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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 4, 2014

Additional security for Fault Analyzer history file entires

Provide extended security to limit a user's access to entries in a Fault Analyzer History File to include the CICS Transaction level.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Nov 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Fault Analyzer

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - IBM Fault Analyzer

  • Guest
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    Nov 21, 2014

    This RFE requirement has been provided by extension to the IDIXFXIT exit. This exit now has access to the HD segment which contains numerous abend related fields including, for example, the CICS transaction ID.

  • Guest
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    Feb 11, 2014

    While this enhancement is being evaluated an alternative solution using an analysis control user exit to direct fault entries resulting from different transaction IDs to different history files has been provided. (see sample REXX code below)

    /* REXX                                                       */ 
    /*                                                            */ 
    /* Adrian Simcock.                                            */ 
    /*                                                            */ 
    /* Sample CONTROL user exit to direct Fault Entry to          */ 
    /* different history file data sets based on CICS transaction */ 
    /* ID.  In so doing standard RACF (or equivalent) data set    */ 
    /* access rules can then be used to restrict access.          */ 
    /*                                                            */ 
    /* Please review this code carefully as I have not done       */ 
    /* exhaustive testing.                                        */ 
    /*------------------------------------------------------------*/ 
    HistFile = 'SIMCOCK.HISTORY'     /* Default history file      */ 

    CICSTran.0 = 3                                                   
    CICSTran.1 = 'CF*'                                               
    CICSTran.2 = 'ANS1'                                              
    CICSTran.3 = 'BILL'                                              

    HistFile.1 = 'SIMCOCK.CFA.HISTORY'                               
    HistFile.2 = 'SIMCOCK.ANS1.HISTORY'                              
    HistFile.3 = 'SIMCOCK.HISTORY'                                   

    Do i = 1 to CICSTran.0                                           
      txn = ENV.CICS_TRANSACTION_ID                                  
      AstaPos = Pos('*',CICSTran.i)                                  
      If AstaPos > 0 Then Do          /* Generic tran ID          */ 
        Genstr = Left(CICSTran.i,(AstaPos-1))                        
        If Left(txn,Length(Genstr)) = Genstr Then                    
          HistFile = HistFile.i                                      
      End                                                            
      Else Do                                                        
        If txn = Left(CICSTran.i,Length(txn)) Then                   
          HistFile = HistFile.i                                      
      End                                                            
    End                       

    ENV.IDIHIST = HistFile    

    Exit 0