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z/OS Connect

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API mapping enhanced mapping: default value look-up

Extend the mapping capability provided in the API Toolkit for APIs to include a look-up function for default field values
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Add additional properties to policy rules

Today with z/OS Connect policy files you can only use headers to make a decision on which CICS transaction and connection to use. What we are needing is a way to use the headers and other information such as the API operation, path, method e.g. to...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

Propagate JWT in a chained API flow between inbound to Z and outbound from Z

We need the JWT that is verified with Liberty & z/OS Connect for an API with CICS/IMS service provider to be carried forward or propagated when that provider becomes an API requester to another Rest API on another platform.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Not under consideration

Simple administration API to validate service provider connection

z/OS Connect Connect provides simple REST APIs to administer APIs ".../zosConnect/apis" and services ".../zosConnect/services". Something similar to query configured service providers and the health of the backend middleware connect would be extre...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

IMS Explorer Access Control

IMS Explorer is eclipse based solution which is used to define connection and interaction profiles to target IMS systems along with service and transaction definitions. As these two activities are performed by different roles. Fine grain access co...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Provide update to ZCEE request and response payloads in interceptors

Provide update access to the request and response payloads within an interceptor module. This is to provide simple support for encryption / decryption, tokenization, and other security functions. The data would be decrypted by the pre-invoke metho...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Not under consideration

Restore previous API status after z/OS Connect restart

When restarting z/OS Connect it starts every API which has been deployed to it not matter if it was started or stopped before the shutdown. We would like z/OS Connect to restore the status an API had before the shutdown.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Editing of Data Structures outside of API Toolkit.

Document in KC not to manually edit underlying output of the API toolkit.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Ability to use any kind of data format, not only JSON

Currently in our industry; we and our clients adapt slow and when format is chosen it stays around, sometimes a bit too long. To address this we have a lot of different type of deliveries to external and internal clients. Some examples includes JS...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Add batch job (JCL) function to create web service and .SAR file in z/OS connect for IMS.

Enhance z/OS Connect for IMS by using batch job to create web service and .sar file . For example like CICS does . (BAQLS2JS) submit JCL job to create service and file . The current environment might have lots of applications need to publish as AP...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Not under consideration