This book tells you how to start the transactions supplied with CICS®. It tells you how to control the CICS system, how to send messages, how to collect statistics, and how to get terminal error information. It is also useful if you are responsible for preparing procedures for people who operate such terminals.
The book also describes how you can use the operating system console as a CICS terminal.
This book is intended for CICS terminal operators and persons responsible for preparing terminal operating procedures. It is also useful for both system and application programmers.
A general knowledge of the concepts and terminology is required.
This book is mainly for reference. After a short introduction, the rest of the book is arranged in alphabetic order of the transaction identifier. An index is provided to pinpoint individual transactions and keywords.
Some CICS transactions are described in greater detail in other CICS books. These include:
Transaction | CICS book |
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CBAM | CICS® Business Transaction Services |
CDBC | CICS IMS™ Database Control Guide |
CDBI | CICS Data Areas |
CEBR | CICS Application Programming Guide |
CECI | CICS Application Programming Guide |
CECS | CICS Application Programming Guide |
CEDA | CICS Resource Definition Guide |
CEDF | CICS Application Programming Guide |
CETR | CICS Problem Determination Guide |
CRTE | CICS RACF® Security Guide |
CSFE | CICS Problem Determination Guide |
DSNC | CICS DB2® Guide |
In these cases, this book contains a brief description of the transaction and indicates where further information is to be found.
Information about the Front End Programming Interface feature (FEPI) is not given in this book. See the CICS Front End Programming Interface User’s Guide for relevant information.