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    Enable JCICS to be mocked easily for unit testing

    We need the ability to easily mock the JCICS framework to drive unit testing requirements.
    over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

    New RACF messages indicating Next Token mode

    Background - We are migrating from CA Top Secret to IBM RACF, here at our site. We are also migrating from CA AAM to IBM MFA. Under CA Top Secret, we enter "RSA Next Token Mode" after failing 3 attempts to logon. The CA Top Secret throws messages ...
    almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 9 Future consideration

    Extension of NEWC in CICS

    We need an extension to CEMT SET PROGRAM(*) NEWCOPY. It should be possible that that this command could be restricted to a certain dataset or LIBRARY e.g. CEMT SET PROGRAM(*) NEWCOPY DSN('A.B.C') or CEMT SET PROGRAM(*) NEWCOPY LIB(ABC).
    about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

    CEDA ADD GROUP( ) LIST( ) FIRST or LAST Attribute

    We only have 2 options when we ADD group to List in CSD, i.e BEFORE and AFTER.It if difficult wjen you working on huge projects like 200 existing lists, which already contains groups.Ex: If we want to add DB2CONN group in list, it should be added ...
    almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    Support tolerant reader principle with CICS web services

    In various systems the tolerant reader principle as specified by Postel's Law is used as a design principle. Currently CICS will not accept items which are not specified in the current schema of a web service.Please provide a function or parameter...
    over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    Allow using regular expression matching in system/application policy/event filtering

    Allowing the use of regular expression matching in all types of policy/event filtering rules would significantly enhance the ability to create filtering criteria specific to targeted work.
    about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    Interlanguage Calls (ILC) between Java and COBOL, which allow to use the same Working Storage via different ILC calls of one COBOL program

    We are modernizing our application and during this process the programs are migrated from COBOL to Java. Because it is not possible to do this in one big step, we do it component by component in many small steps. This requires that ICLs work well....
    almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Automatic acquire for IPIC HA connections

    We connected a CICS client in a sysplex to a cluster of TORs in another sysplex with IPIC HA. When one of the TORs fails for any reason, the connection with the other TOR is not automatically acquired. We had to implement an automation routine to ...
    over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

    Using CICS policies to replace RTA functionality (Monitoring TDQ Count)

    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 currently check TDQ Count, so we cannot replace this yet. CICS Policies do check for similar ...
    about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

    CPSM - Must be able to recover isolated CMAS without restarting address spaces

    Currently, whenever a CMAS becomes isolated for whatever reason it is not possible to restore ("un-isolate") the CMAS without restarting one or more address spaces. Similar situations occur whenever a CMAS/CMAS link (MRO) fails for any reason. Rec...
    over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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