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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Expose CPSM TDQGBL resource table through the CICS GraphQL API.

I would like to extract global transient data statistics from the CPSM TDQGBL resource table using the GraphQL API. In the past I have extracted these statistics using the CMCI API to query the CICSGlobalTDQueueStatistics resource. Having looked a...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

DFHBRNSF data set counter

Customer feels CICS should automatically reset the counter and not require customers to take an outage of their region(s) because of message DFHBR0509 being issued, when the DFHBRNSF dataset counter is nearing its limit.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer not able to export information to a file

Display of the system parameter (SIT values) dosn't offer the possibility to export the content in a file to be later on managed.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 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

INQUIRE DFHTRANSACTION Threadsafe,

We are trying to cut back on TCB Swaps; I notice INQUIRE DFHTRANSACTION to do TCB swap; was wondering if this could be made THREADSAFE? There is a trace entry of TRANSFORMER; not sure what that is.... See trace snippit: L80AT RM 0302 RMLN EXIT SET...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

make INQUIRE REQID Threadsafe

We are interested in making INQ REQID Threadsafe. We are trying to cut back on some TCB swaps; I noticed this in the trace; TCB Swap upon entry exit of INQ REQID; Entry L8; Exit QR; then remains on QR for some time, until next DB2 or MQ request. 9...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 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

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...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Return profile attributes in INQUIRE PROFILE command

The INQUIRE PROFILE command should return all the attributes of a CICS profile definition.
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 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

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