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Support storing/managing/loading application binary executables (load modules) in/from zFS-resident bundles in CICS/TS

CICS/TS loader should support the ability to load binary executables (load modules) directly from application bundles that have been stored in zFS as opposed to having been stored in a traditional PDS(E) load library.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Suffixed version of DFHCNV

We would like to see suffixed versions of DFHCNV selectable by Initialisation Parameter just like any old CICS System Table. This would allow different tiers of CICS systems to use different DFHCNVxx load modules with potentially differing source.
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

make the MNFREQ parameter available for threadsafe environnement

We have application long running transactions executing on L8 TCB We noticed that MNFREQ parameter doesn't work for these kind of transactions So we would like not to wait the end of the CICS session to have a performance records written for these...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

impact for CICs with z/OS maintenance (ciphers)

We recently applied maintenance on our z/OS LPARThe APAR OA47405 and OA48868 have an impact on the cipher suites, but the CICS systems are not awared of these modificationsWe would like to have a APAR generated for CICS too when z/OS maintenance h...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

client ipadr provided with EXCI

We would like to have the client IP adr when running CTG on z/OS with EXCI connexions to CICS
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Need a new transaction equivalent to CEMT INQUIRE

The auditors want reports on who has accessed critical transactions such as CEMT. Even though we have our security definitions set up so most users can only use INQUIRE with CEMT, SMF simply reports a user executed CEMT with no further breakdown. ...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

TRDUMPCODE Current count increase in size

For the TRDUMPCODE display, would like to increase the Current count from 4 digits to at least 6 digits. Although it seems like a excessive amount, we have had occasions of test CICS regions creating more than 100K transaction abends when triggere...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Cics Web Services <wsse_handler> DFHWSSE1 with new option <ignore_signature/> to ignore the message signature.

Using CICS Web Services wandering if we could have a <wsse_handler> DFHWSSE1 with on option to ignore the signature and not give an error. Similar to: In provider pipelines only, an optional <reject_signature/> element. If this element...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Support up to 100 chararcters in mapped PLI names when using XML assistant DFHSC2LS / DFHWS2LS

Due to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_4.2.0/com.ibm.cics.ts.applicationprogramming.doc/datamapping/dfhws_wsdl2pli.html the xml assistant DFHSC2LS truncates resulting PLI names to a maximum of 31 characters. But PLI supports u...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Improve Web Service Assistant

The Web Services Assistant DFHWS2LS generates nillabel fields as 2 fields in the high level language definition. One for the field itself and one field attr-nil-xxx-value with X'01' for true and X'00' for false. The utility should generate 88-leve...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration