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 1328

Add EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM SPI for license version..eg. MLC, DEV, VUE, or OPEN Beta

The only method available today to determine the licensing version of a CICS TS region is by viewing the JESMSGLG and locating message DFHTI0100 for Beta, DFHTI0102 for VUE,and DFHTI0200 for DEV.SPI should return the PID number, and for OPEN BETA ...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add JVMServer status to system events

Add JVMServer status to system capture points in CICS events
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

 EXTEND CEDA CHECK LIST Command like GRPLIST syntax

Description: Extend CEDA CHECK Command to allow values like in GRPLIST OPTION in DFHSIT. LIST Values should be specified also with + sign and * like documented in CICS System Definition Guide.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Quiesce of RLS dataset can be held up by a single healthy CICS region

If a CICS region's QR TCB is dominated by 1 or more application transactions in yielding loops, and the transaction priorities of the application transaction(s) are higher than 1, then that CICS region can not respond to a dataset quiesce request ...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS RDO modification Query(ON)

Typeterm parms Extendedds and highlight force Query(on) even if that particulat setting is NO in the RDO definition
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

CICS INITPARM

We can use EXEC CICS ASSIG INITPARM to get the value for a specific program. This value can only be changed by recycling the CICS region. We need a functionalty to dynamically change INITPARM paramters while CICS is up and running.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS task storage High Water Mark (HWM)

CICS maintains a storage HWM. If a particular txn is processing a mixed workload (e.g. small and large messages within the same MQ Q), we have observed the effect a large message has on the amount of storage acquired by CICS on behalf of each subs...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Route to Local in CICS Cloud

In the world of CICS Cloud where we have Platforms and Applications, can we ensure that if there are viable AORs on a given LPAR (which reeceived the original message from an external source), CICS/CPSM will 'route to local' and only revert to XCF...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Session busy when using LINK

Using the DTP protocol, it's possible to allocate a session before the conversation (multiple SEND/RECEIVE pairs)is started. If there are no sessions available, the allocate returns a SESSION BUSY response and the code then has the choice of waiti...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Expiry of CICS queued requests within the dispatcher queue(s)

A CICS region often has to queue requests because of resource constraints e.g. max tasks has been reached. In order to minimise the risk that a CICS will go SoS, it would be good if any given queued item has a finite lifespan. If the dispatcher de...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.