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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Asktime should set a properly formatted COMP-3 in EIBTIME

CICS manual states that ASKTIME function cannot be used with NUMPROC(PFD) compiler option.This is because ASKTIME sets a F as final byte in signed EIBTIME, instead of a correct C. PMR and RFE to the CICS team, to get a fix for this are rejected, a...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 6 Not under consideration

Stop/Quiesce Shared TS Servers in a controlled manner

There is currently no facility to quiesce activity in Shared TS servers in order to shut them down in a controlled manner. A CANCEL command is required to stop Shared TS servers.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS TS 5.* (DFHMEU)

CICS TS 5.* Message Editing utility (DFHMEU)
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Update CICS SPI INQUIRE CONNECTION to provide ATTACHSEC, SECURITYNAME, BINDSECURITY and USEDFLTUSER fields

We have a customer looking for security related information in connection resource; specifically ATTACHSEC. According to CEDA DEFINE the following fields are available in CICS resource definition for Security: SECURITY SEcurityname ==> ATtachse...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Support for 'dynamic' JSON content (same as exists for XML)

Please add support for 'dynamic' content within a JSON RESTful API payload. This would be conceptually then same as the existing support for dynamic SOAP XML content (which uses the 'xsd:any' XML schema type). This may require the JSON Assistant t...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Add EYUVC1294W (Region Timeout) Information Detail

Currently if a region in a Plex is having an issue that causes either a GUI display or CPSM Batch API timeout the WUI displays a EYUVC1294W message that details which region is causing the problem. We do not have a messagelike that in CICS Explore...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Alternative way to manage CICS supplied definitions

I suggest that CICS development move away from CSD-based definitions for CICS-required resources and begin using EXEC CICS CREATE during region startup to ensure that all resources are defined, and defined properly. CPSM began using this approach ...
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Generate messages during emergency restart showing indoubt systems that should be restarted.

Please generate a message during emergency restart that shows any related CICS regions or subsystems that must be started to resolve all indoubt UOWS during the emergency restart.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

DFHPI0508 possible if all sessions to remote system are in use. CICS does not queue request.

This RFE being submitted as a result of investigative APAR PH20753 being closed. The text of that APAR was: You experience DFHPI0508 errors when trying to run a tran involving RequestStreams that need to route over to another system. CICS will try...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Sample using C++ Foundation Classes with Containers

I could not find a sample using C++ Foundation Classes for CICS using container.I really need a sample code using containers
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration