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z/OS Connect

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Allow z/OS requester to ignore fields not defined to the service

Currently we have requestor that calls a mulesoft service. The mule service was updated to add new fields but the z/OS connect service was not. As a result the requester fails as it doesnt know about these fields. The z/OS connect service doesn't ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Need the support ( "CHAR-VARYING=NO") in API requester design

The client's requirement is CICS1 application invoke outbound API to zCEE then zCEE route the request to another CICS2.The two application in the two CICSs want to use the same REQ/RESP BOOK.The fields in book are all fixed length, so they don't n...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Allow header fields to be moved to response fields

We want to be able to move a correlation id received as an http header into the error schema.
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Move a Path parameter to multiple Service fields

Change the zCEE tooling UI to allow the ability to move a single Path field to multiple Service fields. We have found that we are able to edit the request.map as xml and add this support via this means. For example:<updates> <move> <...
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

API mapping enhanced mapping: CONCATENATION

Extend the mapping capability provided in the API Toolkit for APIs to include fa Concatenate function
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

ZOS Connect - No error description is returned for length validation on server for IMS APIs

If the Length of input value entered in alphanumeric field exceeds than that of length of field defined at backend/API. Z/OS Connect tool doesn't send any message onto UI, though message is logged onto Server message.Log file. This is happening fo...
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Monetary Values and DEFAULT-FRACTION-DIGITS

When using the JSON number decimal format the default setting is to 3 decimal places and we need the ability to set the floating point precision and to be able to specify DEFAULT-FRACTION-DIGITS in the build toolkit for outbound APIs.
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

Support for Cobol Copybooks with Redefine Clause

Currently most of the core banking applications on mainframe have Cobol copybooks with redefine clause. Due to product limitation this will limit exposing API's for some of the key services.
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Simplify access management while using z/OS Connect Authorization Interceptor

Currently, when the z/OS Connect supplied authorization interceptor is enabled, we need to configure AdminGroup, OperationsGroup and InvokerGroup explicitly with RACF Group names which will then have respective permissions. The User IDs attaching ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

[z/OS Explorer][IBM z/OS Connect EE API toolkit]API Definition ? optionality of request field.

z/OS Explorer tool doesn't allow to specify the optionality of a field in API request body.  If it is doable, can zCEE server validate the request and response field base on the optionality flag, and return an error if a mandatory field is missing...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Delivered

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