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z/OS Connect

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Map DB2 REST service provider non 200 response to response message in zOS Connect

When DB2 REST service provider responds with non 200 response there is a requirement to map the response message in zOS Connect
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

SMF123 V2 don't capture info about API Requesters

We tried to replace the auditInterceptor with the new auditinterceptorV2 but this does not capture information from the API Requesters , forcing us to use the auditinterceptorV2 at the global level and the auditinterceptor specifically in zosconne...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

z/OS Connect Logging

Provide a way to log all of the key data values (headers, response time, HTTP status, etc.) to a formal logger such as z/OS logger and/or SPLUNK.
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Add caching capability for non-JWT style token

We are starting to utilise IMS and CICS as API requesters and we are considering the future performance of our infrastructure. We have a concern about our authentication pattern which we think will add overhead to our API requestor flow. The...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Authentication and identity propagation for API Requesters

It's impossible to flow an identity end to end in the case of outbound, while for inbound it's smooth and allows to integrate heterogenous systems (Windows, Siebel, etc.) using standard modern protocols. All currently proposed authentication metho...
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

z/OS Connect API -> Transaction Tracing

Objective To be able to identify performance degradation at a single API/transaction level in both CICS and IMS Description The business has an operational requirement to track every z/OS Connect API call which hits CICS / IMS DC (currently offere...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

z/OS Connect API - allow to set HTTP response status code in the API

z/OS Connect API - allow to set HTTP response status code in the API When a client submits an API request to z/OS Connect, it receives a response (with JSON payload), and an HTTP status code. However, the status code does not reflect any non-fatal...
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 5 Delivered

Suport for IBM CCSID 1379 (Traditional and Simplified Chinese Characters)

There is constant request over a couple of years for this CCSID to be supported for our businesses in Hong Kong. Appreciate if you can consider adding this support as soon as possible.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 5 Delivered

add a configurable timer and max. number of request to the audit interceptor to force writing SMF123V2 record

add a configurable timer and a configurable max. number of requests to the audit interceptor, that will flush the queue and write the SMF123V2 record as configured by the customer
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

z/OS Connect Gradle and dependecy delivery over SMP/e

We are using the API first scenario and therefore do not require the zOS Connect designer. It means that we will integrate the Gradle copybook build in IDz and the WAR build under DBB. For both purposes we require a delivery of both the Gradle scr...
11 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered