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Status Future consideration
Workspace Z Virtual Test Platform
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 16, 2022

RELATED IDEAS

VTP issolated recordings for IMS/CICS

We do have both CICS and IMS. In our installation all the transactions arrive via front end channel applications (no 3270 screens/terminals), so our only way to record transactions in VTP is recording transactions coming from the channel. Besides, there is a pool of users that might be randomly assigned to the incoming applications, i.e. we do not know beforehand which one will be assigned; and also several transactions might be using the same user at the same time. So when one developer/tester is issuing a transaction (via mobile, for example) there is no way to filter that specific transaction by the userid.

For both IMS and CICS we need VTP to:
-Be able to record transactions coming from the channel (not via Terminal)
-Be able to filter the incoming transaction by using an specific tag that the developer can set in the IMS/CICS transaction header. This functionality is very similar to what IBM z/OS Debugger can currently do for CICS transactions, being able to filter the transaction by using an specific string in an specific offset within the header.

Idea priority Urgent

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