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Enable CPSM EYU9XLOP as threadsafe in CICS

Need CPSM routing code (EYU9XLOP) to run threadsafe in routing region
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Uncaptured wait time for CICS webservices

We are seeing a high uncaptured wait time for webservice attach tasks.This time should be captured and recorded in the CICS SMF 110 Performance class record. An auxtrace has shown that the uncaptured time is spent suspended waiting for resource 'R...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Allow setting USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) in IPCONN without SSL

We have some SYSPLEX in our Company and we would like to connect CICS regions belonging to different SYSPLEX via IPIC not using SSL, but with the USERAUTH(IDENTIFY) option in order to know the RACF userid that originates the transaction.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Webservice should fail on missing required field

Webservice should reject the request if a field, which is marked as required, is not specified on the request.
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Support tolerant reader principle with CICS web services

In various systems the tolerant reader principle as specified by Postel's Law is used as a design principle. Currently CICS will not accept items which are not specified in the current schema of a web service.Please provide a function or parameter...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS Counter API needs ability to list counters defined

The CICS Counter (and DCounter) APIs, give users the following commands: DEFINE COUNTER and DEFINE DCOUNTERDELETE COUNTER and DELETE DCOUNTERGET COUNTER and GET DCOUNTERQUERY COUNTER and QUERY DCOUNTERREWIND COUNTER and REWIND DCOUNTERUPDATE COUNT...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Automatic acquire for IPIC HA connections

We connected a CICS client in a sysplex to a cluster of TORs in another sysplex with IPIC HA. When one of the TORs fails for any reason, the connection with the other TOR is not automatically acquired. We had to implement an automation routine to ...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Enable the use of ALLOCATE/SEND/RECEIVE/CONVERSE type commands across an IPConn similar to LU61/2 connections.

We currently have applications in CICS that invoke transactions in IMS across LU61 and LU62 connections and receive the responses from those transactions. There is a push to convert these connections to IPConns. The LU61 command sequence is: ALLO...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

New CICSPlex SM routing algorithm

We are not able to manage our online workload in an efficient way by using the CICSPlex SM Sysplex Optimized Workload Routing. If we use QUEUE/LNQUEUE algorithm, performance objectives defined in WLM are not being taken into consideration for rout...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

Method to allow users to issue CEMT SET yet not CEMT PERFORM

We have promotion software which will be used to issue CEMT S PROG(*) NEWCOPY. In reviewing the RACF resource classes for CEMT, UPDATE access is required to issue CEMT SET. However, it appears that UPDATE access to CEMT also allows CEMT PERFORM. W...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

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