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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...
almost 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...
almost 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.
almost 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
almost 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...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Running the DFHWS2LS utility to generate a requester Web Service using the Java Cache Sharing parameter generates errors:

Will this be corrected in the future (i.e., either remove Java cache sharing from CWA scripts or correct the errors sharing causes).
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Is a defect

Warm rollback of CICS version

We need the information written in CICS catalog to be stored in such a format, regardless of CICS version in use, that alloes the version rollback and the protected resources backout.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

DFHJUP step completes with a code zero although DFHLG0192 error message

When running the DFHJUP utility with OPTION PRINT and selecting a time which is not present in the logstream you end up with the following error messages: DFHLG0192 ERROR IN MVS LOGGER MACRO IXGBRWSE FOR REQUEST START SEARCH MVS LOGGER CODES X'000...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

XPLINK enabled version of the C Socket Library belonging to the IP CICS Socket Interface (part of z/OS Communications Server)

Would you mind considering to supply an XPLINK enabled version of the C Socket Library included in the IP CICS Socket Interface (part of z/OS Communications Server)?And could you please update the CICS Socket Interface documentation by adding a no...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

CPSM to display CICS completed task in user local time instead of GMT time.

Now CICSPLEX SM always showed CICS completed task stop time in GMT instead of user's local time in HISTORY VIEW. It caused inconvenience to user. I wish you would set up a new parameter in CPSM for users to choose GMT or local time for CICS comple...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

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