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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Automatic acquire for IPIC HA connections

We connected a CICS client in a sysplex to a cluster of TORs in another sysplex with IPIC HA. When one of the TORs fails for any reason, the connection with the other TOR is not automatically acquired. We had to implement an automation routine to ...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Support for mixed type JSON arrays

While using the webservice assistant DFHJS2LS, we are receiving errors when processing json schemas that have arrays using the items tag as an array e.g. “items”: […..] . This json schema is a valid schema and used to describe a Tuple; a type of a...
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

Need to view 64 Bit Storage in CICS CEDF utilities

The various flavours of the CICS Execution Diagnostic Utility (CEDF) allow me to view storage with 31 bit addresses but increasingly I need to be able to view storage with 64 bit addresses. For example a JCICS program placing data in a container w...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Add MASHIST management to CICS Explorer

Now, it is only possible to SUSPEND or RESUME Historical Data Collection thru the WUI or via CMCI command. It would be helpful that CICS Explorer was able to handle (view and update the state) the MASHIST resource.
7 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

API to Return RACF Custom Fields

In addition to the RFE ID: 82049 for RACF. Capability similar to the EXEC CICS ADDRESS ACEE API to view a signed on user's additional RACF details from the segments that are defined to that Userid most specially the RACF Custom Fields that are def...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

CPSM cmd to Activate/Quiesce a target Region only in a specific WLMSPEC.

I use following cmd to Activate or Quiesce some target Regions in a specific "wlmspecx" WLMSPEC: EXEC CPSM PERFORM OBJECT("WLMAWAOR") PARM("WORKLOAD(wlmspecx).") CRITERIA("AOR=cicsaorx") ACTION("ACTIVATE/QUIESCE") .....Some of this target Regions ...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Need explicit Resp information in CICS Application Events

When creating a CICS application event, the user cannot specify a filter using the Response code, only on OK or NOT OK. When this is coupled with not being able to include the response codes in the emitted data (that I can find) I cannot drive act...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Allow multiple applications to create association data

Would like to have the capability for multiple applications to add data to the CICS association data. This could be in the form of a name value pair. This would allow multiple applications or monitors to flow data without interfering with each oth...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

CPSM WUI - TCP/IP service cipher name

Recently we've started to keep SSL ciphers in a xml file rather than coding at the tcpip service definition. The problem is, we can not see the cipher name,being used by tcpip service, via cpsm wui. When we click the ssl cipher suit codes at the w...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Add ability to enable/disable JVMENDPOINT resource in CICS TS Urban Code Deploy plugin

CICS TS 5.6 created a new resource called a JVMENDPOINT. We would like to be able to issue enable and disable commands for this new resource via the CICS TS Urban Code Deploy plugin.
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration