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Determine VSAM FILE definition attributes KEYLENGTH/RECORDFORMAT and RECORDSIZE from catalog

VSAM File attributes (local and remote files) should be determined from z/OS catalog entry instead of defining the values in the corresponding FILE entry in DFHCSD
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Platform Isolation

I have been discussing this topic with several people from the lab, but I also want to write it down one time, to have it written and to maybe make the why clear. So why is this important for us? 1) We have several Cics Regions, where the Cics is ...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

URIMAP and restfull api

When running RESTFUL API it will be nice if it is possible to run different tran names for the same URI based on the method GET/POST and so onso some users are only able to see datat but not update them we are using liberty in CICS
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Support JSON for HTTP event adapter formats

We've received a request to create an event to pass data to GELF, a feature within the Graylog product to provide log structuring.http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.0/pages/gelf.html We would like to pass data to GELF using Common Base Event REST format...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

ICH408I for DFHSJ0210 security error

DFHSJ0210 should produce an ICH408I when a security exception occurs and to provide an absolute path to any missing file or directory.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Mechanism for monitoring CICS storage fragmentation

It would be helpful to have a means of monitoring current storage fragmentation in the CICS DSA (and OSCORE area).
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Not under consideration

Provide batch program to read temporary storage queues

Provide CICS batch utility to browse temporary storage queues.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Mechanism to sysplex Load Balance transaction requests needed to process CICS/MQ messages

Mechanism for sysplex Load Balancing of the number of transaction requests needed to process CICS/MQ messages and the number of applications processing information relating to the transaction requests. A message arriving on the message queue might...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add EXEC CICS JOURNAL as Event Application Capture Point

Add EXEC CICS JOURNAL as an Event Application Capture Point with the journal data available for capture.
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CPSM API: A new query function to identify available CMAS's

The CPSM API should support a new query function that could be called prior to any CONNECT operation. This query would scan and locate all active ESSS's on the local LPAR via the z/OS subsystem chain, extracting from each ESSS information about al...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration