Skip to Main Content
IBM Z Software


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

CICS Transaction Server for z/OS

Showing 1156

LPA Dynamic Refresh of CICS modules

Allow CICS LPA modules to be refreshed using MVS Dynamic LPA services as Customer windows to IPL LPARs have become dramatically reduced in availability (in our case now down to 8 times per year).
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Retry / error message / warning if MRO connection fails @ startup (GSE Requirement GGCIC08003)

Today, there is no message indicating that two CICS regions in a MRO environment did successfully connect or could not connect. Please provide a mechanism which automatically retries to connect two CICS regions having ACCESSMETHOD=IRC or XM if the...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Logger Chg To Avoid Initial Start Due To Log Full Task Loop (SHARE Requirement SSCICS06001)

Logger Chg To Avoid Initial Start Due To Log Full Task LoopBUSVAL : 5INVVAL : 5ENDVAL : 5GROVAL : 3SYSVAL : 5KEYWORDS : CICS, Logger, DFHLOGUGVOTES : +5=4 +4=6 abstain = 1 Priority=4.4DESCRIPT : The current design of the CICS Logger will allow a l...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS WEBServices engine should reply with a readable message for a HTTP-GET with a WEBServices URL

CICS WEBServices engine should reply with a readable message for a HTTP-GET with a WEBServices URLAs of today, a browser request using the URL of a CICS WEBService returns a HTTP-Resp500. If the WEBService exists under this URL, other WEBService E...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add function to SET TRANDUMPCODE/SYSDUMPCODE by Tranid/Prog (SHARE requirement SSSHARE01445)

In order to control dump processing from a single point, add the capability to request transaction or system dumps by Tranid or by Program name, using either generic or specific names. This capability should be added to both the CEMT SET commands ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

DTRTRAN option required for distributed routing program

User specified the DTRTRAN parameter using value CRTX in the CICS SIT to avoid defining transactions in the routing region but found that it had no affect for non-terminal routable EXEC CICS START requests. DTRTRAN is only valid for the dynamic ro...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

TRANCLASS as Work Qualifier in WLM Classification Rules for CICS

In order to classify CICS workload, WLM/CICS currently only supports the work qualifiers - LU Name- Subsystem Instance- Sysplex Name- Transaction Name- User IDProblem: Classification is the job of the WLM-administrator, who has little knowledge of...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Transaction Resource Usage reporting for program resources

User needs to run reports with program usage by transaction. The user specifically needs to know the CPU time used by each individual program running unde the CICS task. The CPUTIME and elapsed time should be accumulated and monitored for the foll...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Outbound WebServices need possibility to specify TCP/IP stack on a "per service"-level

When CICS is acting as a Web Services requestor, there should be the possibility to specify on a "per service level" (e.g. at the PILELINE-level) the TCP/IP stack to be used as customers e.g. have a "Intranet-Stack" and a seperated "Internet-Stack".
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Update catalog information for VSAM files periodically (SHARE requirement SACICS92027)

Update catalog information for VSAM files periodically.BUSVAL : 0INVVAL : 0ENDVAL : 0GROVAL : 0SYSVAL : 0KEYWORDS : UGVOTES : +5=3 +4=1 +3=6 +2=4 +1=2 Priority=2.9DESCRIPT : VSAM catalog information should be updated periodically for CICS VSAM dat...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration