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Group and List operations impossible with CICS Explorer

- Impossible to do an APPEND LIST to an inexistent LIST (in order to create a new list based upon an old one) - While doing and ADD GROUP(xxx) to LIST(yyy), it's not possible to specify AFTER or BEFORE an other Group - Impossible to copy a whole g...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

allow Filter concatenation with AND and OR logical operations

allow advanced filtering by concatenation of filters using AND and OR logical operators
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

implement RTA in CICS Explorer

implement the definition of RTA events in CICS Explorer
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Need option to copy connections and userids when creating new CICS Explorer workspace

When creating a new work space in CICS explorer, user is given the option to copy the work bench layout and the working sets but not the connections or users meaning that they have to be manually entered again when using the new work space.
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Event Processing Diagnostic Mode

This was MR0316112559 in the FITS system, Submitted 03/16/2011...... Bank of America would like the ability to trace or do some problem determination when they deploy an "Event" and it either fails to work or there is a problem with the deployment...
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

CICS EXPLORER Colouring background of views

As discussed in several talks with IBM , we would like to have the CICS Explorer views backgrounds coloured in the following manner : Give each view of the CICS Explorer its own Background Colour depending on its function : CICS Operation function...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

compare resources

Provide a mechanism to compare multiple resources and highlight the differences. It would be very useful to be able to easily compare multiple different resources between the two regions.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer Print Button/Function

A PRINT function, in CICS Explorer would be very handy. to send a 'printer friendly' view to a printer.
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Not under consideration

Copy files/members/datasets across system and sysplex borders with z/OS Explorer

Copy files/members/datasets across system and sysplex borders with z/OS Explorer
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - WLMSPEC View Currently too easy to create a System Generated Resource Name

Within the current WLMSPEC Detail View it is too easy for a user to accidently create a System Generated Resource Name
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Not under consideration