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z/OS Connect

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z/OS Connect EE - Policies to support DB2 via REST Client Service Provider

Currently Policies are available in z/OS Connect for CICS and IMS related API. Nationwide would like to see that same capability made available for DB2 for via the REST Client service provider. (Split out from RFE 124692: https://www.ibm.com/devel...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Support Truncate Nulls and Truncate Null Arrays for the build toolkit for Top-Down service creation using JSON schemas

Add support for Truncate Nulls and Truncate Null Arrays for the build toolkit for Top-Down service creation using JSON schemas. When arrays are defined using API Toolkit the Truncate Nulls and Truncate Null Arrays options are both available, but w...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

Enhance Comms Stub to segment Data for CICS API Requestor services

The currently CALL interface in the zos Communication Stub is too rudimentary in nature and fails to take into account large and complex data structures now prevalent in many common external API's. This constraint is a major blocker for effective ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

SMF 123 records should be logged for all access attempts to z/OS Connect

The ability to monitor authorization failures HTTP401 and file not found HTTP404 early failures is now available to be monitored in Omegamon/JVM but this same information is not written to the SMF 123 records. As SMF is the main security and audit...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

API First should deliver copybook only without project structure

When running the zC EE Gradle build with the option to only deliver a copybook, the entire project structure gets delivered as well. The creation and editing of a service should include developer relevant aspects only. This project structure has n...
10 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Enable SMF Record Population in OAS3 Run-Time

OAS2 Run-time currently populates SMF records for performance and execution data. This same capability needs to be present in the OAS3 Run-time for all similar data.
10 months ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Creating DB2 services using the API Toolkit

System: z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition 3.0Actor: DBA / Developer z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit can create a service for CICS® (access through the CICS service provider) or IMS™ by using the z/OS® Connect EE API toolkit. Description: z/OS Connect EE...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Sending custom OAuth 2.0 claims in Access Token Request from CICS

Right now we are able to call OAuth 2.0 secured APIs from a z/OS Connect requester in CICS, using the following guidelines: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS4SVW_3.0.0/securing/requester_oauth2.html We can add client_id, client_secret...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

Ability to specify the client side interface of an API, created in the API Editor

We want the ability to specify the client side interface of an API, created in the API Editor, independent of the server side interface, i.e., the interface created by the BAQLS2JS utility. Specifically, we want to define the representation of the...
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

z/OS Connect EE ARM support installation

Customers using z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition v3.0.53 need to install z/OS ARM feature manually. z/OS Connect EE supported ARM feature but ARM feature was not shipped with z/OS Connect EE install package. Customers using ARM feature with z/OS Co...
about 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered