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z/OS Connect

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Add more options to Attribute characterWhiteSpace

Currently, the build toolkit properties file attribute characterWhiteSpace=COLLAPSE removes all leading, trailing, and embedded white space from type string fields. Furthermore, the same option replaces with single space characters all tabs, new l...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

Suppress or obfuscate queryString in SMF123 records

Currently SMF123 records expose query parameters in RESTFUL requests as queryStrings. Enterprises using Z/OS Connect EE should have the option to suppress or obfuscate queryStrings in SMF123 records to both ensure that comply with GDPR / DP / PSD2...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Policy based routing for API Requesters

We would like the ability to use policy based routing to direct API Requesters to specific API Connect endpoints. I believe this would involve adding a new valid property for use for API Requesters. For example: EndpointConnectionRefThe ID of the ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Unable to pass headers for OAUTH2 apiRequester

Customer has an api requestor that is configured to use oauth2 but the JWT provider requires a scope parm and a http header Client-Application be sent. Looking to do this in the server.xml.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Increased Functionality in the Transform on Response Mappings

Currently the multiple response code transform seems to happen after the IMS response message is placed in given response layout. I would like to request an option to have the transform happen before the IMS response message layout. For Example:If...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

Reuse BAQCSTUB existing connection from DB2 Stored Procedure

We ask to add to BAQCSTUB the capability to re-use the connection to z/OS Connect when called from DB2 stored Procedure.There is no way for the BAQCSTUB to persist its connection between invocations of the stored procedure in the WLM managed Exter...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

ZCEE Provider support for unbounded Arrays

ZCEE determines an array only based on the OCCURS clause and looks like we have to provide a boundary (max length) for the arrays like in the copybook structure below which means that we cant allow unbounded arrays like in the case of CICS web ser...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Facilitate UTF-8 in the ZCEE service provider

In CICS Channels / Service Provider ..... Currently the z/OS Connect EE toolkit does NOT accept/recognise PIC U (i.e. UTF-8) statements as introduced in Enterprise COBOL for z/OS v6.3. We have a requirement to ensure that ZCEE facilitates requests...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Future consideration

zCEE to call SAF for authentication

This is following on from RFE # 99337. Since the last RFE was submitted, the zCEE authorization interceptor has been extended to allow even more groups to be defined for more granular control of the various operations and actions permitted within ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

To support variable length string json payload for IMS API

Cobol does not have the notion of variable-length string. When a string in the Cobol copybook is mapped to JSON payload for z/OS Connect, it is set with the maximum length. Even when the actual JSON payload is smaller, z/OS Connect sends the full ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

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