The file control table (FCT) describes to CICS® the Basic Direct
Access Method (BDAM) user files that are processed by file management. CICS
user files correspond to physical data sets that must have been defined to MVS™ and
allocated to the CICS system before they are used.
Note: - To define VSAM files, use CEDA or DFHCSDUP. See FILE definition attributes.
- Because CICS file management processes only VSAM and BDAM data sets,
you define any sequential data sets as extrapartition destinations by using
the CEDA DEFINE TDQUEUE command. See TDQUEUE definition attributes.