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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IMS Transaction Manager
Categories General TM
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 12, 2019

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Enable IMS AIBTDLI INQY ENVIRON call to retrieve IMS Function Level

Please refer to IBM case TS002966101 and also note that if this information is entered into the PMR ID: field of the RFE submission URL, the error message "The PMR ID is not valid. The ID should have the format XXXXX,YYY,ZZZ using numbers for the first string and alphanumeric characters for the second and third strings (for example, 12345,AY7,ABC), with no spaces or other special characters." is generated.

An now, on with this RFE.

In the past, IMS application MPPs executing in an MPR have been able to use the AIBTDLI INQY ENVIRON call to determine what IMS version is hosting the application.

This information may be used by the application to determine what IMS functions have been available as each new IMS version introduced new function.


Now that IMS V15.1 has been re-cast as a Continuious Delivery product, the AIBTDLI INQY ENVIRON call can no longer be used to determine (using IMS version as a proxy) what new IMS function is available.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 29, 2020

    Hi,

    Thank you for your interest in keeping IMS a vital and successful product. Software development has continuously evolved during IMS’s lifetime, and so has IMS itself. We have kept pace with, adopted, and implemented many industry standard best practices within our organization, including Continuous Delivery, Design Thinking, and Agile.

    When choosing new features to add from the list of requirements in our backlog, we assess which will bring the most value to as many clients as possible and prioritize those.

    At this time, after reviewing this request for enhancement and assessing its potential value, we have decided to reject it. The reason we are rejecting this RFE is the following: We are certainly evaluating this item as part of our scalability futures roadmap, however, we don’t feel we can deliver it within the next 18-24 months which is the goal we have set for RFE deliverables as part of our IMS Gold program. You are welcome to resubmit this RFE at a later date and we will reconsider.

    We appreciate your input to IMS, and we hope that you will continue to submit ideas for improvements as customer feedback is a key component to shaping the future direction of IMS.

    Thank you.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 2, 2019

    Hi,

    Thank you for your interest in keeping IMS a vital and successful product. Software development has continuously evolved during IMS’s lifetime, and so has IMS itself. We have kept pace with, adopted, and implemented many industry standard best practices within our organization, including Continuous Delivery, Design Thinking, and Agile.

    When choosing new features to add from the list of requirements in our backlog, we assess which will bring the most value to as many clients as possible and prioritize those.

    After reviewing this request for enhancement and assessing its potential value, our decision is to add this item to our backlog. Items in our backlog are expected to be delivered within the next 18 months. We reserve the right to re-prioritize our backlog items as new requests come in. This helps ensure that we are constantly focused on providing the best value to all of our clients.

    Have a great day!

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