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make the tn3270 tcp address available using exec cics inquire terminal

we are running with autoinstall of tn3270 terminals. we need to be able to supply to some of our applications the tcpip address of the terminal that initiated the task. this information as available in the TCTTE in a field called TCTE_TPADDR. Maki...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Extend functions of program DFHDPLOY

DFHDPLOY ist a very effective way to refresh bundles in CICS using the CPSM API. It provides a perfect way to do this for a whole CICSPlex, or defined groups of systems.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

use dynamic substitution for group and list in the CSD

provide variables for list and groups names plus resource definitions within the CSD then allow dynamic substitution of those variables at CICS startup and resource install
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 6 Delivered

CICS DFHEIENT R13 as CODEREG

When coding an assembler command level CICS program, although there is nothing stop a programmer from coding R13 as a, or one of the, CODEREG registers (unless perhaps using the LEASM option). However, using R13 as a CODEREG is not valid, as the p...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

Option to suppress DFHHC0102I msg if customer doesn't use Health Checker

When customer starts CICS, he gets DFHHC0102I message. We understand the message is recorded when CICS TS for z/OS tries to register with the z/OS Health Checker. But customer doesn't use z/OS Health Checker, so this message is always recorded whe...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

Need MQ shared message consumption to be responsive to CICSplex workload balancing signals

We have two MQ application patterns which are unresponsive to workload balancing. Pattern 1 An application 1) reads a message from a shared MQ queue, 2) starts a new CICS transaction to process the message, and 3) return to step 1. The application...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

RACF GROUPID in EXEC CICS VERIFY PASSWORD

We would like that EXEC CICS VERIFY PASSWORD has the capability to specify GROUPID so that passtickets composed with CICS APPLID and RACF GROUPID can be supported without the need for an artificial terminal task to perform a SIGNON..
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Provide method to identify CSD's maintenance level.

Provide a way to examine a DFHCSD file, and determine the version, release and maintenance level of the file. As part of rolling out RSU maintenance to our CICS reigons, there is usually a hold action requirement to run the DFHCSDUP program agains...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

Client IP address and port enhancement for CTG on z/OS transactions

IP addresses and ports of CICS transactions coming from CTG on z/OS are unavailable in DFHCICS 372 (SMF 110). We can get the addresses from CTG log, but that is hard to report on. We can turn on CTG request exit to get more information, that's an ...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Delivered

CICS Web Services Assistent option for generated COBOL from fractionDigits in XML

Add extra options in DFHWS2LS (and this would apply to RDz wizard as well) to influence to generated code for xml decimals with franctionDigit and totalDigits. We would like to be able to choose between generation options: 1 The current situation ...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

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