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Ignore unexpected fields in the Response to apiRequester call in Open API V2

We have CICS Transactions issuing apiRequester calls to various distributed applications. Occasionally we find that these distributed applications may add new fields to the response as part of a new release, often without notifying the application...
5 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

generic BAQCSTUB in SBAQLIB to merge SBAQLIB and SBAQLIB1

Please merge SBAQLIB and SBAQLIB1 into a single dataset or use distinct program names across the two datasets. Using unique program names when unique functionality is required allows customers to use LinkList to pull the version of zOS Connect int...
5 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Change GA date of new GDPS releases

Is there a reason why GDPS doesn’t release new releases in September to coincide with the new release of z/OS ? Would it be possible for GDPS to move to releasing software in the (same) September timeframe ? I ask as (we), Citi, time our builds of...
11 months ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Alternative response message structures in z/OS Connect

Response messages from transactions have not always the same structure. It is common to use a field telling the invocating application which structure to use for the variable part of the message. Currently it is not possible to handle such kinds o...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Bring SupportPac CS04 / wsbind utility into base support

SupportPac CS04, the wsbind utility, is current as-is and its functionality should be brought into base CICS support and managed between releases.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Support of Assembler Subprogram Calls

Currently when recording in zUnit, any subprogram calls to assembler programs are not recorded. For more complete testing of a program it would be beneficial for zUnit to also intercept and record assembler subprogram calls.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

CPSM WLM Enhancement

Customer needs an enhancement to the CPSM WLM Algorithm in order to improve the workload among the targets. The customer has a single CICSPlex running across two Sysplexes. The environment is large enough that it not possible to merge the existing...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

User defined constants

Implement user defined constants using the COBOL Standard "Constant entry".
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

Enhance API Requester resilience

To improve API Requester resilence with a tactic similar to Circuit Breaker pattern
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

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

As of now, when the API we call return a dynamical JSON array, we need to declare a COBOL array with a large number of occurences in order to be sure to retrieve all the data with the JSON PARSE statements. But, in most cases, the json array will ...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

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