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IMS Enterprise Suite

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Provide example JCL to compile and link the converter module

Provide example JCL to compile and link the converter module in the manual and in a SAMPLIB dataset installed with the product.
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 0 Delivered

logs should be written in the system default code page

SOAP Gateway should write all logs in the system default code page.
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Delivered

SOAP Gateway error handling

The SOAP gateway is not handling error states consistent with other mainframe products, which typically produce a single error message when the bad state occurred or changed and a single informational message when the error state has been resolved...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Delivered

ICON JAVA (and C) API to support user written ICON Exits

The IES JAVA API for IMS Connect only supports a limit range of IBM supplied IMS Connect message exits. We require to be able to specify our own exit names<br /><br />I am happy for this RFE to be made public.
about 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / IMS Connect APIs for Java and C 1 Delivered

Support for SAML 2.0 Assertions (signed and unsigned)/SAML 2.0

This requirement has been submitted as MR0519116124. Support SAML 2.0 Assertions
almost 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Delivered

Semantic Address Location

This requirement has been submitted as MR0519112130. IMS SOAP Support has to support a port address location with the following semantic in case of call-in (IMS provider):The address is a standard http(s) URL:• Protocol, host and port have to be i...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Delivered

ICON, OTMA, SGW: Error Enhancements

Requirement was submitted as MR0519112748. Send only w/ACK and NACK for Sync Callout response.
almost 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Delivered

Remove unneeded XML processing (i.e. parsing/marshalling) in SGW to reduce cpu usage and to improve performance

During SOAP request and response handling SGW parses and marshalles the whole SOAP-envelope what is mostly unneeded because SGW (more or less) just bypass the request/response to/from ICON. This XML processing takes not only a lot of cpu time but ...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Delivered

RFE for IMS Explorer to remove requirement for Admin rights during installation

IMS Explorer installation currently requires Administrator access on the machine where it is being installed. Some companies may have locked down Admin rights on employees' machines, thus preventing them from being able to install and use IMS Expl...
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Delivered