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Implement CEDA CHECK (e.g. for LIST) to ensure CICS region starts properly

Implement the CEDA CHECK option in CICS Explorer (see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v4r2/topic/com.ibm.cics.ts.resourcedefinition.doc/ceda/commands/dfha4_check.html) to allow for example checking LISTs for consistency
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

"CA-7 Job Triggering Flow" Show with SCHID =000

Requirement:Allow AD to show CA-7 Job Trigger Flows for SCHID=000 Issue:Currently AD does not allow this.A case was raised and closed with IBM L3 support responding with “By design, schedule 000 is not available for selection, as it is not a speci...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Schedule information missing for Time triggered jobs in "CA-7 Job Triggering Flow"

In "CA-7 Job Triggering Flow" chart, the time trigger schedule information for jobs in CA7. please provide this feature as time trigger schedule is a key capability widely used in batch schedule. There was a RFE 146935 raised earlier and there wer...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Display of the number of results determined in a usage analysis

Currently, the number of results found is not displayed in a usage analysis. The number can only be determined by manual counting. Especially when a usage analysis is started over several AD projects, all AD projects must first be opened in the tr...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

EZStrieve support required

EZStrieve support required
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Move DLI OSAM and VSAM control blocks above the bar

There are many OSAM and VSAM storage control blocks that are currently stored below the line. The use of HALDB databases and number of databases datasets defined to IMS is always increasing. HALDB also requires additional dataset to cater for Seco...
about 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

Support for character escaping in API requester scenario

To call some services we are required to avoid certain characters, such as the comma and such, which may exist in the COBOL input strings, and replace them in the JSON by standard symbols such as ' . We thought of using an interceptor to ...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Activating new versions of java applications without any outage in a CICS with different OSI bundles and dependencies

The motivation is equal to the RFE 107228. We are looking for a solution to handle the LifeCycle of Java applications in an CICS Environment with different OSGI Bundles and dependencies between these bundles. Goal is an activation of new Versions ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

advanced metadata objects with the JDBC driver outside of IMS Explorer

Currently there only exists a way to export an artifact to supply the DLIDatabaseViews to the IMS Universal JDBC driver as the non-Catalog metadata source. The DLIDatabaseView does not support advanced metadataobjects like Segment Map Cases or Use...
over 8 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

Update CICS Command REWRITE as THREADSAFE for shared data table, coupling facility data table

CICS Command REWRITE as THREADSAFE for shared data table and coupling facility data table
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

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