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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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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...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 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...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 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...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 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.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Method within CICSPlex SM to dynamically modify the CMAS connection directory.

When a CMAS is first identified (in a CMTCMDEF), a CMAS Directory (CMASDIR) entry is created in the MP CMAS and broadcast to all other active CMASes. As long as any CMAS remains active, it will broadcast the CMASDIR entry during Topology Exchangew...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

When CMAS and MAS recycle, system prompt 'EYUWI0086I', meanwhile TOR can't join workload

When CMAS and MAS recycle, system prompt 'EYUWI0086I', meanwhile TOR can't join workload ,it did cause many transaction abend .And sometime system didn't prompt 'EYUWI0086I' ,TOR join workload successfully ,but it gernerated duplicate record of ac...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CICSPlex Workload Management: Goal / Queue Mode

The CICS Transaction Server V3.1 documentation doesn't contain information about the decision criterias for the CICSPlex Queue and Goal mode. Following list contains possible topics which should be documented in the official publications (the list...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CPSM Workload Management must support Defined Capacity Work (GSE requirement GGCIC07018)

IBM machines can be licensed with the Defined Capacity Option. This means a machine which has installed more processor capacity than the installation effectively is allowed to use all over the time. The only exception is for peak times where the i...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 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

CICS should provide a utility to aid in migrating resource definitions between different repository types, i.e. CSD/BAS/zFS

Please provide tooling to facilitate migrating resource definitions back and forth between all of the various repositories: currently CSD/BAS/zFS bundles.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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