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ANALYTIC Report Set to include an ALERT that suppresses entries with zero activity

The supplied ANALYTIC ReportSet for Splunk includes all definitions for 17 different statistics records, generating over a million splunk records each day. Many of the records are for unused entries that we would like suppressed. Can you supply a ...
over 1 year ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 2 Delivered

JSON pass-through support in z/OS Connect EE

Modern COBOL compilers and Java are supporting JSON processing in mainframe applications, but z/OS Connect EE is currently limited to field-based messages. Please add the support to pass-through JSON data in both request and response in z/OS Conne...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

PassTicket support in IMS Connect API for Java when it is used to submit IMS type-2 commands to OM

Our program provides API services for various z/OS subsystems through Zowe Single-Sign-On (SSO) service. Any API service that supports RACF PassTicket can join this SSO. Db2 for z/OS supports PassTicket-based user authentication. To make all IMS s...
about 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 2 Delivered

Timestamp for each last TCLASS Max - like Time Last MAX Task reached.

Have time stamp for Time Last TClass Max hit, like timestamp for when Last Max Task hit. This timestamp would be for each individual TClass. This would aid in monitoring region when under high volume and review of performance; Identifying TClass M...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

JSON Parse and Generate in EBCDIC

LE (Language Environment) just implemented APAR PH57152 for COBOL to Parse and Generate JSON in EBCDIC. It would be useful if PLI implemented the same functionality. Developers often have issues in working in multiple code pages. Improper initiali...
8 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Allow keystore with safkeyringhw and JCECCARACFKS

When trying to configure the WUI CMCI JVM in our recently upgraded CTS 6.1 sandpit WUI, a problem was identified to do with the configuration of the keystore which uses crypto hardware. Each time the WUI restarted it would change safkeyringhw to s...
12 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

Enhance EXPIRY processing TS-queues performance

You can use a TSMODEL to set an EXPIRY on a TS-queue.If you install such a TSMODEL in CICS, then CICS will initiate a SCAN process, that will scan main/auxilary and CF-TS-Pools for queues that has expired.This scan process will run in all cics reg...
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

CICS-PA to support z/OS Connect Headers

CICS-PA has added support for z/OS Connect via PH37264, however, it is missing reporting based on headers. Please add support for the 8 headers written to the SMF 123 subtype 1 type 2 record. Support should include the ability to list headers and ...
almost 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

Print the NAF database using KLS@NAF while Supersession proc is Running

Using Supersessions v2.1, I would like to print the NAF database using KLS@NAF while the Supersession proc is running. Super is writing NAF records to a sequential dataset. The KLS@NAF JCL is attempting to read the same which results in the enqueu...
about 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

Possibility to start a rexx located on ZVM by GDPS

Since GDPS is "the captain on the ship" we have the need for a possibility that GDPS can start a (CMS) rexx script which is located on ZVM.
about 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Delivered