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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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CICS Explorer - Add Ability to View GLUES and TRUES (SHARE requirement SSCICS12001) requirement

Currently our CICS Explorer users only have the ability to view GLUES via the CPSM WUI EYUSTARTEXITGLUE view, and TRUES via the WUI EYUSTARTEXITTRUE. We would like the ability to view them added to CICS Explorer. +4=2 +3=4 +2=5 Priority=2.7 Need t...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

DFHWS2LS Translate Underscore to Underscore for PLI

When DFHWS2LS creates PLI includes it translates underscores to X. Since underscores are acceptable in PLI, DFHWS2LS should not translate them to X, unless necessary. Dashes could also be translated into underscores, rather than X's.Similar work w...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Autoinstall for JAVA programs

In the moment we need a PPT definition for each JAVA program. This is not good and should be changed ASAP.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

ESI wants MQ driven CICS transactions to be processed by the CEC with the most CPU capacity within the Parallel Sysplex

Express Scripts International (ESI) wants MQ driven CICS transactions to be processed by the CEC with the most CPU capacity within the Parallel Sysplex. In order to achieve this ESI has had to reduce Queue Sharing from 100% to 25% and completely d...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

Add filter for Available Attributes when customizing columns

I would like to see a filter function implemented for the attributes available in the customized columns view. Some of resources have many available attributes. If you could filter the list down to what you are looking for, this would allow a user...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Add a field to record peak TDQ depth in statistic

Add a new field in intrapartition transient data queues statistic report to record the peak depth.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

include a new EXEC CICS API call to do the same as the FEPI one so that you don't need a FEPI environment

We need to generate a passticket. we have to be in key 0 to generate them. FEPI provides a means to generate one. Please include a new EXEC CICS API call to do the same as the FEPI one so that we don't need a FEPI environment
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Allow more than one transaction add for WUI TRANGRP (SHARE requirement SSCICS07001)

You can only add one transaction to a TRANGRP at a time. The EUI used to allow 10.VALUE : This change will be a productivity improvement. Also users will not shy away from using the WUI for WLM adminitration.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

CICS CPSM System Event

Customer is interested in Events being generated by CPSM so that they could intercept changes being made to CPSM and also so that an audit trail was possible.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

CPSM WUI server should fail to initialize if WUIPARM DEFAULTWARNCNT is zero

All WUI users should be subject to warning record count by default. If very large CICSplexes, a WUI user without warning record count active, could issue a view resulting in excessive increase in the CMAS QUE and DAT data spaces. Such an increase ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered