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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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CICS explorer task history

Include Task History, that is Configured; Collected and Displayed. This is available in WUI interface. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.6?topic=resources-historical-data
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Functionality already exists

Allow more flexibility in the location of DFHAPIR

As currently designed, DFHAPIR can only be found as a single member name in a z/OS PARMLIB list. As CICS systems programmers, we normally don't have access to z/OS libraries so making changes requires change requests and possibly days between upda...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Would like to see a CEMT Command to Inquire/SET the CICS/JVM Profile

It would be nice to have the capability to issue a CEMT SET/INQUIRE on a CICS/JAVA Profile for a specific JVM. Currently we cannot View the properties of a JVMProfile from within a CICS Address Space, we need to go to TSO and use OMVS or ISHELL to...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

SMF 110 Data to include Lock Details

We recently have had several problems related to LM waits and security delays but have not been able to use SMF data to identify the cause of the LM waits. If we're lucky enough to get a dump we might be able to see tasks waiting on a US lock, but...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add Date Time offset fields to SMF 110 record header

With the growing customer need to load SMF data into analytical tools, the requirement to align and associate the various records from multiple time zones using date and time is becoming more critical. The lack of date time offset values in the so...
9 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

Need ability to link CICS WLM Quiesce status to zOS WLMHealth

When a CICS region is quiesced in CICS Plex System Management Work Load Management, the region is seen as unhealthy by CICSPlex System Management so it will be much less likely to to route work to it from other CICS regions in the same CICSPlex th...
10 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Keep track of DFHCSD and BAS changes not only on JESJOBS sysout but also on the repository itself for future investigation

when the cics resources are changed or excluded the messages are displayed only at the jesjobs sysouts and it is missed after a cics recycle, becoming impossible to track the before image.
10 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Add functionality to DFHCSDUP to allow for features available in CEDA online transaction such as CHECK.

There are features available in CEDA/B/C transactions that are not available with the DFHCSDUP utility program. Most times we make a copy of a CSD for a new environment and then make changes to groups and lists via batch job with utility DFHCSDUP....
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Abend task if target program specified on PCT not DFHMIRS

On a DPL and Mirror Tranid Specified, Abend task if target program specified on target CICS PCT not DFHMIRS. We use a lot of zCEE and CTG. Been running into issues where CICS Administrator, specifies the target program name (application program ID...
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Enable CICS webservices to return a HTTP code 204 without a body.

We are using REST webservices on CICS to expose our existing COBOL backend functionality. We have a use case where we would like to return a HTTP code 204: No Content. CICS can return this HTTP code without problems, but whatever we do, CICS allwa...
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration