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    CICS/RRS support for batch EXCI/NOSYNCHONRETURN connecting to CICS on a different LPAR

    Please add RRS support to CICS for NOSYNCHONRETURN where the batch EXCI job runs on 1 LPAR connecting to CICS on another LPAR.
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    COBOL DISPLAY prefixed by program-id - compile option

    If COBOL developers make DISPLAY in CICS and do not ensure that the DISPLAY-text contains a unique identifier, it can be very difficult to find the programs, that make the DISPLAYs and a lot of parallel DISPLAYs can be a serious performance proble...
    over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

    Support for User-defined functions in programs utilizing SQL

    At the moment it is not possible to compile a COBOL module using "user-defined functions"/"function prototypes" and EXEC SQL. This severely limits the usability of "user-defined functions"/"function prototypes" in system which uses SQL/DB2 as the ...
    10 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Planned for future release

    Improve security processing for TCPIP-services

    In a TCPIPService the authentication method must be specified. Currently there is no support for JSON Web Token (JWT).The TCPIPService definition should be enhanced to support at least JWT or better all types of authentication. And the handling sh...
    over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

    JSON PARSE WITH DETAIL specified at run time

    It would be helpful if WITH DETAIL phrase of JSON PARSE can be enabled/disabled at run time by application logic. We continue to struggle with problem resolution when specific use cases cause unexpected results from web service calls, resulting in...
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    Quiesce CICS before shutdown

    CICS no longer quiesces TCPIPServices as part of SHUTDOWN, which caused a large number of connected clients to terminate when CICS was shutdown. For this RFE we are asking for a more graceful shutdown option.
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

    Access Kafka from CICS

    Provide access to Kafka from / to CICS.
    about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    Set the jobstep return-code for DFHSIP to a higher value than zero when a JVM server in CICS abends

    After an abend of JVMSERVER (timeout) during startup of CICS, CICS ends with RC=0.
    about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Is a defect

    Early Warning System for DFHTS1315 Message in CICS TS

    I would like to propose an enhancement to IBM CICS Transaction Server to introduce an early warning mechanism related to the DFHTS1315 message this situation that may impact performance and system stability. Suggested Improvement: Implement a proa...
    4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    Add command to deallocate file

    Many customers need to close and deallocate files for a certain functionality, i.e. batch-processing during the night. Currently this can be achieved only via 3rd-party-products. The functionality of close, allocate (via SET command) and open is a...
    4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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