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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Tolerant Reading web service requesters

Put elements not known by a SOAP/XML web service requester in their XML form in a separate container and do not validate if the the elements are defined. Only map those elements that are known.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Retrofit Maven-Plugin for CICS/TS 5.5

Please retrofit Maven Plug-In to CICS/TS 5.5, because we have 2 customers, who need that and have installed CICS/TS 5.5.A migration to 5.6 will be time consuming and is not planned for this year
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Add granularity to coding rules in DFHAPIR

This is to allow better control/restriction on the use of CICS SPI commands by the application programmers.
2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Update EXCI to set the return code (R15) at termination

EXCI leaves an unpredictable residual value in Register 15 on exit, which defies all expectations and good coding practices. This behavior is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.5?topic=considerations-setting-return-code-r15-ter...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Create "Balance" algorithm for CPSM routing

This algorithm can be a new algorithm, or an enhancement to the QUEUE algorithm, in which CPU utilization information can be considered. Avoiding disasters in existing algorithms, we prefer that a new one should be created. This feature can be ena...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

RFE to make RTIMOUT attribute in PROFILE definition DYNAMIC

Change the RTIMOUT attribute within the PROFILE definition to be dynamic, so CICS Administrators can quickly update it to react to changing conditions in the network.
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

New action type for CICS policies

Requesting a new action type for CICS policies: The ability to fail a CICS API request with a RESP/RESP2 code that indicates "REQUEST DENIED BY POLICY"
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

RFE to create TIMEOUT parameter in CICS for calls out to z/OS Connect

Provide a ‘TIMEOUT’ parameter within CICS for calls from CICS out to z/OS Connect. The CICS regions in our environment that call out to z/OS Connect are high volume, multi-application regions that are used to sub-second response times. Calls out t...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer Auto Refresh

Enable CICS Explorer to have Auto Refresh like the CPSM WUI.
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Launch CICS transactions from CICS Explorer / IDz

Eclipse has built-in support for launching applications with normal execution or for debug (launch and debug configurations). It is possible today to setup debug profiles for CICS applications from Eclipse but starting the actualy transaction does...
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration