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enhance the command IMBRCST to allow complex conditions

Today the command IMBRCST allows or conditions to specify the receivers of the brodcast. In HAO implementations you must define more than one condition to address the users that you want to inform. For example: You have configured a HAO solution w...
about 1 year ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Sort active sessions to the top of the display list like Session manager

IBM is helping us migrate from session manager to CL / Super session and one of the difference that we are unable to resolve for user community is how the menu is displayed for active sessions.
over 6 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow typing during application is working

It happens that transactions inside the CICS-application may need more time to finish from time to time. The end user knows the normal response time and starts or continue typing as a moment where the transaction have not finished. In this case th...
about 1 year ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Creation of a QUIET parameter in Supersession

Create a Quiet parameter in Supersession that creates fewer messages that are logged into the TLVLOG for normal circumstances. Currently the logging of messages is considerable, and most are unnecessary unless trying to PD a problem. There is curr...
over 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

To terminate a users sessions and return to main menu after 15 minutes

Under Session Manager, there was an option to terminate a users active sessions and return them to the main menu. This is a PCI requirement for a number of customers. However, since migrating to SuperSession the ability to do this has been lost. W...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Ability to add TIMEOUT to an existing VSM pool

We would like to have the ability add a timeout value to an pre-existing VSM pool where TIMEOUT was previously not set dynamically. Currently the only way to add a TIMEOUT value, is to delete the existing VSM pool using VSM DELETE and recreate the...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

TCPIP Secure Socket

We are wanting to convert from NVAS as a Session Manager to IBM CL/SUPERSESSION. It has been determined that CL/SUPERSESSION does not support Secure Sockets
over 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

VSAM cluster sharing within a HAO component

The VSAM cluster - especially the TDB and the NAM clusters - need a functionality to be shared between the STC. Nowadays the VSAM clusters have to be synchronized manually or by the HAO component. When there are a lot of instances in a Generic Res...
over 8 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Jump to next session key if only one session is active escapes to the menu

/* ----------------> begin changes <--------------- */ set rc (VSSINFO('SESSIONS')) klslog('&sysdlg info(&rc) drive KLSCNTL' 1) if (&rc <= 1) SELECT 'KLSCNTL' /* ----------------> end Changes <--------------- */ ...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Override sessions with Initial Status = F for CLS/DEST Pass Sessions

Users take advantage of the Initial status parameter for sessions they wish to have started automatically by specifying F. When a user does this with a session designated as Multi, they are able to get back to the Supersession menu by hitting ATT...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration