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Status Not under consideration
Workspace CICS Transaction Gateway
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 14, 2013

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CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG) - Transaction flow control

Have ability to issue command to turn off flow of work thru the CICS Transaction Gateway, at the Transaction Level.

/F T8DTGEZ3,APPL=TRANDIABLE,DRP1
/F T8DTGEZ3,APPL=TRANENABLE,DRP1
/F T8DTGEZ3,APPL=TRANSHOW

This would turn off workflow to the backend CICS regions in a coordinated fashion; returning a return code to the application indicating the backend systems are not available at this time.    The transaction could be added/removed to a Java HashTable to Disable/Enable respectively, with Log message indicating the activity for audit purposes.    Also and appropriate return code passed back to application request indicating processing for this transaction not avaliable.<br />Also a display of the contents of the transaction table.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Apr 21, 2017

    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.

  • Guest
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    |     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 - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - CICS Transaction Gateway

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - CICS Transaction Gateway

  • Guest
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    |     Sep 11, 2013

    Would rather see a dynamic enable / disable type of interface. This CA1T method requires the editing of a file; then refresh needs to be done.

    Would rather have something analgous to:
    ;
    CEMT SET TRANID
    rather than CEDA ALTER and CEDA INSTALL.

    Since the change of transaction state is only temporary and dynamic, each dynamic, single command to ENABLE, DISABLE and INQUIRE would be much more desireable. due to usability.

    To use this CA1T method the CTG technician, would need to write a batch rexx program to alter the file for each function and issue the refresh command,

    If could have simple single line command stream, like existing CTG Trace enable/disable would be desirable.

    Steve.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 10, 2013

    CA1T V3.0 added the ability to operate the transaction/program/user validation logic in EXCLUSIVE as well as INCLUSIVE mode. This allows the systems administrator to define list of e.g. TRANSIDs for which any matching ECI requests would be rejected. By editing the policy file and issuing a reload command, ECI requests can effectively be dynamically disabled by trans ID, program ID or user ID.

    For further information, see the CA1T V3.0 README PDF:

    ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/support/supportpacs/individual/ca1t_v300.pdf

    Page 14 includes a description of how CA1T can be configured (with environment variable CTG_HAVALIDATION) to apply validation rules inclusively, or exclusively.


    Would this existing capability be adequate? Or are you specifically looking for this kind of feature to be integrated with DSSPOLICY (rather than CICS request exit)?

  • Guest
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    |     Aug 22, 2013

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - CICS Transaction Gateway
    Component - Runtime

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server
    Component - Runtime

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