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CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

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Platform application operation registry

In this RFE I want to put two things, because they belong somehow together. If this should be separated, let me know and I will raise a second one. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System constellat...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer: Update multiple regions for a single resource

I use CPSM WUI to select a list of resources and then take an action on the selected list. This action could be to DISABLE or DISCARD the resource. It could be to update an attribute of the resource that would be updated in all the selected region...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

ENTRY POINT CONTAINER DEFINITION

We are running Java and PL/1 in an application context. As the developers have started to integrate Java in our environment we have the need of an communication between two applications. This all works fine, if you are not shipping data from one l...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Need API count for CICS Transactions/Programs

I am requesting a feature that would allow me to get a count by API, all the APIs that were executed during the life of a CICS program or Transaction.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

support ABtest using CICS application multi-version in production

open on behalf of ICBC. Customer want to use application multi-version capability in CICS TS 5.2 to support ABtest in production. But it doesn't work. When request cross application, the request may go to the wrong version
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow dynamic parameters to be passed to PLTPI programs

Our product optionally uses parameters defined in the SIT as INITPARM data. The data is read when the program executes, and specifies control options. Our goal of simplifying the installation of the product would be far simpler if we had a more dy...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

PMR 14055,035,724: APPC, CICS and VTAM GENERIC RESOURCES

The Hub Model for APPC is a single point of failure. Intoduction to my Problem: I have two TOR/CICS e.g. CICSA and CICSB on a Z/OS SYSPLEX. CICSA and CICSB are both provider and requester. Both TOR/CICS are IP - Provider and IP Requster as well as...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS - function to obtain infomation such as CICS Login ID, workstation IP, etc when accessing DB2 z/OS

A CICS published function is needed to obtain information from CICS such as the CICS Login ID, workstation IP address, etc. when the known information is DB2 thread connection information. This would help with security auditing and other functiona...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

max occurs 'unbounded'

User states 'The workaround works but not when maxOccurs is ?unbounded?. 03 testOperationResponse. 06 serviceSettings. 09 releaseSchedule. 12 releaseTimes2-num PIC S9(9) COMP-5 SYNC. 12 releaseTimes OCCURS 100. 15 Xtime PIC X(5). 15 amPM PIC X(255...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Add DFHAMSIG information to the auto-install models (AITM)

Add DFHAMSIG information to the auto-install models (AITM). This will eliminate some of the confusion as to which CEDA Group/List the TypeTerm was Installed from, and who last changed it.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration