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Status Not under consideration
Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 22, 2026

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DFHH0412 should support GMTRAN=DISCONNECT for all valid GMTRAN transaction, Also Change in cicstags.yaml for supporting DFHH08* messgaes in exclude list.

The CICS_CAT3_CONFIGURATION health check is raising DFHH0008E, indicating that one or more Category 3 transactions have been changed and now reference incorrect initial programs. The specific findings are:

DFHH0802: Transaction CESF does not invoke program DFHSFP.
DFHH0803: Transaction CESL does not invoke program DFHSNP.
DFHH0804: Transaction CESN does not invoke program DFHSNP.
DFHH0810: Transaction CSGM does not invoke program DFHGMM.
In our environment, we use ACF2 ESM and have configured CESL as GMTRAN. However, CESL has been updated to point to an ACF2-customized logon program, which is why the health check is flagging Exception – Low for DFHH0803 (“CESL does not invoke DFHSNP”).

Does IBM recommend not using the CESL/CESN transactions when implementing customized logon programs? If so, why does message DFHH0412 state: “GMTRAN=DISCONNECT and the good morning transaction is set to either CESL or CESN”?

We attempted to suppress these findings via the exclude list in cicstags.yaml, but adding DFHH08* fails because it is not recognized as a valid message ID. 

My ask is 

1- DFHH0412 health check should expand to allow GMTRAN=DISCONNECT for all valid GMTRAN Transactions.

2- Is it possible to  enhance cicstags.yaml file to support DFHH08*, so we can suppress the related health check messages.

Idea priority Low
  • Admin
    Mark Pocock
    May 22, 2026

    This idea is being rejected.

    The DFHH0412 check is ensuring that if CESN or CESL are used as the GMTRAN that the DISCONNECT option is also specified. These are the CICS supplied signon transactions and the recommendation is that users are disconnected if they attempt to exit the signon transaction without signing on. CICS cannot have a health check to verify that DISCONNECT is used with a user supplied signon transaction because support for that option has to be implemented in the signon program.

    The DFHH08* checks are not able to be suppressed. These checks validate that the category 3 transactions are defined to run the intended program. Category 3 transactions are able to be run by any user without a security check, so there is a potential security issue if those transactions have been changed to run alternative programs.

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