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show the transactions which is using the program

When set program phasein, if the program is in use, CICS will load the new load module for all the new program call. But the tasks running still use the old load module till all the tasks which are using this program end. Current there is no way t...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Restore previous API status after z/OS Connect restart

When restarting z/OS Connect it starts every API which has been deployed to it not matter if it was started or stopped before the shutdown. We would like z/OS Connect to restore the status an API had before the shutdown.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Formatter doesn't work as expected

The Formatter for PL/I programs only works when programs are preprocessed because of our internal prepro-macros.Sometimes literals are set to upper-case!
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 6 Not under consideration

Thread Safety for PL/I programs with CICS IA

For PL/I programs compiled with RENT option, CICS IA cannot correctly attribute the EXEC CICS commands to the actual program. In fact, CICS IA attributes all EXEC CICS commands to program CEEEV003. This limitation should be relieved.
over 7 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

RDZ needs to support panels and groups for use with SDF2

Uploading RDz changes into SDF II. Want CICS screen changes made in RDz able to be loaded into SDF II libraries to keep code consistent. This will allow users to make CICS screen coding changes in SDF II and RDZ. This means RDz needs to support pa...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Add sysdebug support to IDz 14 standard mode

IDz V14 standard mode does not use SYSDEBUG file - only Listing . SYSDEBUG file is used by LE too so its definitely created where a listing is not always created
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

override signout notification for CARMA/CA Endevor pannels

when working on a CA endeavor Element using Carma , the developer can indicate "override signout" to override another user signout on that element. this can be used to view or edit an element. How ever the override option is "remembered" by the cl...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Provide a Global User Exit point for program termination.

Currently CICS provides the GLUE XPCFTCH which is given control before an application program is executed. Various IBM and ISV products use this to get control to build an environment for their code to use.However, there is no corresponding exit p...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS PA and ODM Metrics within CICS

Within CICS Performance Analyzer is the capability to view the components that make up the response time of a transaction. As an example, I can determine how much time was spent in DB2, in MQ and other subsystems that CICS uses to complete a unit ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Agricultural Bank of China has a new requirement of service class re-classification.

System: CICS TSActor: User needing new feature of service class re-classification. Description :MRO connection is set up between TOR and AOR. There is a long running task in TOR receiving request from front end. When the long running task receives...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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