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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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CICS Explorer: Add a transaction to WLM TranGroup

Add a transaction to an existing WLM transaction group without need to inform the WLM Specification name. The intention is the adding action take effect in all Specification where that transaction group is associated to.(As equivalent in WUI Resou...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

CICS Explorer: Improve ‘Perform Install Operation' screen

Show the list of groups and systems but allow user to filter by a mask of the group name or system name; then show a shorter result set.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer: Favorites

1- Enable opening more than one tab for the same resource, simulating the WUI Favorites. Use case 1: Transactions – first tab ordered by ‘use count' and the second one by ‘region'. Use case 2: Transaction Class – first tab ordered by ‘Purgewhileqd...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

BUNDLE state Changes should be part of the System Events

BUNDLE state Changes should be part of the System Events, so automation can be done, when it is disabled, enabled, discarded, or fully usable
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Protecting CPSM Api via SP & DFHEITBS

CICS is able to control usage of the CICS SPI by using the SP option on the translator and RACF protecting a specific module, DFHEITBS, that is loaded at translation time. Shlomo wanted the CPSM API to have this same functionality.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

CICS Liberty session persistence.

CICS Liberty session persistence needed to allow load balancing and service availability.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Management of requests for CICS Java tasks when JVMSERVER is not available.

When JVMSERVER is not available, CICS is rejecting requests for Java tasks with an abend AJ04.Use case After CICS starts accepting workload and before JVMSERVER is up, or in the time interval of a JVMSERVER restart, CICS is rejecting all Java tas...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

SQLJ support in CICS Liberty Profile.

In order to not have to write our own code, we request SQLJ to be supported in CICS Liberty profile.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Web Server Version Revealed by CICS

By default, most web servers place a "Server" field in the HTTP header for each document served to clients. This HTTP header reveals the server's type and version. The web server should be configured to conceal the HTTP "Server" field. CICS needs ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Enhance Security on JCL submit from CICS

All JCL submitted from CICS uses the CICS region userid as the submitter. Once this userid is granted surrogate authority to the JCL jobcard userid, ALL programs within that region can submit JCL under that ID. This creates a security exposure for...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered