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Status Future consideration
Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 21, 2025

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DFHSIT: Provide utility for converting back to source values

It would be useful to have a way of reverting an assembled, link-edited DFHSIT back to the assembler source/supplied values.

I am trying to create a service asset to validate that a) an LPAR is ready to run CICS, and b) a given CICS is ready to run, so that we can find problems by machine before they impact business.  Ensuring that SIT parameters are valid, follow company policy and free of foreseeable problems is a key part of this.  

Of course we have the assembler source we *believe* (mistakes and confusions can always happen) was used to generate a given DFHSIT, and can examine it.  We could also assemble and link-edit that source, take the DFHSIT load module and compare the two.  We could even move as many parameters as possible to the overrides, so they could be examined as plain text.  But the assembled DFHSIT is always a part of the picture, so it would be best and most complete if we could have a utility to easily revert the load module to the source.  

Thanks a lot for reading and consideration.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Sep 20, 2025
    CICS Development: This is a candidate for a future release
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