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CICS System Policy for Extra Partition TDQ WRITE output, to detect large output TDQ; there is one at Task Level

We have several output TDQ's that get filled with Millions of TDQ Writes; fills up JES Spool; get paged to Close/Open TDQ to SPOOL off. We have PLT process to do this at Midnight; but now they are filling at arbitrary times; we get paged with aler...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

New CICS Explorer View for region SIT parameters

I am forever right mouse clicking on the regions view to obtain the combined SIT options for a region. Then comparing this with another region. It would be good to have a view of its own for region SIT parameters. This would allow us to filter and...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Provide MODESET data in Explorer

We use the WUI to look at MODE information instead of needing to log into hundreds of CICS regions to review this data. We are trying to standardize the using of Explorer and remove the dependency on people using both Explorer and the WUI. Can yo...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

CICS Explorer - Redrive User Logon at MFA Token Expiration

Currently if a user logs on to an LPAR via CICS Explorer (CMCI Connection) he enters an MFA token. If his LPAR connection/session is still active after the MFA Token Expires and the user either refreshes his screen or drives a request for informat...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Is a defect

CICS Explorer Connections Import including Truststore

We currently share connections via plugin_customization.ini zFS .pref file links referenced by a TCPIPSERVICE/URIMAP definition pair. We have a requirement to change the TCPIPSERVICE Defs to SSL=Yes. We really need to be able to pre-configure the ...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS policies - Suspend time policy rule for user task

CICS policies currently don't have an option to take action on an user task based on Suspend time. Even though RTA has this setup , cost of implementing RTA and its process is not as efficient as CICS policies. Hence Im making a request to IBM to ...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Future consideration

CICS Bundles have limited obvious scope for documentation

When creating CICS Bundle in CICS Explorer there initially appears to be very limited scope to include any description or documentation within the bundle itself. A CICS Application Bundle has a description field of up to 255 characters which is no...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer Auto Refresh

Enable CICS Explorer to have Auto Refresh like the CPSM WUI.
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

FTP File Transfer via CICS Explorer

We use ftp file transfer from local pc to z/os environment in daily work and instead of using another product, we want to able to do it via CICS Explorer.
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Future consideration

SYSRESVIEW equivalent in CICS Explorer

We need an equivalent of SYSRESVIEW in WUI for CICS Explorer.
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Future consideration