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IMS Transaction Manager

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Incomplete display of subsystems in SPOC on /DIS SUBSYS ALL

As descriped in the PMR, when in SPOC a "/DIS SUBSYS ALL" command is entered, not all information about a subsystem that uses a "<" as subsystem recognition character, is displayed. In IMS it is very well displayed.Example (SPOC):IMS3 1 CONN IM...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Is a defect

* selection for Dictionary API

Require a name extraction API from the new Dictionary (replacement for ACBLIB).The current API allows extraction of IDBD and IPSB defined database and program specifications.In addition to this we require a API that allows all or some information ...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Add support for /STO and /STA of DFSOTMAQ

DFSOTMAQ was moved to Shared Queues Overflow during a system problem. There was an issue with the INFORM but no way to re-drive it without stopping and starting all of OTMA.
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

IMS Front End Switch for ISC for TCP/IP not supported

Paul Lam of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in Toronto has indicated a need to have IMS using ISC over TCP/IP to support the Front End Switch Feature. In IMS Version 13 and CICS TS Version 5.1 this facility is not supported.
about 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Terminal Management 0 Not under consideration

Front End Switch is not supported for the IMS ISC over TCP/IP facility

Paul Lam of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in Toronto has indicated a need to have IMS using ISC over TCP/IP to support the Front End Switch Feature. In IMS Version 13 and CICS TS Version 5.1 this facility is not supported.
about 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Terminal Management 1 Not under consideration

IMS Transactions and Large Attachments

More and more clinical artifacts, e.g. XRays, MRIs, and genetic info, etc. are being digitized. Today customers use a manual type of process to coordinate files for claims. It is desirable to have transactional integrity support for claim processi...
over 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Terminal Management 3 Not under consideration

Optimize message notification and processing in an IMS frontend/backend situation

Current CQS message processing in an IMS frontend/backend situation should be looked at with regard to optimizing the XCF notification process and reducing the number of CF accesses.
over 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Optimize (MVS) logging for non-recoverable transactions

Currently an IMS transaction can be defined as non-recoverable which might improve performance because of the reduction in logging done by IMS. However, in a shared queue environment a large part of the logging is done by the MVS logger which is n...
over 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

/DIS UOR should display the related PST information

The output of the /DIS UOR command should display at least the PST# but ideally also other associated information (e.g. MPP jobname, BMP jobname, etc. etc.) for each UOR.
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

SGW-Enterprise: Provide hooks for integration of data compression between ICON and IMS

Provide a hook at side of ICON and IMS to integrate custumor code to implement a data compression/uncompression in wsdl first scenario of SGW-enterprise solution. This hooks have been provided in generated XML-converter and MPP-template.
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 6 Not under consideration

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