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CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS

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Single view for all packages(CM) across all sysplexes

Hi,We can only see all the CICS CM packages that are belongs to a single sysplex. But if we have multiple sysplex environments, it become very difficult to go to each sysplex and check for the CICS CM Package to install every day. This gets compli...
over 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Explorer CM Deployment Analysis Report - Export to excel Functionality

Currently we are able to generate CM Deployment Analysis Report using Explorer Plugin. But unable to download/export the data to excel or other formatted.
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Batch CM Deployment Analysis Report - Additional Functionality

The CM Deployment Batch Report needs the below additional functionalities: 1) Create package with duplicate entries to be deleted (Should identify duplicate entries that are not in use only)2) Create an export file which can be used as input into CM
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Associate FTP connection to CICS CM connection

Associate an FTP and/or z/OSMF connection with a CICS Configuration Manager connection to ensure batch jobs generated by the CICS CM views are submitted to the host z/OS where the CICS CM server is running. Current behavior is for the Submit butto...
over 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS CM report of defined configs

Provide a CICS CM batch report of all defined configs and associated CSDs.
about 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Add copy and/or export capability to search results in CICS Explorer

When performing a search in CICS Explorer (with the CICS Configuration Manager plug-in) to find a group in multiple configurations, there is no way to access the results in the "Search Results" windows either by copying or exporting the results.
over 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 0 Future consideration

Compare Function: allow for attribute value masking when using the CHECKSUM List option

Provide the ability for masking and/or wild carding of individual attributes when using the CHECKSUM LIST option.
over 12 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Auto populate few fields

Hi,We like to auto populate few fields instead of application developer has to fill in the filed manually. Ex: approval group name, Package name
over 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Audit trail for configuration manager

We would like to have a kind of audit trail in CICS configuration Manager in order to log both changes made with CM and with CEDA transaction
almost 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Configuration Mgr Plug-in BETA 52

The BETA 52 Configuration Mgr CICS Explorer Plug-in does not contain all the functionality of the ISPF interface. Specifically for a Chg Pkg, to "install" and "set approver" - these are not in the Plug-in and should be to complete the process. Tra...
about 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration