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Exporting data from the Command Flow view for use in presentations

Provide a means of exporting data from the Command Flow view for use in presentations. We require that indentation to show link levels is preserved, so a graphical means of exporting is required e.g. PDF.
over 7 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Choose to show only direct resources used by a program/transaction or all resources

In the plug-in today you can ask to view "Uses resources" against a transaction. This currently returns and show both the direct resources used and the indirect resources used by that transaction. By indirect we mean if the transaction starts or r...
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Command Flow view to show resource across regions

Today in the plug-in you can use the command flow visualization to look at the task flow across regions.We would like this capability in the Command Flow view
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS Plugin Bit Pattern Queries

There are a variety of CICS applications that are using interfaces that are not supported by CICS IA. The ability to use the query tool to build / report on the occurrence of bit patterns within load modules would greatly enhance the functionality...
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Enhance the CICS IA Explorer Plug-in to provide the capability to delete collected affinity data

The CICS IA Explorer (v5.1) Plug-in allows users to delete dependency data by collection id. There is no equivalent capability in the Explorer to delete collected affinity data..
over 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS IA should provide a way to determine if a CICS command is threadsafe or not threadsafe

CICS IA should have either an indicator or the ability to right click a collected command to determine if the specific command is threadsafe or not threadsafe.
over 12 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration