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    Delay processing of CINB save to VSAM function.

    We want to run the collector for a time period then pause without incurring the overhead of CINB writing to VSAM until later in the day when it is quieter.
    almost 11 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

    CICS IA Support SQL Insert for DB2 LUW

    CICS IA DB2 UDB support assumes that the data must be transferred to LUW and special scripts will be executed to import/load the data into the data base. There is no method on how to run batch jobs on z/OS to directly query DB2 UDB or load the dat...
    about 11 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

    Datacom support

    Our team uses CA-Datacom as a database for CICS applications. CICS IA does not track CICS applications that are making database queries/changes to Datacom.
    about 11 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

    CICS Plugin Bit Pattern Queries

    There are a variety of CICS applications that are using interfaces that are not supported by CICS IA. The ability to use the query tool to build / report on the occurrence of bit patterns within load modules would greatly enhance the functionality...
    about 11 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

    CICS IA Customization clist needs to provide a DB2 configuration option to comment out REORG TABLESPACE in generated SQL

    After applying CICS IA maintenance, it is often required to re-run the CICS IA Customization clist to re-generate members. For the DB2 configuration, SQL members, for example CIULOADC (and many others) end with a 'REORG TABLESPACE'. At this site, ...
    about 11 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

    Enhance the CICS IA Explorer Plug-in to provide the capability to delete collected affinity data

    The CICS IA Explorer (v5.1) Plug-in allows users to delete dependency data by collection id. There is no equivalent capability in the Explorer to delete collected affinity data..
    about 11 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

    Limiting the number of trace files in Performance Analyzer

    System: z/TPF Toolkit Performance Analyzer Actor: Program developers using the Toolkit PA Description: It's possible for Performance Analyzer (PA) to run a whole heck of a lot of times if the program(s) being analyzed for a given registration entr...
    over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

    Allow HLASM to run on an x86 Linux server

    Currently the HLASM build only works on a Linux system running on a zSeries mainframe, this restriction means we must purchase an IFL and mainframe storage to run just one Linux server, the TPF Toolkit guest.This IFL runs on the same hardware as o...
    over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

    Toolkit Custom Dataset Handler

    We have a 'custom dataset handler' plugin for our TPF Toolkit at Amadeus. It reads the program and version in the object file and therefore locates the correct source file in the Folder that is given. It handles a format like below (for program ST...
    over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

    Data Binding for XML and JSON

    The standard industry approach to handling JSON and XML payloads is to use a data binding solution (has objects that serialize and deserialize XML or JSON streams directly). Data Bindling objects are compiled from message specifications e.g. XSD f...
    over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

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