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Provide ISPF-like sortable statistics in CICS Deployment Assistant view of host datasets

Provide ISPF-like sortable statistics in CICS Deployment Assistant view of host datasets to allow customers to quickly see who last changed a dataset or member, and when.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

CICS Explorer - lacking Datatables View

Customer has started to fully utilise the CICS Explorer with the expectation that everything they can do with the CPSM WUI, they should be able to do with the CICS Explorer. They have discovered that there is not a datatables view in the CICS Expl...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Extra TDQ/JES display function in CICS explorer or RDz.

Create easy way to check the application log output in the CICS or RDz for developers.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

CICS Explorer Customize Columns / Reset Columns

This RFE associated with ongoing 48347 499 000 discussion. Reset Columns is confusing.It should take columns back to baseline definitions whether connected or disconnected in CICS Explorer.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

CICS Explorer - Rational Developer for System Z Relationship

Currently RDz is shipped without a full function version of CICS Explorer. Also, the CICS Explorer version contained in RDz is currently driven by the RDz GA date.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Provide a prompt for the location of the profile created by CICS Explorer

This is opened on behalf of a customer BC BS FL. Provide the ability to select the location of where the CICS Explorer profile is stored.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

Allow Copy/Paste and Export Function on the CICS Explorer Operations Views

Would like to see the following functions added to CICS EXplorer: a. To be able to Copy/Paste the views under the Operations selections, for example the Files view. b. Ability to export the Operations views into a spreadsheet or text file.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer; Provide dataset "favourites" list

Customer in the CICS DA 1.1 beta using CICS Explorer 1.0.1. Under the Datasets tab please provide the option to create a favourites list of Datasets so that the customer does not have to keep scrolling through the list to find the datasets that th...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

"Copy As" or "Save As" funtionality needed for resource editor

Customer is asking for the ability to copy a resource definition and give it a new name.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

Lacking ability to create new files

Request to add function for creating new directories and files
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered