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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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More precisely SOAP fault text - Internal Server Error

If CICS receives a webservice request and a handler in the service provider pipeline initializes container DFHWS-USERID with a userID, that has been revoked by RACF, CICS returns a SOAP fault text 'Internal Server Error' to the service requester. ...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

WUI : Display a POP up message for Confirmation

Hello Hello,On WUI EYUVC1280I view, when a click is made on the "Update" button and the update concerns a field from the "Workload Management (WLM)" section, will it be possible to display a pop-up message requesting a confirmation of the change.
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CMCI / CICS Explorer MASQRYER support similar to WUI capabilites

When the explorer issues a request that has issues because one or more of the systems within the scope does not reply back within the timeout period, CMCI and the CICS Explorer will provide the information from the MAQRYER records for naming the n...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Passticket generation for CICS Web Services with new USERID

We need a "REQUEST PASSTICKET" with foreign USERID (not user ID associated with the task) to the "INVOKE WEBSERVICE":EXEC CICS REQUEST PASSTICKET(PASSTICKET) ESMAPPNAME('LDPPROC') ESMUSERID('xxxxxxxx') ESMRESP(ESMRESP) RESP(RESP)RESP2(RESP2)
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Wildcard on transaction name when defining application entry point on transaction

Client has many transactions which run the same program, but the transactions have different quality of service to meet for different business needs.When defining transaction entry point, it will be good to be able to use wildcard (e.g. * ) to spe...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Control generation of language structures with CICS web service assistant

For compatibility reasons an application should be able to be invoked by CICS web services and MQ. From the architectural point of view the contract for the invocation should be a schema/WSDL.When a language structure for COBOL is generated from t...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Add support to CICS Explorer to allow summary action for columns in a view.

The CICSPlex SM Web User Interface allows users to add summary actions for columns in base tables. The CICS Explorer views need to also allow the capability to perform a summation action on columns in a view returned by CMCI. The default summary a...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS Socket Reclaim after CICS region shutdown

Allow CICS ports to dynamically rebalance after a new port is introduced in the workload, such as on an LPAR (port sharing) or in a sysplex.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Requirement for CICS TS 5.1 compatability with z/OS 1.12

CICS TS 5.1 has recently been announced and we need to be able to install and execute this CICS release on z/OS 1.12 in order to be able to move to this release. We are currently running CICS TS 3.2 and we have investigated moving to z/OS 1.3 firs...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

Batch tooling for working with CICS resource definitions stored as zFS bundles.

A batch utility capable of working with resources definitions stored as bundles in zFS and providing functions similar to those provided by DFHCSDUP for CSD is needed.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration