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Status Delivered
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 30, 2013

CICS PA Database tables have to be recreated when upgrading CICS.

After discussions with a developer at Hursley I found that with each new CICS release the DB Tables in PA will have to be recreated.
This will create problems when trying to compare data from a date before upgrade and after.
I believe this is unacceptable.

There should be jobs to convert the present DB2 tables that way data that can be compared can be shared.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Dec 11, 2015

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS PA 5.3 which is generally available from December 11th 2015.

  • Guest
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    Nov 24, 2015

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS PA 5.3 which was announced on October 5th 2015 with a planned general availability date of December 11th 2015.
    For more information see the announcement letter http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS215-364

  • Guest
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    Oct 5, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - CICS Performance Analyzer

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - CICS Performance Analyzer

  • Guest
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    Dec 30, 2013

    Just a note, one of the selling points was that the conversion from release to release would be smoother.
    Batch reporting wise, this is correct, but due to the DB2 problems, well that is not true.