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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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CICS - ICSF callable Interface to use transaction owner's userid instead of CICS region userid

We need urgently an interface to propagate the transaction user as the checked userid in CSFSERV and CSFKEYS classes .In our environment RACF access control is used for RACF classes CSFSERV and CSFKEYS for permitting technical userids to associate...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Using CICS DFHWBPW for normal password change

Our idea is to use CICS password change program DFHWBWB, which is normaly triggered when the passwort expires, also for the normal password change process.We tried it and it works in principle, when using any URL like http://serverurl/DFHWBPW. Wha...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Allow DFHDPLOY to discretely use BAS or CSD based on the request

When requesting a CICS BUNDLE DEPLOY or UNDEPLOY via Urban Code Deploy, the DFHDPLOY step that is executed should only access CSD or BAS as specified in the Urban Code Deploy step. Current behavior is that when we try to DEPLOY a BUNDLE to CSD, DF...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer needs full "import/export" capability

CICS Explorer should have the ability to retrieve/"download" bundle definitions (in fact, all definitions) from a live, running region (presumably from the CSD or CPSM repository) in a format that would allow the bundle to be edited/revised and re...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS TS GLUE XFCFROUT should pass the UEP_FC_SYSID from REMOTESYSTEM file control definition if SYSID not specified

CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS users collecting dependency data need to determine if EXEC CICS file control requests are function shipped to a remote system. If the EXEC CICS file control command specifies the SYSID(xxxx) parameter, the CI...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

There is a need for a new GLUE point in the DISABLE LIBRARY processing

When a user issues a DISABLE LIBRARY command to CICS (either directly, or indirectly via a DISABLE BUNDLE) then one of CICS' obligations is to de-allocate the library. While Xpediter maintains an open handle against the DCB there is no possible wa...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Return profile attributes in INQUIRE PROFILE command

The INQUIRE PROFILE command should return all the attributes of a CICS profile definition.
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Multi-factor authentication reason code and messaging for EXEC CICS API

Provide specific SAF reason codes and messaging returned on the EXEC CICS VERIFY PHRASE/PASSWORD and EXEC CICS SIGNON commands when using them with multi-factor authentication users.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Provide more details on a CMCI Timeout

Attempting to list the CICS regions via the CICS WUI when one of the regions is unresponsive produces a response that contains a warning and error message and the data for all the regions that did respond: Messages: EYUVC1278E Unable to obtain da...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Allow arrays w/in arrays for DFHJS2LS/DFHJSON

We are using CICS Cobol to make Machine Learning calls (and integrate key ML data into the OLTP). For IBM ML, this works well. For Azure, however, the result is delivered as an array of arrays in JSON. This is not supported currently in CICS DFHJS...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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