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For API Requester capability in CICS, need to call zOS Connect server instance dynamically like from IMS or MVS batch.

As an API Requester in CICS, I need to be able to call my zOS Connect server instance dynamically as I can currently do in IMS or MVS Batch.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Monitoring Webservices INVOKED by CICS transaction

we need to be able to see in realtime and by monitoring tools the webservices and pipelines invoked by cics transactions. The CICS webservice acts like a requester. We hope to be able to see all the informations that can be seen if the webservice ...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

Maintain access to SGC recovery at original site after Global Mirror Region Switch

After a Region Switch, it is no longer possible to recover from the Safeguarded Copies at the previous site. This prevents us from being able to go back in time as we could if we remained in a single site and represents a huge gap in SGC functiona...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 2 Delivered

High Level Assembler support for V and A type constants in Immediate instructions

The advantage of Immediate instructions is lost if V and A type constants must only be used in LTORG and DC assembler instructions as then it causes a storage reference. Example:LLILF 15,V(EXTMOD01) Causes an assembly errororLGFI 15,V(EXTMOD01) It...
over 1 year ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 3 Delivered

Add to SPI INQUIRE SYSTEM the region grouplists used at startup

Add to the SPI INQUIRE SYSTEM the option to display/query the region grouplists used at startup. Right now if you need to query this you need to review the job output and if you want to query this programmatically you need to chase down the inform...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Java 11 IM packages for z/OS

Enable customers to maintain their Java versions using installation manager in the same way that they manage their Liberty versions. Enable customers to use JDK versions that are different from the system installed Java.
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 6 Delivered

Information % of step CPU limit used in TEPS

We monitor the % of step CPU limit used by a job, configuring PSCU exception. It warns when any address space uses up more than nn% of the CPU time allowed in the current job step (where nn is the threshold for this address space). This helps us ...
over 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Delivered

IQIBUTIL add a FINDTEXT option to copy the selected members as can be done via ISPF

Via ISPF FINDTEXT one can copy the selected members to another file for further processing, but using IQIBUTIL in scheduled batch jobs this is not possible.
6 months ago in IBM Data Set Commander 3 Delivered

Combine password/passphrase field

Would like to see a combined password/passphrase field on the Supersession logon screen when passphrase support has been enabled.
over 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

Enable z/OS Connect API Requester Feature to Transparently handle API Endpoint changes

Currently, when an API endpoint has new response fields added that an API Consumer does not need, z/OS Connect API Requester will start to fail unless its API Requester Archive (ARA) is updated so its definition of the API includes the new fields ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered