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Specify TLS supported at URIMAP level

Able to override MINTLSLEVEL at SIT level (CICS default) with a new MINTLSLEVEL at lower URIMAP level.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Need MQ shared message consumption to be responsive to CICSplex workload balancing signals

We have two MQ application patterns which are unresponsive to workload balancing. Pattern 1 An application 1) reads a message from a shared MQ queue, 2) starts a new CICS transaction to process the message, and 3) return to step 1. The application...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

CICSplex Systems Management (CPSM) needs to respond better to LPAR workload

Need a new capability in CPSM to allow customers to manage WLM importance 1 workloads to a percentage of the LPAR capacity. Importance 1 workloads, such as CICS, perform best when they represent less than 95% of the workload on an LPAR. In our cas...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Separate Cics Security Definition for Platform and Application

At the Moment the Security function CLOUD.DEF includes: 1) APPLDEF - Create, display, and maintain application definitions in platforms.2) PLATDEF - Create, display, and maintain platform definitions. We need to separate both things, because we wa...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow key bindings for Menu Manager Actions

Many developers prefer to operate with as less mouse clicks as possible and prefer using the keyboard as much as possible. Now the Menu Manager actions are available only using the mouse or by slowly navigating with the cursor keys through the con...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Stop transactions coming from all sources.

We need a command or procedure to stop transactions comming from all sources, like, prog-to-prog, CICS (APPC), MSC, JAVA, IMS Connect, etc.We can´t use Stop Link(MSC), because another transactions use same link.
over 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

CM Server to CM Server Connectivity

Having CM Server to CM Server connectivity to exchange the data(in XML or other formats) instead of shipping the data between CM servers manually using FTP and writing CM EXITS
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Flat file input for RANA exit instead of recompile process

Request to allow RANA exit to read a flat file as input and perform actions instead of modifying the EXIT each time with changes and recompiling it.
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

COBOL Editor "SURROUND" improvement

In Java, the "Surround" is performed regardless of how lines are markeda) You break the first line and the last one but the lines in between are fully marked b) You mark a full group of statements from first character of statement one to last char...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

CARMA/Endevor enhancement

This situation is experienced at Rabobank where we are in the midst of a rollout of RDz. 1. When moving multiple elements it is not possible to have them processed in the correct order. To have an additional wizard screen where we can put the elem...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

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