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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
We currently have no plans to provide any enhancements in this area over and above what can be achieved via CICS PA's cross region report as mentioned earlier. The data is in the CICS 110 records so other products or roll your own can do the same.
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Paul, any further comments ?
Earlier comments have accurately described the various processes that could be, and indeed are, used to correlate cross-region transactions. Most, if not all, use the network uow to correlate the data from multiple CICS regions. CICS PA has the cross-system work report, and also data set where the actual data is combined into a single record that spans all the regions, and which can then be used as input to an accounting/chargeback process. From a z/OS WLM classification perspective CICS classifies the work request into its service/report class and this is then inherited wherever the transactions flows so that we can manage and report all the related transactions together.
The chargeback mechanism in the client I am concerned about is driven by CICS SMF 110 records. In this case the transaction-id for the server side function-shipping transaction is always CSMI. Of course it could potentially be modified via an exit but this is hardly as functional as being able to specify it in the resource definition. The client is using neither CICS PA nor WLM for transaction routing, but uses TDS (Tivoli Decision Support) in the chargeback process, but I don't know anything about how that all works. Does that help?
I think we need to understand better the business justification. As far as transaction accounting and chargeback is concerned it is possible to use CICS PA to report on cross region work and assume that other packages / ryo code can do the same. If monitoring and chargeback can be dealt with already, and z/OS WLM is rightly inheriting the SRT token from the AORs, then it is not clear what compelling reason really justifies this. Program link justifies it on the basis that the customer business logic might legitimately depend on the tranid.
Dorry, this was duplicated somehow with #16295 and so this one can be deleted.