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Add the ability to obtain ODO counter with the JSON PARSE statement

It would be really useful to us to be able to parse dynamic JSON arrays into ODO COBOL tables, with the JSON PARSE statement giving us the number of actual occurrences filled. Ideally by automatically update the ODO counter. It would also be very ...
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DFHDPLOY without the need of CPSM (CMAS)

Use the DFHDPLOY / UNDPLOY utility without the need of being into a CICSPLEX architecture.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

PPRC to XRC Load Address Synchronisation

For GDPS 3 site we require an automated mechanism within GDPS that synchronises any changes made from the PPRC site load address value to the the XRC load address value. These updates should be made in “real time” and only be made if a system name...
almost 7 years ago in GDPS 11 Planned for future release

Update ZDHST with NVP and ECB Owner Data

As we continue to increase our use of Name-Value Pairs(NVPs) for troubleshooting and for Realtime Runtime Metrics Collection (RTMC), the NVP area has become crucial to rapidly troubleshoot and resolve test and production issues. Most of our dumps ...
8 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration

CICS region id and CICS default id should not be same .

Hi , In CICS We will have CICS REGION id and CICS Default id and, both id should be used differently , and Security access also have to be different. in current scenario in SIT DFLTUSER={CICSUSER|userid} , if we code DFLTUSER=CICREGID ( where DFLT...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Make it possible to send an empty body with other http response code then 204 (no content)

Seems that when you use http response code other than 204 and you remove the body in your mapping that there is always a body of the tags above.It should be possible to define whether you want a body or not. For example: we want to use 202 without...
8 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Functionality already exists

Remove parent tags from input and output bodies

When you make a API with an input body (JSON), you always have to give the parent tags of the service instead to those that really are related to the content of what you want.Same for the output body (JSON), where those parent tags are always show...
8 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Functionality already exists

Test connection in CICS TG with only SSL

In CICS TG Explorer plugin, the Test connection currently uses the TCP connection as default. We don't have any option to tick the SSL option.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Prevent needless retry processing in CPSM when a route fails to a clone region

This is a resubmit of RFE 17942. If a request routed by CPSM fails, CICS will retry the request to each AOR in the distribution list. This usually triggers our automation alerts and now with pen-testing, we have the potential for a high volume of ...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Process Liberty SMF 120 for zOS Connect

Liberty SMF 120 Subtype 11 records SM120BBW has the time record when liberty received the zOS Connect request. Once the request is successfully dispatch to z/OS Connect, z/OS Connect records SMF123S1_TIME_ZC_ENTRY entry. Currently PA formats SMF 1...
about 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration