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Auto install Web Service in CICS at first invocation

Auto install of web service in CICS first time it is invoked to avoid all Web Services to be installed at start of CICS.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICSPlex wide support TRANCLASS

TRANCLASS definitions should be able to be defined as CICSPlex wide, rather than only region wide. This would ensure that the MAXACTIVE value is for the entire CICSPlex.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Request CICS Web services dynamic pas language PL/1 or Cobol

Web service request Web Services are either PL/1 or cobol. Enhance to pas the language dynamically to allow one Web Service to handle both.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Allow URIMAP endpoint overlay with pooling capability intact

The pooling feature of URIMAPs is highly efficient compaired to no-reuse of threads in Cics webservices. Having many different webservices being called FROM cics we would not be able to benefit from the pooling capability - unless Cics could open ...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

SOAP and conversion services errors using EBCDIC in Cics

All the possible code point coming in from i.e. Datapower in UTF8 can't be supported in Cics. The un-supported code points will be converted to x'3F' via conversion services by default. If a round trip of x'3F' is made then it will by default be c...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

report of all OSGi bundle dependencies currently running

Provide a method to query the running environment on the list report of all dependencies of enabled OSGi bundles.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Enhance transaction channel to get container which put in the DPL linked program

ICBC plans to use transaction channel to pass their parameters in a transaction. However in a DPL case, if the transaction channel is created in the linked program, it can't return it to the linker program, which wants to use it.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support Transaction Channel on VTAM

ICBC plans to use the function of transaction channel in their product to pass the parameter between programs linked in one transaction. And they are using DPL on VTAM connections, which is not supported by the transaction channel. They need the t...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add support for MySQL to Dynamic Scripting 2.0

Please add support for the MYSQL extensions that enable PHP success to a MySQL server.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS access to SIT suffix used

We have some CICS code that displays CICS startup info, that is used for debugging. One of the fields we display was the SIT suffix. Prior to TS5.2, we would get the CSASITBA address from the CSA and subtract a few bytes to see the DFHSIT eyecatch...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

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