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Status Planned for future release
Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 15, 2024

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Specify timeout on the individual WEB CONVERSE commands instead of RTIMOUT on the whole transaction

The RTIMOUT value specified for the transaction that starts the user application indicates the time that the application is prepared to wait to receive the incoming message. (RTIMOUT is specified on the transaction profile definition). However, in a transaction there may be more than one WEB CONVERSE commands that needs different timeout values. Having the ability to specify a timeout on the command one can have a more granular approach to the timeout mechanism. 

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    May 7, 2024
    CICS Development: This is a candidate for a future release.
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8 MERGED

Dedicated Timeout Parm for WEB CONVERSE/WEB RECEIVE

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We currently use WEB CONVERSE to get data back from remote services via HTTP. We have run into issues whereby system failures on the destination side will not send a response resulting in the CICS task to indefinitely wait until intervention occur...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release
5 MERGED

Timeout parm neeeded on WEB CONVERSE

Merged
Need a TIMEOUT interval parameter on the WEB CONVERSE (or WEB RECEIVE) command so that:- interval doesn't have to be set in the transaction definition (via profile) for EVERY transaction in the application that may issue WEB CONVERSE;- interval ca...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release
31 MERGED

Timeout values for CICS Web Support inconsistent

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Allow CICS web support calls to specify a timeout value as part of the API call, so that the application can control how long to wait for each request.
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release
1 MERGED

CICS Webservices timeout specification

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The documentation for timing out inbound web service requests is not very clear and it is time consuming to test the combination of options. It would be simpler if a timeout value could be specified for in the webservice definition (or in the firs...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release
1 MERGED

Timeout as a parameter on EXEC CICS WEB RECEIVE

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Today the timeout on EXEC CICS WEB RECEIVE is controlled via the profile RTimeout value. With the move towards a hybrid architecture where CICS is a API provider but also an API consumer we have a need to control the timeout on the at EXEC CICS WE...
3 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

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