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Status Not under consideration
Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 6, 2012

RELATED IDEAS

Remote SYSID returned to caller after DPL (SHARE requirement SSCICS11013)

CICS should return the region/sysid/applid where the DPL request actually ran to the caller.

Debugging and diagnositics will become much easier, especially in large shops that have dozens or even hundreds of AOR regions.

The SYSID could be provided back to the user in a number of ways:
1)New field in the EIB.
2)New option on a DPL command: EC LINK PROG(xxx) DPLSYSID(ws-aor)
3)Reuse an old field: EX LINK PROG(xxx) SYSID(ws-aor). If sysid is left blank, then CICS knows to invoke CPSM/Dynamic Routing, and then return the actual sysid in the sysid field.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     May 5, 2016

    We have assessed this requirement. We have no current plans for this to be implemented and so this requirement is being declined at this point. The requirement will be kept in the RFE system and might be reassessed in the future. You also have an opportunity to resubmit in twelve months time if you wish it to be reconsidered then.

    CICS resource monitoring reports the destination of a DPL, or transaction tracking can be used for live transactions.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     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
    |     Nov 25, 2013

    This is Mark Roberts from HSBC.

    One of the extensions to this request I'd also like to see is for CICS to return to the initiator of a LINK (i.e. at link-level 1) the stack of CICS a particular request passed through.

    For example, if we have a delivery channel in CICA and the first application to be invoked in CICB, when a secondary application is invoked by CICB to something residing in CICC, this stack would contain 'CICA'; 'CICB'; 'CICC'.

    Ideally some indication of the times at which we entered and left each CICS would be useful. EIBDATE+EIBTIME would be a good start but something more precise (e.g. the extended timestamp provided by DB2) would be even better.

    Finally, some SMF-like data (e.g. programs accessed via LINKs; transactions started and the CICS region associated with the invoked API) would be useful.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 26, 2012

    I just learned that my "unsupported technique" does not always work (i.e., finding the TCTSE immediately after the LINK command). Having the remote sysid is a huge help with diagnostics.

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