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    Support for User-defined functions in programs utilizing SQL

    At the moment it is not possible to compile a COBOL module using "user-defined functions"/"function prototypes" and EXEC SQL. This severely limits the usability of "user-defined functions"/"function prototypes" in system which uses SQL/DB2 as the ...
    10 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Planned for future release

    CICS Policy: Add new System Rule to monitor LU62 connections.

    CICS policies currently have the ability to monitor and perform action on MRO and IPIC connection status but lacking the ability to monitor LU62 connection which RTA has the capability of doing so. We have business application that still rely on L...
    almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

    Automated build process for CICS Web Services (wsbind files), XML Transforms (xsdbind files) and JSON Transforms (jsbind files)

    We are working on modernizing our environment by transitioning to an CI/CD Pipeline in conjunction with a modern source code management tool. Currently there is no ability to automate the build of CICS Web Services, XML transform and JSON transfor...
    almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

    JSON PARSE WITH DETAIL specified at run time

    It would be helpful if WITH DETAIL phrase of JSON PARSE can be enabled/disabled at run time by application logic. We continue to struggle with problem resolution when specific use cases cause unexpected results from web service calls, resulting in...
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    Using CICS Policies to check if terminal connections have been acquired

    Currently we use CPSM RTA extensively. We are going through a program of review and replacement, mainly with CICS Policies. However, CICS Policies do not check for Terminal Connection Acquired to CICS and so we cannot replace this yet. CICS Polici...
    about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

    start debugging in second program called by CALL

    It is not currently possible to configure the debugger to start in a program other than the first in the chain (as is possible with other debuggers) if the first program calls the second with CALL and not with EXEC CICS LINK. It would be very usef...
    7 months ago in COBOL Compilers / Linux 1 Planned for future release

    Add functionality to DFHCSDUP to allow for features available in CEDA online transaction such as CHECK.

    There are features available in CEDA/B/C transactions that are not available with the DFHCSDUP utility program. Most times we make a copy of a CSD for a new environment and then make changes to groups and lists via batch job with utility DFHCSDUP....
    over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

    Having the ability to run different Kafka consumer threads under unique CICS transaction IDs & USERIDs

    We have a microservice running in CICS Liberty which is listening on a Kafka topic.We are causing a CICS task to be bound to the thread to give us better visibility/security/control. We have configured the following in the jvmprofile to enable us ...
    4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

    Handle abend when using JSON GENERATE statement

    We are facing an issue when using the JSON GENERATE cobol statement with cobol variables containing incorrect value. For exemple, in the case of a numeric variable containing spaces, the order triggers an ASRA abend and the generated json buffer i...
    over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

    Modify PIPESCAN mechanism similar to PHASEIN

    Hi, customer is having some problems during PIPESCAN process when the CICS workload is too high. While the webservice is updating, if the webservice is in use, as the process is not able to free the used resource, the update process could take sev...
    over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

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