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CICS Explorer - Redrive User Logon at MFA Token Expiration

Currently if a user logs on to an LPAR via CICS Explorer (CMCI Connection) he enters an MFA token. If his LPAR connection/session is still active after the MFA Token Expires and the user either refreshes his screen or drives a request for informat...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Is a defect

Debug Configuration does not pick up JCL Termination (//)

If you create a debug configuration using "z/OS Batch Application using exsisting JCL"and the JCL includes a line with only // this line is ignored and you get all the steps after the JCL terminating line in the Steplist. This is not only true for...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Is a defect

DFHDPLOY to fast fail when security errors encountered

When using DFHDPLOY to install a CICS bundle and a a security error is encountered, the DFHDPLOY process appears to continue to attempt the install until the timeout value has been reached. The DFHDPLOY process shows no indication of a security er...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Is a defect

identify session in TOS API log items

Since the TOS workstation API log contains logging for multiple session/server connections it would be helpful if the log items would contain information that would identify the session/server like TAs and server IP addresses.
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Is a defect

Enterprise Cobol V6 - Invalid binary code for set address by reference modification on a unbounded dataitem and SSRANGE

Hi A SET ADDRESS OF / TO ADDRESS OF statement from a unbounded dataitem, and in the presence of the SSRANCE option, generates an invalid binary code: message IGZ0072S / IGZ0308W is triggered unconditionally. The same code compiled in NOSSRANGE run...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Is a defect

Enable the WSACONTEXT BUILD function to add the wsa:to without overwriting the default endpoint

In the context of CICS web services using SOAP when invoking a service, I want to be able to use the WSACONTEXT BUILD function, in a COBOL/CICS program, to add the wsa:to without it overwriting the default endpoint from the WEBSERVICE with a new d...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Is a defect

Cobol V6R2 - Improvement of the binary code generated for EVALUATE statement

The binary code generated for an EVALUATE statement has some defects:- dead code- test and branch not optimumProblems found with all optimization levels. The binary code generated in Cobol V4R2 option OPTIMIZE (STD) is better than the binary code ...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Is a defect

Switch between slot in SW00SR view don't work

In Toolkit 4.6, in debug, the SW00SR view is not updated when switching from one slot (TPFDF database) to another. Example in attach file : when we click on the second slot (25000B00), the details (and also Core Blocks, ...) are note updated with ...
almost 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Is a defect

[RPP] Bloc BD - génération rubrique format non conforme

Lors de la génération de DDL, les rubriques de format "non conforme" (par exemple numérique DISPLAY) ne sont pas signalées en erreur contrairement à PACBASE, par exemple : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------...
about 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Is a defect

IDZ 14.1 Link jcl for Stub and Wrapper program

I am using the mock/stub feature in Zunits to test a cobol module. As part of the process IDZ generates a stub program and a wrapper program.The link-edit jcl that is generated in IDZ 14.1 for link-editing the stu and wrapper programs puts them in...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Is a defect

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