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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Option in action part of policies to stop scanning of rules when one is applicable

Currently, when using policy, task rules are scanned and applied even if first one is applicable. This is explained in documentation : Specify thresholds for the following attributes as filters. You can define multiple task rules of the same rule ...
7 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Functionality already exists

Modify PIPESCAN mechanism similar to PHASEIN

Hi, customer is having some problems during PIPESCAN process when the CICS workload is too high. While the webservice is updating, if the webservice is in use, as the process is not able to free the used resource, the update process could take sev...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Please Provide a SYSPARM table view in CICS Explorer

I am opening this RFE to bring attention to and focus the request in RFE 100754. The WUI's view of the SYSPARM table at Home > CICS Operations > CICS region operations views > System parameters is MUCH more friendly than what is currently...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Future consideration

CICS Policy: Add new System Rule to monitor LU62 connections.

CICS policies currently have the ability to monitor and perform action on MRO and IPIC connection status but lacking the ability to monitor LU62 connection which RTA has the capability of doing so. We have business application that still rely on L...
12 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...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS policies - Suspend time policy rule for user task

CICS policies currently don't have an option to take action on an user task based on Suspend time. Even though RTA has this setup , cost of implementing RTA and its process is not as efficient as CICS policies. Hence Im making a request to IBM to ...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Future consideration

Tolerate unknown elements for SOAP web services

One of our web service applications is getting a DFHPI1007 error calling a remote service from CICS (so CICS is the web service consumer). It turned out, that the server system added some optional elements to their web service response in their re...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement of the JCICS API

Among other things, we use the two EXEC CICS commands EXEC CICS VERIFY PASSWORD and EXEC CICS VERIFY PHRASE in C and COBOL programs. As part of our migration to Java, we would also like to convert these C and COBOL programs to Java and need a corr...
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Common Extract Format for CSD, Bundles, and BAS

Provide a common extract format for CICS resource definitions, so that we can write internal audit and resource checks against the definitions, regardless of their source. The intent is to read all resources that have been staged so that we can pr...
7 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

CICS should execute the EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER INTO command under the EXECKEY of requesting program to honor CICS storage protection.

Currently when a USERKEY task executes an EXEC CICS GET CONTAINER INTO if the receiving data area is smaller than the container data the program creates a storage violation. Because CICS processes the GET CONTAINER command on behalf of the task, a...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

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