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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Provide batch program to read temporary storage queues

Provide CICS batch utility to browse temporary storage queues.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Mechanism to sysplex Load Balance transaction requests needed to process CICS/MQ messages

Mechanism for sysplex Load Balancing of the number of transaction requests needed to process CICS/MQ messages and the number of applications processing information relating to the transaction requests. A message arriving on the message queue might...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Need option to copy connections and userids when creating new CICS Explorer workspace

When creating a new work space in CICS explorer, user is given the option to copy the work bench layout and the working sets but not the connections or users meaning that they have to be manually entered again when using the new work space.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

WTO from CICS Event Processing adapter

Provide a CICS Event Processing adapter to write a WTO, multi-line if necessary based on message length.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CPSM API: A new query function to identify available CMAS's

The CPSM API should support a new query function that could be called prior to any CONNECT operation. This query would scan and locate all active ESSS's on the local LPAR via the z/OS subsystem chain, extracting from each ESSS information about al...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CPSM - various timeout values must be externalized and tunable

CPSM uses various internal timeout values to decide when to take remedial action, such as isolating a CMAS. In environments that may be heavily loaded and/or resource constrained (perhaps intentionally because they are non-production) this can lea...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Can set SYNCONRETURN(NO/YES) in RDO PROGRAM DEFINE.

Can set SYNCONRETURN on a program-by-program basis by using a new REMOTE ATTRIBUTE in RDO PROGRAM DEFINE.The SYNCONRETURN option in EXEC CICS LINK instruction obviously will override the new SYNCONRETURN attribute in RDO PROGRAM DEFINE.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Can set CBLPSHPOP(ON/OFF) in RDO PROGRAM DEFINE.

Can set CBLPSHPOP on a program-by-program basis by using RDO DEFINE PROGRAM.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Resource availability in CPSM with 3270 transactions.

CPSM has the ability to detect if a resource (transaction, file, etc...) as long as the transaction is non-terminal attached. For any terminal attached transaction CPSM does not have the ability to detect if the resource is available or not in the...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS Event Processing Diagnostic Mode

This was MR0316112559 in the FITS system, Submitted 03/16/2011...... Bank of America would like the ability to trace or do some problem determination when they deploy an "Event" and it either fails to work or there is a problem with the deployment...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration