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Threadsafe for CFDT and shared TS access

SIA asks to add to CICS TS V5.4 the following feature, already present in CIS TS V5.5 "Access to coupling facility data tables in CICS TS V5.5 is now threadsafe Access to coupling facility data tables (CFDTs) is now threadsafe, so CFDTs can be acc...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

IMS need to support for IRLM NF APAR PI93819 (Improve IRLM serviceability)

IRLM new function APAR PI93819 (Improve IRLM serviceability) was released, and DB2 APAR PI93817 was shipped for the new function (ENHANCE IRLM RELATED INFORMATION IN DB2 STAT COLLECTION)But IMS has no plan to provide the enhancement for related IR...
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

Add Endevor's batch list element option to CARMA ‘custom' tab

To enable batch 'List Elements' to be available from the IDz client when using CARMA 'custom' tab.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Support for regular expressions in source manipulation functions

The REPLACE and COPY REPLACING commands processed during the source code analysis phase during compilation should support regular expressions for both looking for text patterns, but also for replacements by exploiting the captured elements in the ...
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Update CICSPlex SM CODB Debugger to dump and alter 64 bit above the bar storage

More and more CICS TS and CICSPLex SM structures are being relocated or allocated in above-the-bar 64 bit storage. The CICSPlex SM Debugging transaction CODB needs to be enhanced to support display, dump and modify 64 bit storage areas for IBM ser...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Prevent CICS from termination after a CEDA install CONNECTION fails because the CICS Global Catalogue (DFHGCD) is full.

A user using the CEDA transaction to install a CONNECTION /SESSION or TERMINAL definition can crash a CICS production region if the DFHGCD is full CICS and cannot extend.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Need support for SOAP 1.2 binding in CICS compiled

RDz Enterprise Service Tool can only generate web service artifacts including WSDL in soap 1.1 binding for Compiled XML Conversion, even if setting soap version to 1.2 in the web service assistant option. Request to support generating web service ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Update Copy/Paste in Personal Communications to process empty Excel fields

When pasting from and Excel Spreadsheet into a TN3270 screen Personal Communications skips the TAB for columns with no data which causes the pasted data to end up in the wrong fields on the 3270 screen. In our case it was a CICS screen.PMR 75414,L...
over 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 1 Not under consideration

Returning non-zero reason code when attributes on a EXEC CICS WRITEQ TS are overridden by a TSMODEL

Modify the RESP2 value for a successful WRITEQ TS to indicate whether the attributes specified on the request do not match the resulting queue. The NORMAL value for RESP would not be altered.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IBM CICS Interdependency Analyzer Enqueue problem

IBM CICS Interdependency Analyzer Enqueue problem
over 6 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration