Release notes for CICS Transaction Server configuration tool beta

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This documentation applies to CICS® Transaction Server configuration tool beta (CICS TS configuration tool beta).

Beta content: Content described as "beta" relates to a release of CICS TS configuration tool beta before it is made commercially available. The conditions for beta content are set out in Notices.

This documentation is refreshed regularly between releases with clarifications and enhancements from the IBM® team and in response to your feedback.

Change history

Use this information to see what is in each refresh of CICS TS configuration tool beta.

0.4.0 (September 2025)
0.3.1 (June 2025)
  • Support for variables that can be derived from a vars block to set values of a variable in your YAML file. See Using variables in your CICS region configuration file.
  • New command option -V, --version to show the version of the installed CICS TS configuration tool beta. See cicsconfig command syntax.
  • Added help descriptions to the Command Line Interface (CLI) options.
  • Multiple bug fixes.
  • Documentation updates.
0.3.0 (May 2025)
  • Breaking change The class key under job_parameters and dds has been renamed to output_class.
  • Breaking change The csd content options have been re-designed to include a type key of either csdup_script or resource_builder. See Using CICS system definition (CSD) files in your CICS region configuration file.
  • Breaking change The csdup_script key has been renamed to script.
  • Breaking change Removed support for specifying DFHCSDUP script file paths in a list.
  • Breaking change YAML keys in CICS region YAML files must now be specified in lowercase.
  • New comment in Region startup JCL highlighting user provided and generated SIT parameters.
  • Multiple bug fixes.
  • Documentation and sample updates.
0.2.1 (April 2025)
  • Breaking change The output_data_sets key has been removed. You should use the dds key for any overrides. See Defining Data Definition statements in your CICS region configuration file.
  • Breaking change The sysid key is now a required key in your YAML file.
  • Support for overriding Data Definition (DD) statements to define data sets and control information for input, output, and temporary data.
  • Support for using variables in your YAML file to substitute values dynamically when configuring CICS regions.
  • Multiple bug fixes.
  • Documentation and sample updates.
0.2.0 (March 2025)
  • Breaking change The job_parameters have moved from under the cics_region top level key, to under the region_jcl key.
  • Schema provided for editing CICS region YAML files.
  • Support for creating started tasks and started jobs for CICS region JCL.
  • Support for defining EXEC parameters for the CICS startup step.
  • Additional logging for CICS TS resource builder execution.
  • Multiple bug fixes.
  • Documentation updates.
0.1.2 (February 2025)
  • Support for extending a newly created CSD with a DFHCSDUP script.
  • Support for extending a newly created CSD with resource definitions that are specified in CICS TS resource builder definitions and model.
  • New high-level configuration option for configuring and enabling CICS Auxiliary Trace.
  • New high-level configuration option for configuring and enabling CICS Transaction dumps.
  • Support for adding CPSM libraries to your region startup JCL.
  • Support for specifying specific volumes to create your CICS Region data sets on.
  • Options to override the output classes of the output DDs in the region startup JCL.
  • High-level configuration option for configuring CICS console autoinstall behavior.
  • Support for extending the DFHRPL and STEPLIB DD concatenations in the region startup JCL.
  • Improved error handling and multiple bug fixes.
  • Extensive documentation updates.
0.1.1 (December 2024)
Initial beta release of CICS TS configuration tool beta for configuring CICS Transaction Server regions. Introducing configuration as code to the provisioning of CICS regions by using YAML files.