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Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 30, 2012

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Make &APPLID available for MQCONN INITQNAME

We are in the research/planning phase for installing CICS/TS 4.2 (upgrade from 3.2). We found that the MQ INITPARM has been converted to an RDO definition. This means that we will have to have a separate MQCONN definition for each region that connects to MQ. We are wondering if there is a capability (or if you could please provide it) to specify &APPLID..INITQ for the INITQ name. Since that is how we already name all our INITQs and we don't share INITQs, this would be ideal for us. We could have one MQCONN definition that would work for all regions. I'm guessing many, if not most shops use this same naming standard.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Jun 16, 2017

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS TS 5.4 which is generally available from today June 16th 2017.
    For more information see the announcement letter https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS217-113

    &APPLID is supported on the MQCONN INITQNAME parameter.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 16, 2017

    This RFE is satisfied by CICS TS 5.4 which was announced on May 16th 2017 with a planned general availability date of June 16th 2017.
    For more information see the announcement letter https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS217-113

    &APPLID is supported on the MQCONN INITQNAME parameter.

  • Guest
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    |     Jul 15, 2016

    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 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
    Reply
    |     Jun 9, 2012

    This is a candidate for a future release

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 8, 2012

    We had not considered creating a PLT program for MQ startup yet. While that would work, it creates something we have to maintain for years to come; and each shop would have to write their own. Our management has a goal of keeping everything as vanilla as possible. By making &APPLID available every shop could take advantage of the feature to make their jobs easier and eliminate the future recustomization and testing with each release that the PLT would require.

  • Guest
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    |     May 1, 2012

    Our reasoning for taking away INITPARM is because experience with continued use of INITPARM with RDO with the CICS-DB2 Attach caused problems and misunderstanding of what took precedence at restart etc.

    Have you considered the following which would be a way of achieving what you require.

    Run with MQCONN=NO in the SIT so that you control when CICS connects  to MQ.
    You could write a very simple PLT program that does the following:

    EXEC CICS ASSIGN APPLID
    EXEC CICS CREATE MQCONN and use the value of applid to specify the INITQ attribute
    EXEC CICS SET MQCONN CONNECTED

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