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New message ID for CF structure usage decreasing

Either modify DFHXQ0411I and DFHXQ0412I, or create separate message IDs analogous to them, except making it clear whether usage is increasing or decreasing
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Link to Liberty CDI Bean Support

We are just implementing an Mail send Routine in CICS Liberty, which should be called from PL/1 and Batch (with EXCI+Container). So fare so good. As the developer now deployed his liberty application it was very curious to see, that the CDI Beans ...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Control level of messages for XML validation

When validation is used for a Web Service, the java code doing the validation is writing lots and lots of messages to STDERR.Please provide a parameter to control the level of output
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Allow COBOL program to get invoked after LOGIN

We are currently using a non-standard ICHRIX02 exit and an old, in-house developed assembler program instead of CSGM/CESN.That is done so the users can get this information after login:xxxxxxxxx ITS325 LAST SYSTEM ACCESS 07.30-10/09/17 xxxxxxxxx C...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Provide initiating program name in XPCFTCH parameter list

In XPCFTCH glue we are interested in the name of the program that issued the LINK or XCTL that the exit is being driven for. You can see related PMR for details, but we tried making XPI call DFHPGISX FUNCTION(INQUIRE_CURRENT_PROGRAM) IGNORE_EXITS(...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

To add container count to DFHEP.CCECONTEXT

Could you please add DFHEP.DATA.nnnnn & DFHEP.NAME.nnnnn contaier count to DFHEP.CCECONTEXT container
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Use x'4040404040404040' instead x'0000000000000000' in field JVM SERVER

CICS is initializing and does SYSTEM AUTOINSTALL for LE modules. One second later a PLTPI program deletes some of these modules like, CEEEV000, CEEEV001, CEEEV002, CEEEV007, CEEEV008, CEEEV009, CEEEV012, CEEEV013, CEEEV014, CEEEV015, CEEEV016, CEE...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

CICS Install job DFHDEFDS should allocate DFHTEMP and DFHINTRA with secondary extents or at least provide comments

The CICS installation process only allocates a primary space for the DFHTEMP and DFHINTRA in the DFHDEFDS job which creates the datasets. Allocating extents should be an option in the Define step or at least commented in the job. Often, once the d...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Using variables in the DSNAME field of Library RDO.

We want to use variables in the DSNAME fields of LIBRARY RDO.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

CICS Channel and Conatiner - Managing High number of Containers

Customer is developing a solution that require a very high number of CICS containers stored into a single channel. These data are retrieved from a DB2 table and send back to a WAS Java program running on z/OS through CTG. The developers consider t...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered