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z/OS Connect

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zCEE Add custom header in request pre-invoke interceptor

We were looking at having the preinvoke request interceptor ADD a new custom header to the flow, that would contain the value of System.currentTimeMillis(); it could contain other values as well for future needs. On the post invoke; read the heade...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Add warning messages when reaching the number of connections (ZCEE Monitoring)

the impact of z/OS connect in our company is very important and can cause a shutdown of our customers services and this can have a negative impact on our zsystems for our business line Our z/OS sub systems have already some metrics that are self m...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Enhance MQ Service Provider for z/OS Connect to set message priority

Please enhance the MQ Service Provider for z/OS Connect and the z/OS Connect API Toolket to set the message priority for MQ Services.
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Not under consideration

Support for plain text data in z/OS Connect EE

There are lots of software products, which are able to send HTTP request but can't process JSON responses. Currently z/OS Connect EE is limited to JSON responses, which means those software products can't invoke mainframe applications through z/OS...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 7 Not under consideration

Support tolerant reader principle with z/OS Connect JSON

System: z/OS connect Enterprise EditionUSER needs z/OS Connect REST clients to be tolerant readers by default. currently they are not tolerant readers by default, Object value has to be explicitly mentioned in the OpenAPi file + a Size has to fore...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Custom Content-Type for Authorization Server Header

I am working with IBM Connect Enterprise Edition version 3.0.48. We would like a way to customize the content-type header that is being sent to get a JWT from our specified authorization server. The authorization server we are using is built as a ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

TimeBoxing BAQCSTUB in IMS transactions

IMS transactions have high performance with very short process time measured in milliseconds. When they are enhanced to make outbound API calls using BAQCSTUB, they are subjected to latency from the network and the API providers. Currently, parame...
about 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect EE 3.x - SMF 123 enhancement to capture failure events

Part of enhancing SMF 123 record structure for z/OS Connect (both API provider and API requester), Please consider to capture ONLY the first failure (similar to FFDC) related data for any repeated USER enforced failures.. Eg., Authorization failur...
about 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect - gRPC support

z/OS Connect supports the creation/consumption of RESTful APIs. As several customers use gRPC as their internal intercommunication protocol, it would be helpful to have that support also in z/OS Connect.
about 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to connect to z/OS Connect API Toolkit with MFA

When login, we are using a MFA password composed with a personal code followed by a single-use token.
about 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration