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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Create workload when first target AOR region joins

CICSPlex SM needs to allow the creation of the workload as soon as an AOR connects to a CMAS where the target region is named in the AORSCOPE of any workload. The workload does not get created until the first router region is activated. This metho...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Package the infocenter with CICS

We have to go through a convoluted process and even follow a technote to install and use the CICS Infocenter. This a a Z/OS product. The infocenter should be delivered as part of Z/OS with jobs to install and run it. The other HFS parts of CICS ha...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Improve handling of "Aux Trace Full" condition

Currently, this situation occurs all too frequently:the support centre asks a customer to create a CICS AUXTrace; the customer does so, but the trace data set becomes full and is closed.The customer then sends in a truncated trace.The support cent...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Enhance XPCFTCH to overcome PCUE_BRANCH_ADDRESS limitations.

XPCFTCH is given control before an application program is called by CICS.Various products use XPCFTCH to front-end an application program for various reasons.CICS allows for multiple exit programs to be enabled, and each exit program is called in ...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide a Global User Exit point for program termination.

Currently CICS provides the GLUE XPCFTCH which is given control before an application program is executed. Various IBM and ISV products use this to get control to build an environment for their code to use.However, there is no corresponding exit p...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

reset statistics for EXITPROGRAM

Two repated requests: (1) For CICS regions that run 24x7 and run DFH0STAT at midnight to collect and print statistics. The User Exit Program section of DFH0STAT has a usecount that is never reset, unlike other statistics, such as program or transa...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

CICS nees to accomodate various Date and Time scenarios on the same MVS lpar.

Due to our Clients Globalisation expansion requirements, we have CICS Applications that run on a single Mainframe MVS LPAR that now need to accommodate varying Local Time differences, including varying DayLight Saving change Dates/Times, while run...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Can an option be added in TCLASS for timeout value before purging tasks?

Customer relies on TCLASS to prevent transaction jam if necessary. So they defined many TCLASS to control the transaction running. One fact they found now is if the transaction reached the tclass queued number, the tasks will be purged immediately...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS TRANSFORM DATATOXML improvements

EXEC CICS TRANSFORM DATATOXML converts the data passed, managing it as part of an service or atom feed XML message. Customer would appreciate the possiblity to add information in the XML header, like the XML version, so it can be consider like a c...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

EXEC START Hung in TOR while AOR is unhealthy

Customer sees issue many times, and has had a long discussion on that, EXEC START is issued from TOR, it's routing to AOR by CPSM WLM. The START command in TOR will be hung if the AOR reach to MXT conditions, or the network disconnected between TO...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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