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z/OS Connect

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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...
over 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.
over 7 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...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Not under consideration

zCEE to have an option for a SAF call to check if the authenticated user was authorised to invoke a service

Client would prefer that zCEE did a SAF call to check if the authenticated user was authorised instead of using the RACF groups referenced in server.xml
almost 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Editing of Data Structures outside of API Toolkit.

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

Conifguration UI for Server XML.

A UI is required for all of the configuration elements in the server.xml for zOS Connect. In particular the zosconnect_localAdaptersConnectService and zosconnect_zosConnectService are immensely confusing and need wizards in the tooling for automat...
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Check TAG into server.xml from AdminCenter

Before using AdminCenter, I edited server.xml in 3270. Now I use AdminCenter but it miss one functionnalité for check the good syntax.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

PL/1 CHAR VARYING Mapping Support

The developers argued, that there is no PL/1 CHAR VARYING Mapping Support. This should be a quick win in extending the product.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Use of JSSE in trust between zCEE and IMS Connect

To establish the trust between z/OS Connect EE and IMS Connect in order to use identity assertion, TLS Mutual Authentication needs to be implemented between the 2 started tasks. On the z/OS Connect EE side, the use of a standard Liberty SSL repert...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration