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Expose CPSM TDQGBL resource table through the CICS GraphQL API.

I would like to extract global transient data statistics from the CPSM TDQGBL resource table using the GraphQL API. In the past I have extracted these statistics using the CMCI API to query the CICSGlobalTDQueueStatistics resource. Having looked a...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

CICS - client connectivity to MQ

CICS is our primary transaction server on z/OS. MQ is our primary messaging software - on both z/OS and Distributed. Currently, CICS is restricted to connect to only 1 MQM (and that too in Bindings mode). We request that CICS be able to connect to...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

MICROSECONDS time option in FORMATTIME API

Providing a MICROSECONDS option in FORMATTIME CICS API
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS/TS - USS enhancements

In order to keep the USS files and programs synchronized with the LOAD LIBRARIES (LPA etc.) we currently have these options:1. Separate SMP/E environment for each stage (development, system test etc.). This requires PTFs to be applied for each sta...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide highly efficient access to transaction cpu/specialty processor accumulated timings

Having requested information pertaining to specific fields found to contain accumulated cpu and specialty processor timings in the DFHTASN control block, I was informed that a detailed explanation of the management of these timings would not be fo...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS TS - parameter SIT TCPIP (TCPIP = YES) with command online

Good afternoon, Please check the possibility of including the parameter SIT TCPIP (TCPIP = YES) via command online, in flight, without the necessary of stop/start of CICS that is currently needly.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Selective suppression of dumps based on PSW location

Customers often suppress AP0001 abends in their System Dump code table because, by and large, they are for ASRA, AKEA, S0C4 or S0C1 in application programs. Unfortunately that also suppresses these dumps when they occur in DFH* modules. So, when r...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

INQUIRE DFHTRANSACTION Threadsafe,

We are trying to cut back on TCB Swaps; I notice INQUIRE DFHTRANSACTION to do TCB swap; was wondering if this could be made THREADSAFE? There is a trace entry of TRANSFORMER; not sure what that is.... See trace snippit: L80AT RM 0302 RMLN EXIT SET...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

make INQUIRE REQID Threadsafe

We are interested in making INQ REQID Threadsafe. We are trying to cut back on some TCB swaps; I noticed this in the trace; TCB Swap upon entry exit of INQ REQID; Entry L8; Exit QR; then remains on QR for some time, until next DB2 or MQ request. 9...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Bedre soap fault message

we are running with z/os sysplex distributor in front of CICS webservice so we have a lot of CICS that take webservice request. when we are getting a 4038 error from a webservice program on cics we are getting this soap fault<ERROR_MESSAGE> ...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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