Working with PIPELINE definitions

Pipelines can be defined for CICS TS 3.1 and later systems.

To display information about existing pipeline definitions from the WUI main menu, click Administration views -> Basic CICS resource administration views -> CICS resource definitions -> Pipeline definitions. This open the Pipeline definition tabular view (EYUSTARTPIPEDEF.TABULAR). Click on one of the displayed pipeline definitions names to open a detailed view of the selected definition. All of the fields are nonmodifiable.

Table 21 summarizes the actions you can perform from the Pipeline definition tabular or detailed view.

Table 21. Pipeline definition view action commands
Action command button Description
Add to resource group Add a PIPELINE definition to a resource group.
Create Create a PIPELINE definition and add it to the data repository.

This opens a detailed view of a preselected resource. All of the fields are modifiable.

Install Install a PIPELINE in an active system.
Remove Remove a PIPELINE definition from the data repository.
Update Update a PIPELINE definition in the data repository.

This opens a detailed view of a preselected resource. Most of the fields are modifiable.

See CICS® Resource Definition Guide for an explanation of the pipeline attributes you need to specify when creating and updating pipeline definitions. See CICSPlex® System Manager Resource Tables Reference for a list of the corresponding PIPEDEF resource table attributes.

After installation of a PIPELINE resource definition, you can enquire about the resulting object using:

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