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Stop/Quiesce Shared TS Servers in a controlled manner

There is currently no facility to quiesce activity in Shared TS servers in order to shut them down in a controlled manner. A CANCEL command is required to stop Shared TS servers.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support for 'dynamic' JSON content (same as exists for XML)

Please add support for 'dynamic' content within a JSON RESTful API payload. This would be conceptually then same as the existing support for dynamic SOAP XML content (which uses the 'xsd:any' XML schema type). This may require the JSON Assistant t...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add R/W interceptor

The CICS and IMS applications at the bank have a built-in security check that uses the user ID to determine what actions and data access are allowed. The bank has created a bridge application at the mid-tier level to supply the security user (a SA...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CQS display commands should show also the EMC usage

Commands /CQQ STATISTICS STRUCTURE ALL and QRY STRUCTURE SHOW(ALL) should show also the number of allocated and currently used EMC in a way similar to the one used in the output of message IXC585E :*IXC585E STRUCTURE DFSCQSMSGQSP IN COUPLING FACIL...
about 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

Parallel TPIPE support for IMS TM RA

Problem:Currently when defining an ActivationSpec for an IMS Callout MDB it is only possible to specify the same TPIPE once, although IMS V14 supports multiple Resume TPIPEs to a single TPIPE, which are then served in round robin fashion.So curren...
almost 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Single Sign On with SAML and Microsoft AD in HACP EE

Single Sign On with SAML:Provide a single sign on feature in HACP EE with SAML as the protocol and Microsoft AD as the directory server.LDAP is used as a protocol of choice for on-prem authentication for tools like HOD.HACP EE is a web application...
about 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Not under consideration

Support LDAP with Microsoft AD for HOD

Support data store in Microsoft AD using LDAP for HOD.Currently it is already supported for IBM LDAP Server.
about 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Not under consideration

RDz client should bring EXEC SQL INCLUDEs in addition to COPY statement files when "Show Expanded Source" is selected.

In RDz client 9.5 when a COBOL program is brought into COBOL editor, selecting "Show Expanded Source" does not bring in the EXEC SQL INCLUDEs. It only brings the files indicated by COPY statements.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Dignus 2.20 Compiler Support

Add support for the Dignus 2.1 Compiler. It contains a number of improvements and features that we are keen to leverage including improved hardware support and optimizations that we provided to the Dignus team.
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Generate messages during emergency restart showing indoubt systems that should be restarted.

Please generate a message during emergency restart that shows any related CICS regions or subsystems that must be started to resolve all indoubt UOWS during the emergency restart.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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