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MASINITTIME CICSPLEX Parm should accept value in Minutes and seconds.

Hi Team, In present scenario, MASINITTIME accept the value in minutes, from 5 to 59 minutes and the default is 10 minutes. My ask is MASINITTIME should accept the value in minutes and seconds, also it should accept the range below 5 minutes, so th...
5 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Under review

New CICS API to FORCE switch TCB from QR to L8 (THREADSAFE)

Today, for a program to benefit from the advantages of TREADSAFE, it necessarily needs to access DB2 or MQUEUE, a functionality that not all programs have in their code. A second way is to define the program with the parameter CONCURRENCY=REQUIRED...
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Needs more information

CICS VSAM LSR Pool Buffers Above the Bar. (64bit)

VSCR below the Bar, in the 31 bit address range. We find that of the EDSALIM Max of 2400M, we can only go to 1300M +- for application usage, due to LSR Pool Buffers. If LSR above the bar (64 bit), we could allocate more for application user EUDSA....
10 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Under review

DFHH0412 should support GMTRAN=DISCONNECT for all valid GMTRAN transaction, Also Change in cicstags.yaml for supporting DFHH08* messgaes in exclude list.

The CICS_CAT3_CONFIGURATION health check is raising DFHH0008E, indicating that one or more Category 3 transactions have been changed and now reference incorrect initial programs. The specific findings are: DFHH0802: Transaction CESF does not invok...
about 2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Not under consideration

Ability to Make the New DFHCE3549 Logon Message Format Optional in CICS TS 6.2

We request the introduction of an optional parameter enabling: Reverting to the previous (short) format of the DFHCE3549 message, Or selecting between the new and the old format, Or using a backward‑compatible message without the additional inform...
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime

Specify timeout on the individual WEB CONVERSE commands instead of RTIMOUT on the whole transaction

The RTIMOUT value specified for the transaction that starts the user application indicates the time that the application is prepared to wait to receive the incoming message. (RTIMOUT is specified on the transaction profile definition). However, in...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

Remove DFHSI8443 message after DFHMQ0320I

As indicated in the TS019799368 case, when a message similar to .... +DFHMQ0320I 22/06/2025 05:16:05 J1M1PA01 The CICS-MQ Adapter cannot find MQNAME MQP0. The CICS will never connect when the QMGR start (a CEMT SET MQC CONNECT command is required)...
10 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime

CEEROPT ENVAR=(('NLSPATH=should accept path coded in USSHOME SYSIN Parm .

Hi, We have a customized CEEROPT module where i am using ENVAR=(('NLSPATH=/usr/lpp/cics/cicsts61.. , I am upgrading the CICS to CICSTS6.3 now i am reassembling it with parm ENVAR=(('NLSPATH=/usr/lpp/cics/cicsts63.. , as per the current setup CEERO...
2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Not under consideration

On urimap client shall it be possible to add proxy server information

if cics shall call a external partner thru a exposed api we need a proxy server due to security reasons
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Future consideration

Make autoinstall support also available for terminals like AICONS=AUTO for consoles

We would like to eliminate the AUINSTRM URM for the automatic installation of terminals, consoles, and more.For terminals there is an option AICONS=AUTO where CICS automatically generates the console TERMID. This would be also great if this option...
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Future consideration

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