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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
This release introduces four EXEC CICS API commands: RUN TRANSID, FETCH CHILD, FETCH ANY and FREE CHILD. Using these commands, an application developer can run asynchronous transactions in CICS, pass and consume data, and reduce the challenges involved in the management and execution of programs.
The CICS asynchronous API uses a parent-child model, enabling application developers to use an asynchronous programming model which can improve the responsiveness of applications, especially those which make multiple calls to external services, or which spend a lot of time waiting for the responses of other transactions.
As part of the parent-child model, the asynchronous API flows the security context of the parent task to the child task, ensuring that the children of any given parent task have the correct security authorization to run. New statistics are also provided to monitor the activity of the asynchronous services domain.
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
This release introduces four EXEC CICS API commands: RUN TRANSID, FETCH CHILD, FETCH ANY and FREE CHILD. Using these commands, an application developer can run asynchronous transactions in CICS, pass and consume data, and reduce the challenges involved in the management and execution of programs.
The CICS asynchronous API uses a parent-child model, enabling application developers to use an asynchronous programming model which can improve the responsiveness of applications, especially those which make multiple calls to external services, or which spend a lot of time waiting for the responses of other transactions.
As part of the parent-child model, the asynchronous API flows the security context of the parent task to the child task, ensuring that the children of any given parent task have the correct security authorization to run. New statistics are also provided to monitor the activity of the asynchronous services domain.
This is something we would like to address. The RFE is being moved into 'Planned for Future release' status. Please note:
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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