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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 9, 2017

Simplified JSON structures when generating bottom-up services from CICS channel applications

The JSON Request and Response structures created for a CICS Channel Service contain nesting levels that complicate the API interface and appear to have little use.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Mar 23, 2022

    This requirement is addressed by z/OS Connect V3.0.55 / APAR PH43628: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH43628
    For further details refer to the “ Developing APIs with the z/OS Connect Designer” topic in the z/OS Connect OpenAPI 3 Documentation:
    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zosconn/zos-connect/3.0?topic=developing-apis-zos-connect-designer

  • Guest
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    Feb 18, 2021

    Agreed. Our API Expert took one look at the channel and container response, and asked me to remove the extra layers, as they are unnecessary. Unfortunately I am unable to.

  • Guest
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    May 17, 2018

    We do not want to move to comm area simply because the channel container approach gives us a more nested structure. Our Ask is to allow custom modification of the levels of Hierarchy one intends to have on the JSON, such that we can service our customers better with less compluicated structures and leverage the benefits of containers.

  • Guest
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    May 17, 2018

    We do not want to move to comm area simply because the channel container approach gives us a more nested structure. Our Ask is to allow custom modification of the levels of Hierarchy one intends to have on the JSON, such that we can service our customers better with less compluicated structures and leverage the benefits of containers.

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[z/OS Explorer][z/OS Connect]Definition ? inconsistent API response field structure for CICS Commarea and CICS Container.

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The swagger response field structure generated for CICS Commarea and CICS Container are inconsistent.  An additional level (operation name) will be created for CICS Container in swagger request/response body. Unnecessary outermost level (operation...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered
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Flexibility in CICS api/service response structure

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As we're moving to CICS (from IMS)as the preferred environment for our API modernisation we are in need of being able to provide the same apis. As of now the CICS apis/services have sadly constraints in the response structure that we can not work ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered