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INFO/INFO2 codes in Config Manager error messages should be documented

Some messages that the CICS Configuration Manager product produces contain codes, referred to as INFO and INFO2 codes, that are not documented and require involvement from IBM support before they can be interpreted, understood, and a solution for ...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Single view for all packages(CM) across all sysplexes

Hi,We can only see all the CICS CM packages that are belongs to a single sysplex. But if we have multiple sysplex environments, it become very difficult to go to each sysplex and check for the CICS CM Package to install every day. This gets compli...
over 8 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Enhance LIMIT parm in the CM report

When we ran CM report job(CCVBMAIN), the region went SOS. We then added the LIMIT parm but it only work if we have less number of CM records. Need a solution that CM should manage the CICS region memory and total number of CM records and finally g...
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Restricting Package creator NOT to approve the same package

We want to restrict the creator of the CM package to approve his own package. This is defeating the purpose of approver option.
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Notify user when large files are corrupted by RSE

On occasion, RSE may corrupt or partially write out large files. Could RSE be enhanced such that, after a file transfer is complete, it performs a checksum on both sides, compares the result, and if corruption is detected, notify the user.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Wizard to import RSE connection definitions, Debug profiles, projects, etc from an old workspace directory.

A lot of user set up is contained in a workspace, it is desirable to be able to import configurations from old workspaces.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Please enhance the Data Level and DECB views

Please enhance the Data Level and DECB views to have a right click "copy block contents to clipboard" action.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Associate FTP connection to CICS CM connection

Associate an FTP and/or z/OSMF connection with a CICS Configuration Manager connection to ensure batch jobs generated by the CICS CM views are submitted to the host z/OS where the CICS CM server is running. Current behavior is for the Submit butto...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Explorer CM Deployment Analysis Report - Export to excel Functionality

Currently we are able to generate CM Deployment Analysis Report using Explorer Plugin. But unable to download/export the data to excel or other formatted.
over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Batch CM Deployment Analysis Report - Additional Functionality

The CM Deployment Batch Report needs the below additional functionalities: 1) Create package with duplicate entries to be deleted (Should identify duplicate entries that are not in use only)2) Create an export file which can be used as input into CM
over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration