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Status Delivered
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 10, 2014

PLT TABLES LOADED DURING THE STARTUP. NOT COMPILED.

Our Macys customer have over 400 regions, each using it's own PLT PI and PLT SD. During an upgrade, we have to compile over 800 PLT tables, which is very time consuming. Plus we have an extra work to document and keep track of all the PLTs to know which one is the source for each region.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Dec 14, 2018

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.5 which is GA today 14th December 2018.

  • Guest
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    Oct 2, 2018

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.5 which is announced today 2nd October 2018 and which has a planned availability date of 14th December 2018.
    For more information see the CICS TS V5.5 announcement letter https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/897/ENUS218-352/index.html&request_locale=en

  • Guest
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    Jun 15, 2018

    This is something we would like to address. The RFE is being moved into 'Planned for Future release' status. Please note:
    IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.

  • Guest
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    Oct 6, 2016

    I agree with this requirement and would like to add an additional requirement. Currently all PLT programs run under one high authority system userid, which our security auditors are not happy about. If you are moving PLT programs to RDO, can you add a "USERID" attribute so that we can run each PLT program on a suitable userid? We may want CPSM to start on one userid, application programs to run under a different one, and other initialization programs to run on a third id?

    Additionally, while I don't personally have this as a requirement, it may be nice to designate threads. Perhaps anything with the same thread name will run serially. By default, everything will run as it does today (one at a time), but if a program has no dependence on something else, give it a different name and let it run parallel to the other PLT programs. Again, I don't have a need for this, it was just an idea.

    Also, we could use an option to start a task instead of running the program in a PLT. The userid option would again be useful here.


    Thanks! Mike...

  • 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 - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

  • Guest
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    Jun 12, 2014

    This is a candidate for a future release.