CICS TS - Miscellaneous Commands, CICS and DB2, Intercommunication, CEMT and CICS Display

Duration

3 to 4 hours

Overview

Audience

Programmers who require knowledge about application programming in the CICS environment and the Command Level Programming Interface.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic coding in COBOL, PL/1, or Assembler.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Recognize the miscellaneous commands in CICS to manage resources and tasks
• Identify how system and DB2 and CICS interact
• Identify how CICS systems interact
• Identify debug and display commands.

Course Content

Miscellaneous Commands

SYNCPOINT
Acquiring and Releasing Storage Dynamically
Single-Threading on any Resource (ENQ / DEQ)
TRACEing and DUMPing under Task Control
ABENDing the Task

Using DB2 with CICS

CICS Attachment Facility
DSNC Transaction
Connection Threads
Application Flow

Intercommunication and Transactions

Intercommunication between Systems
Multi-Region Operation (MRO)
Inter-System Communication (ISC)
Extended Recovery Facility
CICS Supplied Transactions

The CEMT Transaction

Inquire Command
Perform Command
Setting Programs, Nodes, Terminals, Data Sets

CICS Display Explanations

Displaying Data Sets, Displaying Programs
Displaying Terminals, Displaying Tasks
Displaying Transactions