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DFH$MOLS option to pass all SMF records with EXTEND and decompress DB2 SMF

1. The DFH$MOLS utility EXPAND option uncompresses the SMF 110 Subtype 1 records, but it does not write any other SMF records to its output. An option to pass all input records into the output when EXPAND is specified is needed, and the output mus...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Shared Frame Write For CICS Data Table

This RFE is for an enhancement to the EXEC CICS WRITE to support a SHARED FRAME option for a CICS Data Table write. A SHARED FRAME WRITE would mean that when a program does a WRITE to a CICS data table with the proposed SHARED FRAME option, the un...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 7 Not under consideration

Enhancements of CPSM Samples & missing CPSM API DATATYPE meaning

1. CPSM REXX Samples Using IBM supplied EYU#API1 as an example... XX = EYUAPI('QUERY OBJECT(PROGRAM) THREAD(W_THREAD)' 'RESULT(W_RESULT) DATALENGTH(W_INTO_OBJECTLEN)' 'RESPONSE(W_RESPONSE) REASON(W_REASON)')If XX <> 0 Then Signal UNEXPECTEDI...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Package the infocenter with CICS

We have to go through a convoluted process and even follow a technote to install and use the CICS Infocenter. This a a Z/OS product. The infocenter should be delivered as part of Z/OS with jobs to install and run it. The other HFS parts of CICS ha...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Request to amend CICS compiler to detect undesirable (in HA) commands prior to allowing linkediting.

Certain parts of the CICS API are undesirable in a high-availability environment, for example, those creating region affinities, such as ADDRESS CWA and some enqueues. I would like to see the integrated compiler return an unique non-zero code such...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Create a CICS CBL statement to indicate a COBOL program is threadsafe

Create a CBL statement that can be included in the COBOL source program that indicates the program is threadsafe. At compile/linked time the compiler/linkeditor should detect this CBL statement and indicate that the load module is threadsafe. If r...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Update IBM z/OS CICS related product message manuals to include WTO route and descriptor code information.

In order to provide proactive incident notifications, enable automatic ticket creation and ensure either a human or automated operator is aware of "actionable" z/OS CICS related product events, we need to ensure that all product provided actionabl...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Documented and Supported Interface into the CICS/TS Trace Formatting Routines

There is a need to supply a documented and supported interface into the CICS trace formatting routines. The interface will need the capability to be called either in a batch or on-line environment.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Dump function to browse container data over 32KB for problem determination

Dump function to browse container data over 32KB for problem determination
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Expand the data content of the CICS DLA along with the ability to filter unwanted data.

The CICS DLA currently collects data for 17 resources and only the NAME and LABEL field for each resource. In order to support the change history use case in TADDM, all 35 or so classes needed to be collected along with the attributes of each (min...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

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