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TXSeries for Multiplatforms

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Support CICS application-provided SOAP faults for inbound web services

TXseries does not support Channels with inbound web services. Thus web service programs must be called with a COMMAREA.
about 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Planned for future release

Support contract-first inbound web service generation

Currently, TXseries supports the generation of a WSDL and WSBIND file from a program structure file for inbound SOAP web services. This contract-last generation is provided by the DFHLS2WS program available in the z/OS Transaction Server and TXser...
about 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Extend CICS applications as web services in TXSeries

Currently COMMAREA handling for inbound SOAP webservices in TXseries is limited to equally-sized request/response structues only.
about 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

support National data type in TXseries API

In order to support Multilanguage, the data types will be converted from PIC X single byte to PIC N - National . TXseries API variable should be National data type as well. WE use is when linking a program (LINK) writing TSQ (the TSQ name) ENQ (th...
about 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration

For TXSeries 8.1 and above on AIX, users(whose group set is cics) can check the status by cicslssrc.

For TXSeries 8.1 and above on AIX, users(whose group set is cics) can check the status by cicslssrc. For TXSeries 7.1 and earlier versions on AIX, cicslssrc just calls lssrc provided by AIX, so all users can execute it.But for TXSeries 8.1 on AIX,...
over 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Planned for future release

In TXSeries WLM, COR can pass the same TransId as COR to AOR.

In CICS WLM, COR can pass the same TransId to AOR.Currently, the TransId in AOR is determined by the routing program defined in COR(paramater TransId in PD.stanza, it is CPMI by default).
over 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

New exit to provide visibility to DPL/FS routing through COR regions

Need an exit to expose DPL calls thatare function shipped from the COR to the AOR. When a program is defined as remote a DPL call entring the COR will be routed without a DPL call so the DPL exit is not invoked,
over 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

DPL exit to indicate invocation state (inbound or outbound/return)

The DPL exit can be invoked for outbound calls and again on return. When the exit is called there is no indication of whether the invocation was for the outbound or return. This should be indicated in the exit data.
over 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Date/Time "ADD" functions in WTX

Would like to see the addition of ADDMONTHS & ADDYEARS to the Date/Time ADD functions. As well as SUBTRACT functions for Date/Time.
almost 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration

Need to be able to specified the schema name for storing VSAM files in a database.

We need to be able to configure the schema name to store in database a VSAM files.The tables emulating the VSAM file are always stored in a schema named CICS.
about 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

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