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    Please provide a CICS Explorer Operation view for Profile-Definitions

    Hello everyone, In the CICS Explorer you can display the profile definitions under Definitions. Unfortunately, you cannot display the profile definitions under Operations, i.e. the active definitions are not displayed. Is it possible to add this f...
    7 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

    Quiesce CICS before shutdown

    CICS no longer quiesces TCPIPServices as part of SHUTDOWN, which caused a large number of connected clients to terminate when CICS was shutdown. For this RFE we are asking for a more graceful shutdown option.
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

    Access Kafka from CICS

    Provide access to Kafka from / to CICS.
    about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    Set the jobstep return-code for DFHSIP to a higher value than zero when a JVM server in CICS abends

    After an abend of JVMSERVER (timeout) during startup of CICS, CICS ends with RC=0.
    about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Is a defect

    Early Warning System for DFHTS1315 Message in CICS TS

    I would like to propose an enhancement to IBM CICS Transaction Server to introduce an early warning mechanism related to the DFHTS1315 message this situation that may impact performance and system stability. Suggested Improvement: Implement a proa...
    4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    Add command to deallocate file

    Many customers need to close and deallocate files for a certain functionality, i.e. batch-processing during the night. Currently this can be achieved only via 3rd-party-products. The functionality of close, allocate (via SET command) and open is a...
    4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

    Support multiple WSBind directories in CSD WSDIR pipeline definition

    See RFEs 18047 & 14725, delivered with TS 5.2 through application bundles and application versioning. Our need was not met - there is still a need for concatenation of directories in the WSDIR pipeline CSD/RDO definition, specifically in the t...
    almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 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

    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

    Create "Balance" algorithm for CPSM routing

    This algorithm can be a new algorithm, or an enhancement to the QUEUE algorithm, in which CPU utilization information can be considered. Avoiding disasters in existing algorithms, we prefer that a new one should be created. This feature can be ena...
    about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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