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CICSPlex SM WUI. Detailed information about the cascade removal procedure during the "CICS system definition" deletion.

When a "CICS system definition" is removed, some of its related resources are also excluded. There is a message advising this procedure ("WARNING. For this definition type, removal will cascade through related associations"). Customer asked us the...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CICSPlex SM WUI. A WUI view to show the groups with no resources or components.

This request is a complement of the RFE ID 22583. Customer would like a view that show the groups with no resources or components, like resource groups without resource definitions or CICS system groups without CICS system definitions.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Support 'Set File Close Empty' of quiesced RLS files

This is requesting "SET FILE CLOSE EMPTY" support for quiesced RLS files. This is to facilitate the reuse of allocated space for VSAM RLS files without the need for duplicate FCT entries (RLS and non-RLS), and the manipulation of them. (i.e. close...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Be able to configure the precedence of a MRO (mainly) or ISC connection over an IPCONN with the same name

Customer has requested an option that allows to configure the precedence of a MRO (mainly) or ISC connection over an IPCONN with the same name.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

BAS target/related regions can not currently overlap.

The customer would like to let BAS install more of their resource definitions. They have 250+ MASes servicing hundreds of applications.They already have a number of CICS System Groups defined.The problem they have is that when they attempt to inst...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Provide Identity Progagation support to CICS Business Event

CICS Business Event provides adapter to drive the event payload to other application environments or programs with an header described by DFHEPFEO. For some of adpaters could be possible set advanced option to add the User ID , could be interestin...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

install transaction base on template

ICBC wants a method to autoinstall transaction base on template. Their application architect is request comes into TOR through IP socket, then IP socket listener starts a remote transaction which is routed to AOR. Most of the transactions in AOR u...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Create the ability to delete TSQs at a specific time

Create the ability to delete CICS TSQs at a specific time
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 9 Not under consideration

Reduction of EXEC CICS ADDRESS EIB from module CEECCICS

With z196 the CPU propotion of the module DFHEIP increased a lot. I already opened an PMR 47174/035/724 and an RFE requirement for this with the id 19307. But in parallel we investigate how to reduce the EXEC CICS instructions from our application...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Request for WLM Response Time Goal classification capability of authorized mirrored transactions invoked from a child server

Customer has architected a transaction flow that enters CICS (from Tandem) to a child server region over a TCP/IP connection. The CS then invokes an authorized mirrored transaction (TAN2) via a DPL link call. The work associated with TAN2 is only ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration