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Extend the EXEC CICS API to provide 'Named Storage' (SHARE Requirement SSCICS11002)

Currently CWA storage is used to anchor SHARED storage acquired by an EXEC GETMAIN FLENGTH(length) SHARED. This solution cause headaches managing the CWA usage. Having Names for storage areas is a MVS and Unix concept needed in ever increasing com...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS Should Show LE Release Level at Startup

When CICS starts up and initializes LE it should write a message with the version and release of LE that is being used. This would facilitate problem determination by making the release of LE easy to find.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Requester Pipelines forced to code Handler program to alter Container data

Customer is requesting CICS Web Services to be more flexible in allowing applications to alter the contents of the containers DFHPIPM initializes at the start of a Pipeline. The current design validly places this ability into the system programmer...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS TECHNIQUE TO SEND HTTP OUTBOUND USING THE SPECIFIC LOGICAL IP ADDRESS.

The customer has a CICSTS32 acting as an " HTTP client " and using WEB OPEN API. So cics is working as a client doing a HTTP request toan external server . For that cics system uses the default IP address of the stack which is a phisical IP addres...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Obtain the MNI_ENTRY FIELD information in the Identity Class record for a given performance cla

Obtain the MNI_ENTRY FIELD information (distingushed name and realm) in the Identity Class record for a given performance class record. In reading IBMs PDF titled October 2009 beta - identity propagation documentation, I have a question regarding ...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhancements to web services assistent (GSE Requirement GGCIC07013)

The web services assistent must be able to support standard COBOL or PL/1 features like redefines structures etc.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

The Need for a Freeze and Thaw Transaction

CICS could use a freeze and thaw transaction or CEMT function for an operator intervention to stop and restart a transaction. For example, a transaction has collected 30 minutes of CPU time over the day in a production environment. It now owns clo...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Performance and the NQ Domain

As the number of enqueues increase for a specific enqueue type such as EXECSTRN, the number of hash collisions increase. As the number of enqueues increase each enqueue / dequeue request demands more CPU and takes longer to complete. Delays in the...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add EVENT and FROM keywords to the EXEC CICS ABEND command (SHARE Requirement SSCICS09016)

Add EVENT and FROM keywords to the EXEC CICS ABEND function, this would allow the CICS application programmer to give a text reason for why they thought this ABEND was necessary, without requiring another CICS command such as: EXEC CICS SIGNAL EVE...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide an option in CICS TS (as a WEBSERVICE requester) to use a JMS message type of jms_text instead of existing jms_bytes

Currently CICS TS 4.1 when acting a webservice requester ( EXEC CICS INVOKE WEBSERVICE) and using MQ transport, CICS specifies a JMS message type of jms_bytes."We are testing a CICS outbound web service (implemented on a Unix platform). For this s...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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