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Allow concurrent signon by a user into CICS CPSM

Please Modify CPSM to allow a User ID to be be concurrently Signed on Multiple times. Currently a person cannot be signed on to the CPSM WUI (Web User Interface) and CICS explorer at the same time.
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Garanti Bank: RFE DBB's Load Scanner

Garanti is requesting an enhancement to the current load scanner to optionally report from the DBB WebApp both static and dynamic references within a given load module after a build. Dynamic modules include standard dynamic calls (DYNAM) and DLL b...
over 4 years ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Not under consideration

Alternative MAXDUMPT control for manual dumps

MAXDUMPT introduced by PJ46025 does not apply to catastrophic dumps but does apply to manual dumps. Taking manual dumps is usually a planned activity and likely the content is required/or possibly required.We would be told if a manual dump was tru...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Support Passphrase and CA-TopSecret messages

Currently passphrase is only supported via SAF. SAF when used with CA-TopSecret does not return important messages to user. Current exit for CA-TopSecret (KLSTSNEV) hasn't been updated since 1996 and doesn't support use of passphrase.
over 6 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Policy build report improvements.

We have a single policy database that contains Sandpit systems. We would like to perform a full build of the policy database, but to have the flexibility to exclude test systems as we're not interested in these. This would significantly improve ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

CICS/PA to save dictionary records for later use

We would like CICS/PA to write out the dictionary records it finds as it reads CICS 110 data. Then as dictionary records age off, they can be removed (not copied) to the dictionary file.
over 6 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

DWC's job log to show the JCL Directive of the Fetch Member the same as command 'J' in IzWS.

DWC's job log to show the JCL Directive of the Fetch Member the same as command 'J' in IzWS. Currently, the job log only show what's in JES job log which required extra step to do command 'J' in IzWS to see JCL Directive of the Fetch Member. 'J' c...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Not under consideration

API mapping enhanced mapping: default value look-up

Extend the mapping capability provided in the API Toolkit for APIs to include a look-up function for default field values
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

combine DISCARD function to provide delete (DISABLE/DISCARD) or reinstall (DISABLE/DISCARD/INSTALL)

combine the discard function with activities that are usually performed together with it, e.g. DISABLE/DISCARD for faster deletion or even allow reinstall option (DISABLE/DISCARD/INSTALL) from a definition view
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Automatic mechanism to get programs started when any CICS region initializes

We would like a feature that could run a program in any CICS region during initialization. This could be implemented such that an application makes a request to a CICS service to define a program and library and they would be started every time CI...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration