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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Can the CICS storage subpool TSICDATA in temp storage in ECDSA be moved to 64 bit storage?

When we get a lot of messages come in and do a lot of EXEC CICS START with data, the data goes to storage subpool TSICDATA. This is in ECDSA. The transaction in question is TCLASS'ed and the queue can really build up sometimes. We had a flood of m...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

CICS Explorer: Install resources

Allow user to install a resource in a multiple selection of groups or systems at once. Explorer just allow installing in a group or system per time.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer - CPSM WLM Admin Add Flexibility for Defining Relationships Between CPSM Resources

We need to be able to (within the current rules regarding CPSM Resources) freely associate resource relationships.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 9 Delivered

CICS Explorer - CPSM WLM Admin Allow users to Control Resource Names

Currently when defining CPSM WLM Artifacts, other than the WLMSPEC (ie: WLMGROUP, WLMDEF, TRANGRP, etc.) the user can't control the names. The system generates the names.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Extracting table data to excel (or CTRL-A &CTRL-C for all rows)

Extracting to excel and copy/paste are extremely important features for every windows based application, CICS Explorer included. When attempting to copy from CICS Explorer, you are unable to copy rows before scrolling through them (since they were...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

Adding timer wait value and retry loop counter in Named Counter EXEC interface

Named Counter EXEC interfaces need to be enhanced to allow cusotmer to control the timer wait and retry loop during CF system-managed rebuild process.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

CICS should be aware when a protected DB2 thread is canceled

Customer has an automated process to cancel CICS tasks that exceed 20 CPU seconds. To follow the procedures recommended in CICS manuals, first a DB2 CANCEL THREAD is issued and then the CICS transaction is purged. When the DB2 thread in use is def...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

CAM tooling needs the ability to control "Export to z/OS Unix File System" functions

To pass our CAM Compliance audit and automate the propagation of CICS-Explorer-generated artifacts (development -> QA -> production) our Cam Software (Rational Clearcase) must be allowed to manage the Export to z/OS process. Either by provid...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

Removing Index table limitation for CICS Data tables

Though CICS allows us to use 99 data spaces but only 1 Index space in it. Which is limiting the number of Data tables we can use. The Index table is getting full before we use 6 Data spaces for loading Data records.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Extend the scope of CICS CPSM "Abend Compensation" to include MQ.

Extend the scope of CICS CPSM Abend-Compensation capability to include application failures due to MQ. Currently CPSM provides Abend-Compensation for DB2 failures when the WLMSPEC "Acceptable level of abend probability" parameter has been setup.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

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