PH38514: CTG ISSUE EXCI REQUEST BUT EXEC CICS ASSIGN INVOKINGPROG IN CICS RETURN BLANKS AS PROGRAM NAME 21/07/07 PTF PECHANGE

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• CTG is issuing an EXCI request that is routed from the TOR to an
  AOR. When the target program is invoked and it issues an EXEC
  CICS ASSIGN INVOKINGPROG the value returned is spaces
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users with the PTF of APAR PH26297  *
  *                 applied.                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: A program that is the target of an EXCI *
  *                      or ECI request that is statically daisy *
  *                      chained from a TOR to an AOR, no longer *
  *                      receives the value "DFHMIRS" when       *
  *                      issuing command EXEC CICS ASSIGN        *
  *                      INVOKINGPROG.                           *
  ****************************************************************
  The value when issuing EXEC CICS ASSIGN INVOKING PROGRAM in
  a program that has been statically daisy chained from a TOR to
  an AOR is now spaces.
  

Problem conclusion

• UI71748 UI71747
  Code has been added to check for spaces before propagating
  the program name from one region to another leaving it as either
  DFHMIRS or DFHMIRR.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI76588 UI76589

Modules/Macros

• DFHISXF  DFHXFP   DFHXFQ
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R200 PSY UI76589

     UP21/08/13 P F108 {

• R300 PSY UI76588

     UP21/08/13 P F108 {

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