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Status Future consideration
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 1, 2022

For new data/time input data fields we would like the data to be persistent

Now that PTF's UI79367/8/9 are applied -PH42125: CICS CONFIGURATION MANAGER ENHANCED TO COLLECT & PASS ADDITIONALINFORMATION FOR PROCESSING BY CHANGE PACKAGE EXIT PROGRAM - we would like the data saved and presented back to the CM panels. The date/time when entered by the user is only there while the user is in the particular panel. If the user leaves the panel the data is lost. We use the date/time on the approval exit to schedule when a prod package is to be processed. The user can't go back into the panels and see when the package will be processed The order that CM validates the approval panel is approval profile then the date/time. Control is then sent to our exit program. We have other validations in our exit and may require the user to exit the approval panel and enter data like in the external reference filed. When the user returns back to the approval panel they have to reenter the date/time again. Bottom line we want the date/time to be persistent.
Idea priority High