The CREC transaction, allows you to use those functions of CREA, which display information, but you cannot update either the CSD file or the running CICS system.
Access to CREC: By default, users who are authorised to use CEDC can use CREC.
Use CREC in the same way that you use CREA. Because CREC only displays information, and changes nothing there are two significant differences to note: