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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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manage several CICSPlex at same time in CICS explorer

Assuming there are several CMCI port which belong to different CICSPlex. currently, CICS explorer can only connect to one CMCI port. User want to connect to several CMCI port at same time and manage the resources in different CICSPlex.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

Remote SYSID returned to caller after DPL (SHARE requirement SSCICS11013)

CICS should return the region/sysid/applid where the DPL request actually ran to the caller. Debugging and diagnositics will become much easier, especially in large shops that have dozens or even hundreds of AOR regions. The SYSID could be provide...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Introduce TCP/IP Ping capability into CICS API

If a task running in CICS attempts to connect to a server over TCP/IP, for example using EXEC CICS WEB OPEN, this will fail quickly if the target system is reachable but there is no listener on the target port or any handshake fails. However, if t...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Enable the WSACONTEXT BUILD function to add the wsa:to without overwriting the default endpoint

In the context of CICS web services using SOAP when invoking a service, I want to be able to use the WSACONTEXT BUILD function, in a COBOL/CICS program, to add the wsa:to without it overwriting the default endpoint from the WEBSERVICE with a new d...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Is a defect

Enhance CEDF for MQ-Series API CALLs (GSE Requirement DBCICD98027)

The CEDF transaction only shows the parameters as a list of arguments for MQ-Series API calls.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Recovering from abend AICA under OTE TCB

An application can establish an abend handler by EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND, which gets control if any abend occurs, e.g. with abend code AICA. If running under OTE, an abend AICA cannot be intercepted by a user abend handler, i.e. the transaction ter...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

An option not to reset counts on USS stats records

In some of our regions we use DADS to open/close files in our regions. This can happen several times a day. Each time a file is closed a USS record is written to SMF and the count is reset to 0. Therefore, we have loads of USS records for files an...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Frequency based thresholding for policy rules and events

Please provide user customizable mechanism to only trigger if the monitored event occurs more than N times in X minutes. This would be useful for thresholding within a single task and for thresholding across tasks.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

readonly access

Provide a mechanism for me to connect in a read-only way. This could be a separate connection definition or a toggle between view/edit. Regardless, it needs to be clear which mode is currently in use.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Select multiple, specific regions

Allow selecting multiple regions in the "CICS Explorer" view.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration