sequential file with a list of the entries that make up a package. The file should contain the following information:Package id - Package id Action - Def, Alt, DelEntry type - Program, File, ...Entry group - Group nameEnt...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

CICS CM to provide initial edit macro for the ISPF EDIT of the change package NOTES text.

Enable the execution of an initial macro upon the ISPF EDIT of change package NOTES
about 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Config Manager should support sharing and grouping transformation rules across multiple migration paths

Configuration Manager should support a grouping mechanism for transformation rules, the ability to assign these groups to various migration paths, and furthermore the ability to assign an individual transformation rule and/or rule group to multipl...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Enhance copy/move functions on CCVPAXFG panel

The "action" fields next to the individual rules on displayed on the CCVPAXFG panel should be expanded to 2 bytes, and the underlying code enhnanced to support copying and/or moving blocks of rules (similar to the ability to copy or move a block o...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered