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Possibility to change dynamically the interval that message DFHDS0102I is issued

In CICS TS 5.6, message DFHDS0102I was introduced to show the QR TCB CPU Dispatch Ratio. This message is issued, by default, every 5 minutes. To change the frequency of this message it is necessary to specify INITPARM=(DFHQRCPU='nn') as a system i...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Guarantee LG_DEFER Waits Do Not Exceed LGDFINT

When two tasks with higher than normal VSAM activity are simultaneously routed to the same target region, there can be extended delays related to LGDFINT. The calculations LGDFINT uses to determine whether to force or defer a log write can be skew...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS Transaction Server to become ws-trust 1.4 compliant

To be able to fetch a token from IBM Security Access Manager (ISAM) and following WS-trust 1.4 rules for signing, CICS need to be able to also sign an element in the SOAP header. This could be a timestamp, nonce or a sequence number. From WS-trust...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Allow to interrupt before automatic restart. (DFHSJ1009)

We need an indicator before the JVM restarts (80% of runaway time), to allow us to shift the workload, before the JVM restarts. This topic was already discussed in a meeting with Hursley and the German CICS Tech Sales.
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

add INQUIRE SOAPFAULT to SPI

If a web services is invoking which throws a soap fault, the aoplication has to deal with the XML. It might be much easier, if the application will get the notification that there is a soap fault and gets the data with INQUIRE SOAPFAULT
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

TCPIP Session identification

Problem: When a TCP/IP session is established with a CICS region there is nothing in any of the CICS logs to indicate that this has happened. There are messages generated when an error occurs during session establishment (such as DFHWB0732) but no...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

CICS Named Counter API Commands need security

CICS has a series of API commands to utilise Named Counters: DEFINE (D)COUNTER DELETE (D)COUNTER GET (D)COUNTER QUERY (D)COUNTER REWIND (D)COUNTER UPDATE (D)COUNTER Looking in the documentation: Access to named counter pools - IBM Documentation in...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

CICS Task Policy to handle poison message and MQ Backouts

CICS Task Policy for MQ Backout Count handle Poison messages. Task Policy for MQ, if Backout Threshold exceeded in the MQMD put the message to the MQ Backout Queue Defined in the MQ Header and Abend Task. If no Backout Queue defined, the task beha...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Make CICS WUI dataset EYUWREP optional

The documentation at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGMCP_5.5.0/configuring/cpsm/eyuadif.html states that the EYUWREP file "contains the Web User Interface server view and menu definitions". I believe this includes any user groups...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Need the ability to perform tailored actions after CESN/L

When a user signs onto CICS using CESN or CESL, the ability for CICS to invoke a new transaction immediately rather than just a message that their sign on was successful after which they have to clear the screen and invoke their next transaction.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration