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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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CICS FOR region is available for connections prior to the region actually being available

CICS FOR region is available for connections prior to the region actually being available. CPSM starts routing in work, and function shipping requests are shipped into the region. We have some applications that test a connection and if not availab...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS TS WebServices should support "compressed replies" when requested by the client

In HTTP protocol, clients can request the server to send back the reply in compressed (zipped) format. This is signalled by the client by specifying e.g. "Accept-encoding: gzip,deplate" in the HTTP header. CICS Web Services support should honour t...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Expand EXEC CICS ENABLE EXIT to return RESP2 if GLUE/TRUE has not been recompiled

Provide an EXEC CICS ENABLE EXIT handshake protocol to successfully enable and activate a GLUE or TRUE within CICS TS. In order to ensure that the GLUE or TRUE has been assembled using the current release of CICS TS libraries, the new protocol wou...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Allow 'Special' Transactions to Run Irrespective of MAXTASK Status (GSE requirement DBCICU03002)

DESCRIPT : A mechanism is needed to allow certain transactions to execute even when MAXTASK has been reached. CEMT is an obvious candidate for this treatment, but it is possible that other transactions could fall into this group.BUSVAL : 0INVVAL :...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Purge-Threshold for Maxtask (GSE requirement DBCICD03001)

DESCRIPT : The number of queued transactions for transaction classes is limited by a parameter called PurgeThresh. This is not available for Maxtask.BUSVAL : 1INVVAL : 0ENDVAL : 0GROVAL : 3SYSVAL : 5VALUE : KEYWORDS : Reliability Servieabilty Perf...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

ADDITIONAL MESSAGE DETAILS NOT EXPOSED TO EXPLORER STATUS BAR

Although a full XML body with detailed message information displays in the Explorer's internal trace, it is not exposed in the readily viewable Explorer status bar. The full XML body should be exposed to the user for ALL messages having an associa...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS DB2 Attachment to support DB2 client information

Enhance the CICS DB2 Attach API to support DB2 Client Info fields similar to RRSAF support today
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Resources removed due to 'cascade' deletion are not displayed in advance or logged for audit purposes.

This is a follow-on to RFE 22677, which discusses the need for additional information message only. When a resource is deleted in the WUI (a CSYSDEF for example), the user is presented with a warning that states: "WARNING. For this definition type...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Threadsafe DPL mirror

Under peak loads (up to 900 maxtasks ) customer has seen QR-TCB waits in their TORs when using ECI/IP connections from the CUC, and MRO connections from the TORs to AORs. They would like a thread-safe mirror in-order to avoid this issue.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Control the number of concurrent transactions in 2+ CICS regions (SHARE requirement SDCICS00005)

Control the number of concurrent transactions in 2+ CICS regionsBUSVAL : 4INVVAL : 2ENDVAL : 3GROVAL : 5SYSVAL : 5KEYWORDS : UGVOTES : -3=1, 0=5, +1=5, +2=4, +3=4, +4=2, +5=1, N/A=1DESCRIPT : CICS system programmers need the ability to dynamically...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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