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Package Reuse with a Resource/Command Preview & Delete Option

Enable Options to automatically clear the resource/commands from a package that is being reused along with a preview of resource/commands that is already present in the package
over 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Configuration Manager should use the CPSM infrastructure if available

Currently, using CM to perform "install" operations for configurations that are CSD based (as opposed to BAS based) requires defining connections to all possible target regions for the installation operations and also running the CM agent code in ...
almost 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow user data field for every RDO entry

We currently use our internal application group names associated with change and incident management in CATS APLid, as we are doing POC with CICS CM, we really want a user data field in CM so we can provide flexibility to our user/developer commun...
about 6 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CM Server to CM Server Connectivity

Having CM Server to CM Server connectivity to exchange the data(in XML or other formats) instead of shipping the data between CM servers manually using FTP and writing CM EXITS
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Flat file input for RANA exit instead of recompile process

Request to allow RANA exit to read a flat file as input and perform actions instead of modifying the EXIT each time with changes and recompiling it.
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Config Manager needs better resource overlay detection

Configuration Manager needs a better mechanism for detecting resource overlays as packages move through the topology. There are instances where if the same resource/resources exist in multiple pacakges that have been migrated into a configuration ...
over 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Ability to extract packages from an export file into another file via a batch interface

We require the ability to transport resource definitions between geographically dispersed sysplexes and to apply transformation rules in the process. This need means we will have to migrate through an export file.Since the export file will be used...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Cross-configuration, cross-sysplex reporting

The various reporting functions, especially those that generate comparison reports, should have the ability to create reports that span configurations, servers, and even sysplexes. For example it should be possible to generate a comparison report ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enhance LIMIT parm in the CM report

When we ran CM report job(CCVBMAIN), the region went SOS. We then added the LIMIT parm but it only work if we have less number of CM records. Need a solution that CM should manage the CICS region memory and total number of CM records and finally g...
over 3 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Restricting Package creator NOT to approve the same package

We want to restrict the creator of the CM package to approve his own package. This is defeating the purpose of approver option.
over 3 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 0 Not under consideration