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Explorer

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Support CICSPlex/SM Application Scopes in CICS explorer

With CICSPlex/SM BAS functionality it is possible to define resources, which will be installed in CICS. And it is also possible to specify an application scope for these resources.<br />In the operations views in the CPSM WUI it is possible ...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Support for SFTP Mainframe Connection in CICS Explorer

Company standards require mainframe connections to use SFTP. Today CICS Explorer supports FTP and FTP SSL/TLS but not SFTP.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Reduce amount of manual input for program definitions in an APP. Bundle

When Creating Application bundles it is very common to have close to 1 hundred programs, and manually entering all the program's values, is very time consuming!
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Formalize Delivery of JWS Deployment Option

Currently the CICS Explorer JWS Deployment Option is delivered via DeveloperWorks, in principle like a SupportPac. We would like it's delivery to be formalized
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer JWS Deployment - Ability to package a JRE in the .jnlp file

We would like the ability to package the JRE in the JWS .jnlp file for CICS Explorer Deployment
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

POST ICE to show transaction id

For any request type ICE type POST, the TransID is not displayed in CICS Explorer - please display to show like Omegamon does
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Explorer does not fix file buffers after a files strings are updated

When you do a copy of a file definition in CE and you change the strings it does NOT fix the buffers, but doing it through CEDA does, is there a reason why?
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Ability for CICS Explorer Administrators to disable default Menu Options and Perspectives.

Specifically we would like our CICS Explorer Administrator to be able to modify the default .exe file such that the “FILE” Menu “Switch Workspace” option was disabled. This is critical for CICS Explorer Deployments where the .exe file is shared an...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

PL/1 Pointer support creating CICS Business Events

The Customer has been running a PoC for creating CICS Business Events to be emitted to IBM Business Monitor. Unfortunately The customer are using pointers in their Commarea instead of data, so building the Events using CICS Explorer dows not work....
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

Add 64-bit CICS Explorer for Linux

Currently,IBM CICS Explorer for Linux is 32-bit only. If running a "pure" 64-bit Linux operating system (OS), such as "Slackware for the x86_64 architecture", or Slackware64 for short (see http://www.slackware.com/), the current CICS Explorer for ...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration