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Performance improvements for CICS Webservices Assistant

We use the CICS Webservices Assistant to generate wsdl and wsbind files for legacy mainframe applications. Some of these legacy applications use complex and large structures.This results in complex and large wsdls.Generation of a wsbind for such a...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Not under consideration

Statistcs Report - Please add Total allocates for IRC EXCI Connections

Please add the 'Total Allocates' number field for IRC EXCI connections also like XM/VTAM APPC etc in statistics reports. Currently the field is always zero and not applicable.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Set prefix to IPIC connection

CTG is connecting (IPIC mode) to 3 AOR, same transactions exécuting on this aor with TSQ sharing. Sometimes we have problèms with TSQname (TERMID,TRANID,xxx) because same transaction executing on two AOR with the same termid. We need possibility t...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

SIT parms changed - when become active at warm start

When you change parameters in the CICS SIT, then some parameters become active at CICS warm start (e.g.AKPFREQ) others not (e.g. MAXOPENTCBS). With NEWSIT=YES all paramters get active. Customer wants to know which parameter get active at CICS warm...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CICSPlex Security (CPSMOBJ) - Greater Permission Granularity

Currently the CICSPlex Security (CPSMOBJ) rules are limited with respect to CPSM WLM Resource Administration. The OPERATE CPSM ESM group already allows you to break access down by Type (ie: CONNECT, PROGRAM, etc.) The use case below, contains an e...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to use transaction isolation with the DFHMIRS program

The DFHMIRS program that carries out the request is defined with an EXECKEY of CICS. A CICS-key program has read and write access to CICS-key and user-key storage of its own task and all other tasks, whether or not traniso is active.In summary, th...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Automatic Platform MRO Connections

If you create a Platform in the new Cloud Environment and I add Cics Regions to the Platform, I have to connect every Region by an MRO Connection. This is not very useful, as by connecting the a region to a platform I already know for sure this re...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Not under consideration

Amend CPSM API Install for FILEDEF to allow override values.

When installing a FILEDEF resource using the CPSM API there is currently no way to override values such as the filename either with a specific parameter or via a RASGNDEF. Whereas using the WUI and installing a FILEDEF an override value is allowed...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

restart CKTI instance after MQRC 2373 failure

Currently an instance of the CKTI is terminated when it encounters a MQRC 2373 failure due to a failed WMQ application structure when using shared queues.. Once the structure is successfully recovered we have to manually restart that instance of t...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

SM Short on Storage - alternative design for the Storage Manager Cushions

Another manifestation of PQ61966. New FITS being opened now for each occurrence to track how pervasive this issue actually is. Please see description of problem in existing FITS MR0920023815
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

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