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    Keep Array Counter Fields in Response

    The Array Count-by option to limit the number of records in an array provides a large performance increase, however there is a trade-off that you always lose that field from the data area itself. I request that the field used to count the number o...
    over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

    z/OS Connect to offer API's with content secured with digital signatures

    We want to have the ability in z/OS Connect to use signing of outbound API requests and signature verification of inbound API requests.
    almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

    Alternative response message structures in z/OS Connect

    Response messages from transactions have not always the same structure. It is common to use a field telling the invocating application which structure to use for the variable part of the message. Currently it is not possible to handle such kinds o...
    almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

    enable wildcards in policy condition values

    We would like the ability to use wildcard characters within a policy condition for example: <conditions> <header name="imstran" value="TRAN%A" /> </conditions> Where % is a single character wild card. This would be beneficial for...
    about 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

    Add affected service and IMS system to IMS Service Provider error messages in z/OS Connect

    As of today when an IMS transaction service in z/OS Connect runs into a problem because the invoked transaction abends, doesn't respond in time or is stopped respectively the transaction cannot be invoked because of unsufficient authorization, z/O...
    about 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

    Add zCEE Requester support for text/plain responses

    zCEE Requester currently only supports JSON responses. Please add support for text/plain responses.
    over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

    File system logger on Api Requesters

    Actually file system logger interceptor are available only for ApiProviders and Services. Is it possible to add this function for ApiRequesters ?.
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Future consideration

    Config to limit Thread or Connection usage at API/URL level

    We have had multiple high severity incidents where degradation of one service for reasons such as latency, looping, database contentions, deadlocks etc ends up quickly (in matter of seconds) exhausting all available threads within z/OS Connect the...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

    Provide meaningful error messages for z/OS Connect and API toolkit problems

    Currently z/OS Connect provides for a lot of configuration errors, RACF and Unix System Services problems neither an error message in the JES Job Log nor an error message in the messages.log. Often the only way to get an impression of what may be ...
    almost 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Not under consideration

    Control asyncRequestTimeout on API or Service level

    Currently it is only possible to set the asyncRequestTimeout parameter on a server level within the zosconnect_zosConnectManager element. We keep the value for this default rather low to have some protection against misbehaving programs. For most...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

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