PI25170: A PROGRAM STARTED WITH A CHANNEL, WHICH BROWSES THE CONTAINERS OF A BTS PROCES,S RETURNS THE CONTAINERS OF THE CURRENT CHANNEL

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If a program (which is started with a Channel) issues:
  
  
  EXEC CICS STARTBROWSE CONTAINER PROCESS(PROCESS_NAME)
                                  PROCESSTYPE(PROCESSTYPE)
                                  BROWSETOKEN(BROWSE_TOKEN);
  
  followed by
  
  EXEC CICS GETNEXT CONTAINER(CONTAINER_NAME)
                     BROWSETOKEN(BROWSE_TOKEN)
                     RESP(RESP_CODE);
  
  
  
  the GETNEXT returns the containers belonging to the Current
  Channel and not the containers which belong to the BTS process,
  as expected.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS Users                               *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: STARTBROWSE CONTAINER ignores BTS       *
  *                      parameters if there is a current        *
  *                      channel.                                *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  A Program which is started with a current CHANNEL receives the
  incorrect containers list when attempting to browse containers
  from a BTS process.  DFHEIQBA incorrectly ignores the BTS
  parameters on the STARTBROWSE CONTAINER call because there is a
  current channel.  This leads to the CHANNEL containers being
  returned.
  

Problem conclusion

• Update DFHEIQBA so that it correctly processes the BTS
  parameters even if there is a current CHANNEL.
  

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PI18215

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

  UI21874 UI21875

Modules/Macros

• DFHEIQBA
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY UI21874

     UP14/10/08 P F410

• R900 PSY UI21875

     UP14/10/08 P F410

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