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be able to get channel DFHTRANSACTION in JCICS

in JCICS there is a Task.getTask().getChannel("DFHTRANSACTION"); in the doc it say The named Channel object if it exists, or null if it does not. The named channel will only be returned if it is the current channel, or if it was previously created...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

When a task/process fails for ZCPYS we would like a secondary output that shows the first child error to be included with the REST respnose

when a process fails for a ZCPYS we get a generic IWNR1027E error message that states <task> has completed with one or more errors. This doesnt tell the host operator any information, usually resulting in tickets being generated and calls be...
11 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Pass abending program to CICS Policy system Transaction abend EP adapter

In CICS Policy system rule Transaction abend the abending program should be passed to the EP adapter transaction/program in a DFHEP.DATA.nnnnn container.
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

dynamic update of a policy without stopping CDP started tasks.

Today, when we update a policy, we have to stop start SDE, LF and DS to activate the changes. It's not acceptable in a production environment.
about 6 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 2 Delivered

NOLAXNESTED behavior modification

The NOLAXNESTED compiler option should just prevent code in a proc and nested procs to be intermixed.The rule should be that the code in a proc forms a single 'block'. Case 1 : All nested procs AFTER the code => Acceptable a: proc; dcl (x,y,z) ...
11 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Delivered

Improve COBOL OFFSET report usability

Without the OPTIMIZE option in earlier versions (or with OPT(0)), the location of the first instruction generated for each statement could then be used when debugging a failing program to accurately deduce the COBOL statement that was being proces...
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Delivered

More user roles & access control (2): customerized roles

customerized roles for more advanced mgmt
6 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Delivered

PLT TABLES LOADED DURING THE STARTUP. NOT COMPILED.

Our Macys customer have over 400 regions, each using it's own PLT PI and PLT SD. During an upgrade, we have to compile over 800 PLT tables, which is very time consuming. Plus we have an extra work to document and keep track of all the PLTs to know...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Large PIC9 fields not managed by z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit

The int type in Java can be used to represent any whole number from -2147483648 to 2147483647.Invocation of APIs fails when API is created using z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit from COPY vith big PIC9 fields.Swagger must be manually updated inserting ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Include TLS Level information in CICS performance data record

Currently for CICS regions that is not relying on TCPIP for security, the CICS performance data does not have the TLS level information that was selected during SSL Handshake for the incoming web requests. The CICS performance data should be exten...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

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