
Course Description (By Curriculum)

1 to 2 hours
Personnel requiring knowledge about COBOL in a VSE environment
Basic knowledge of COBOL and procedural programming concepts
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Identify how a COBOL program is compiled
• Recognize correct and incorrect commands
• Define VSAM and DB2 relationships
Compiling and Compile Options
CICS/VSE and COBOL Issues
VSAM File Access
DB2 and COBOL
COBOL and SORT
VSE, JCL, and COBOL Statement Relationships
COBOL and VSAM
I/O to the VSE Console
I/O from the VSE Console
COBOL and SORT
CICS Programs