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Support tolerant reader principle with CICS web services

In various systems the tolerant reader principle as specified by Postel's Law is used as a design principle. Currently CICS will not accept items which are not specified in the current schema of a web service.Please provide a function or parameter...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

GUI usability improvements for UKO

We need to provide the UKO authorisation roles to a group of users with little knowledge of key management. They need a tool that is easy and intuitive to use. So the GUI needs to be clearer. I think it would be very useful if users of the UKO GUI...
6 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Include the packlist in the downloads with HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN

When using RFNJOBS for downloading the HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN, it would be ideal to include the packlist with it. Due to the HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN are compressed or encrypted & not readily readable, the packlist is a quick way to identify t...
over 2 years ago in IBM Shopz 7 Not under consideration

Explorer SSL click box option for CTG Explorer Connection - utilizing AT-TLS into CTG

As CICS Explorer implements, Provide SSL Click box for the Stats API CTG connection, in Explorer. The Company site uses At-TLS on z/OS; the Company is looking at requiring all connections to use SSL. Explorer SSL connection to the CTG would be tra...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 1 Future consideration

DBCS support for IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics

IZDS V1.9 provides Japanese panel and report samples. Please add the same support for IZPCA V3.1.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

New CICSPlex SM routing algorithm

We are not able to manage our online workload in an efficient way by using the CICSPlex SM Sysplex Optimized Workload Routing. If we use QUEUE/LNQUEUE algorithm, performance objectives defined in WLM are not being taken into consideration for rout...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

Add Favorites or add the ability to reorganize in the graphs/reports of AD in IDz

While working in AD through IDz, it would be nice to have favorites for a user's top repetitive reports/graphs or the ability to reposition the list of reports/graphs. If a user constantly uses the same reports/graphs, this would be faster for the...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

CCSID as input option to WEB WRITE HTTPHEADER

The HTTP Header value must be in codepage 37 EBCDIC. This is not documented together with the WEB WRITE HTTPHEADER CICS command.As the CICS regions is likely to run with a different codepage it would help if the codepage translation to 37 could be...
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Compiler option to enable / disable DEBUGGING-MODE

To date, the activation of debugging lines, marked with a "D" in column 7, can only be activated / deactivated by intervening at the source code level, by specifying or removing the "WITH DEBUGGING MODE" clause in the Environment Division. We woul...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 13 Not under consideration

JSON numeric/string conversion

Support conversion between COBOL numeric fields and JSON strings.
about 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 10 Future consideration