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Make CICS Explorer "Managed Windows" View Scope Behaviour consistent with Regions View

CICS Explorer view Managed Regions shows the CPSM status of defined CICS regions in the CICS Plex with details such as whether connected, CPSM level and which CMAS they are connected to. The context of this view does not always change when selecti...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

SIT parameters in a table view

The ability to see system initialization parameters in a table view for the entire plex, rather than per region.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Add ability to perform actions in Aggregated Explorer Views

I am using the CICS Regions view in CICS Explorer for illustration but, to my knowledge, this applies to all Explorer aggregated views. With multiple CICS regions selected, performing a right click gives a selection list of actions that can be per...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer view "CMAS Details" needs extending

CICS Explorer view "CMAS Details" only shows a single CMAS based on which one is selected in the CMAS Explorer view. Having to select each CMAS in turn to view or perform actions against is time consuming.
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

New Event Processing - System Event - Terminal monitoring

EP System Event for Terminals
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

READQ TS with CicsExplorer

Today when right-clicking a TS-Queue in CicsExplorer I can select the actions 'Open', 'Delete' or 'Copy'. I would be very useful if there were an action 'Readq' (like CECI READQ), to show the content of a TS-Queue item.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Perspective Import/Export

Ability to Import/Export Individual CICS Explorer (installation defined) Perspectives
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Add EYUVC1294W (Region Timeout) Information Detail

Currently if a region in a Plex is having an issue that causes either a GUI display or CPSM Batch API timeout the WUI displays a EYUVC1294W message that details which region is causing the problem. We do not have a messagelike that in CICS Explore...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer needs full "import/export" capability

CICS Explorer should have the ability to retrieve/"download" bundle definitions (in fact, all definitions) from a live, running region (presumably from the CSD or CPSM repository) in a format that would allow the bundle to be edited/revised and re...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer Event binding editor import data structure should support all valid COBOL picture strings

CICS Explorer 5.5 Event Binding editor cannot successfully import a COBOL language structure that contains an embedded '.' (decimal point) character in a zoned decimal field. Example:05 WS-COST PIC ZZZ.99.Such a picture string is valid in COBOL 6 ...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration