Abend
| Force the current task to terminate abnormally
EXEC CICS
ABEND [ABCODE(name)] [CANCEL] [NODUMP]
END-EXEC.
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Address
| Lets you access system information maintained in storage outside your program
EXEC CICS
ADDRESS [ACEE(pointer-ref)] [COMMAREA(pointer-
ref)][CSA(pointer-ref)] [CWA(pointer-ref)]
[EIB(pointer-ref)]
[TCTUA(pointer-ref)] [TWA(pointer-ref)]
END-EXEC.
Note: Be careful as any attempt to access/address the CSA in the Application Domain, as in EXEC CICS ADDRESS CSA(pointer ref) will cause an ASRD Abend. |
Allocate
| Establishes a distributed processing session with another system
EXEC CICS
ALLOCATE SYSID(name) [PROFILE(name)]
[NOQUEUE | NOSUSPEND] [STATE(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Asktime
| Obtain the current time and date
EXEC CICS
ASKTIME [ABSTIME(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Assign
| Obtain information from various system control areas
EXEC CICS
ASSIGN option(data-area)
END-EXEC. |
BIF DEEDIT
| Formats alphanumeric data into numeric data
EXEC CICS
BIF DEEDIT FIELD(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)]
END-EXEC. |
Build Attach
| Creates an ATTACH FMH used to initiate a background transaction with LU6.1 or MRO
EXEC CICS
BUILD ATTACH ATTACHID(name) [PROCESS(name)]
[RESOURCE(name)] [RPROCESS(name)]
[RRESOURCE(name)] [QUEUE(name)] [IUTYPE(data-
value)] [DATASTR(data-value)] [RECFM(data-value)]
END-EXEC. |
CANCEL
| Cancels the effect of a DELAY, POST, or START command
EXEC CICS
CANCEL [REQID(name)] [TRANSID(name)] [SYSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Change Task
| Changes the priority of the current task
EXEC CICS CHANGE TASK PRIORITY(data-value) END-EXEC. |
Connect Process
| Initiates an application program on a remote system once a session has been allocated
EXEC CICS
CONNECT PROCESS {CONV(name) | SESSION(name) }
PROCNAME(data-area) PROCLENGTH(data-area)
SYNCLEVEL(data-area) [PIPLIST(data-area)
PIPLENGTH(data-value)] [STATE(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Converse
| Send data to a remote process and receive a response
EXEC CICS
CONVERSE [CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)] [ATTACHID(name)] FROM(data-area) { FROMLENGTH(data-area) | FROMFLENGTH(data-area) } { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } {TOLENGTH(data-area) | TOFLENGTH(data-area) } [MAXLENGTH(data-value) | MAXFLENGTH(data-value)] [NOTRUNCATE] [STATE(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Delay
| Suspend a task
EXEC CICS
DELAY [INTERVAL(hhmmss) | TIME(hhmmss) | FOR [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)] | UNTIL [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)]] [REQID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Delete
| Remove a record from a file
EXEC CICS
DELETE { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } [RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-value) [GENERIC [NUMREC(data-area)]]]] [RBA | RRN] [SYSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Deleteq Td
| Remove a record from a transient data queue
EXEC CICS DELETEQ TD QUEUE(name) [SYSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Deleteq Ts
| Remove a record from a temporary storage queue
EXEC CICS
DELETEQ TS QUEUE(name) [SYSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Deq
| Release a user defined resource
EXEC CICS
DEQ RESOURCE(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)]
[LUW | TASK | MAXLIFETIME(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Dump
| Force a storage dump
EXEC CICS
DUMP [TRANSACTION] DUMPCODE(name) [FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value) | FLENGTH(data-value)]] [SEGMENTLIST(data-area) LENGTHLIST(data-area) NUMSEGMENTS(data-area)] [COMPLETE] [TRT] [TASK] [STORAGE] [PROGRAM] [TERMINAL] [TABLES] [DCT] [FCT] [PCT] [PPT] [SIT] [TCT]
END-EXEC. |
EndBr
| Terminate a browse operation
EXEC CICS
ENDBR { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } REQID(data-value) [SYSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Enq
| Reserve a user defined resource
EXEC CICS
ENQ RESOURCE(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)] [NOSUSPEND] [LUW | TASK | MAXLIFETIME(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Enter
| Write a user trace entry into the CICS trace table
EXEC CICS
ENTER {TRACENUM(data-value) | TRACEID(data-value) } [FROM(data-area) [FROMLENGTH(data-area)]] [RESOURE(data-area)] [EXCEPTION]
END-EXEC. |
Extract Attach
| Retrieve values from an ATTACH FMH
EXEC CICS
EXTRACT ATTACH [ATTACHID(name) | CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)] [PROCESS(name)] [RESOURCE(name)] [RPROCESS(name)] [RRESOURCE(name)] [QUEUE(name)] [IUTYPE(data-value)] [DATASTR(data-value)] [RECFM(data-value)]
END-EXEC. |
Extract Attributes
| Determine the current state of an MRO or APPC conversation
EXEC CICS EXTRACT ATTRIBUTES [CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)] [STATE(data-value)]
END-EXEC. |
Extract Process
| Used in a back end program to obtain information passed via the CONNECT PROCESS command in the front end program
EXEC CICS
EXTRACT PROCESS [CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)] [PROCNAME(data-value)PROCLENGTH(data-area) [MAXPROCLEN(data-value)]] [SYNCLEVEL(data-area)] [PIPLIST(data-area) PIPLENGTH(data-value)]
END-EXEC. |
Formattime
| Convert time to required format
EXEC CICS
FORMATTIME ABSTIME(data-value) [YYDDD(data-area)] [YYMMDD(data-area)] [YYDDMM(data-area)] [DDMMYY(data-area)] [MMDDYY(data-area)] [DATE(data-area) [DATEFORM(data-area)]] [DATESEP[(data-value)]] [DAYCOUNT(data-area)] [DAYOFWEEK(data-area)] [DAYOFMONTH(data-area)] [MONTHOFYEAR(data-area)] [YEAR(data-area)] [TIME(data-area) [TIMESEP[(data-value)]]]
END-EXEC. |
Free
| Release a distributed processing session
EXEC CICS FREE [CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)] [STATE(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Freemain
| Release virtual storage
EXEC CICS FREEMAIN { DATA(data-area) | DATAPOINTER(pointer-ref) }
END-EXEC. |
Getmain
| Aquire virtual storage
EXEC CICS GETMAIN SET(pointer-ref) { LENGTH(data-value) | FLENGTH(data-value) [BELOW] } [INITIMG(data-value)] [NOSUSPEND] [SHARED] {USERKEY | CICSKEY]
END-EXEC. |
Handle AbendE
|
Establish abend exits
EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND { PROGRAM(name) | LABEL(label) | CANCEL | RESET }
END-EXEC.
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Handle Aid
| Establish routines to be invoked when AID keys (enter, pf and pa keys) are detected by a receive map
EXEC CICS HANDLE AID option [(label)]
END-EXEC. |
Handle Condition
| Specifies how certain exception conditions should be processed
EXEC CICS
HANDLE CONDITION condition-name [(label)]
END-EXEC. |
Ignore Condition
| Specifies that certain exception conditions should be ignored
EXEC CICS IGNORE CONDITION condition-name ...
END-EXEC.
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Link
| Invoke a program, return to the next statement after completion
EXEC CICS
LINK PROGRAM(name) [COMMAREA(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)] [DATALENGTH(data-value)]] [INPUTMSG(data-area) [INPUTMSGLEN(data-value)]] [SYSID(name)] [SYNCONRETURN] [TRANSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Load
| Retrieve and load an object module and return its length and address
EXEC CICS
LOAD PROGRAM(name) [SET(pointer-ref)] [LENGTH(data-area) | FLENGTH(data-area)] [ENTRY(pointer-ref)] [HOLD]
END-EXEC. |
Pop Handle
| Restores handle abend, aid, and conditions temporarily suspended by push handle
EXEC CICS POP HANDLE END-EXEC. |
Post
| Create a Timer Event Control Area
EXEC CICS
POST [INTERVAL(hhmmss) | TIME(hhmmss) | AFTER [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)] | AT [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)]] SET(pointer-ref) [REQID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Purge Message
| delete a logical message before the task terminates
EXEC CICS PURGE MESSAGE END-EXEC. |
Push Handle
| Temporarily suspend handle abend, aid, and conditions
EXEC CICS PUSH HANDLE END-EXEC. |
Read
| Read a record from a file
EXEC CICS READ { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } [LENGTH(data-area)] RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-area) [GENERIC]] [SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [GTEQ | EQUAL] [UPDATE]
END-EXEC. |
ReadNext
| Read the next sequential record from a file
EXEC CICS READNEXT { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } [LENGTH(data-area)] RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-area)] [SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [REQID(data-value)]
END-EXEC. |
ReadPrev
|
read the previous sequential record from a file
EXEC CICS
READPREV { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } [LENGTH(data-area)] RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-area)] [SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [REQID(data-value)]
END-EXEC.
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Readq Td
| Read a record from a transient data queue
EXEC CICS READQ TD QUEUE(name) { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } [LENGTH(data-area)] [SYSID(name)] [NOSUSPEND]
END-EXEC. |
Readq Ts
| Read a record from a temporary storage queue
EXEC CICS READQ TS QUEUE(name) { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } [LENGTH(data-area)] [NUMITEMS(data-area)] [ITEM(data-value) | NEXT] [SYSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Receive (distributed)
| Receive data sent by a remote process
EXEC CICS
RECEIVE [CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)] { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } { LENGTH(data-area) | FLENGTH(data-area) } [MAXLENGTH(data-value) | MAXFLENGTH(data-value)] [NOTRUNCATE] [STATE(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Receive (terminal)
| Retrieve input data from a terminal
EXEC CICS RECEIVE { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } { LENGTH(data-area) | FLENGTH(data-area) } [MAXLENGTH(data-value) | MAXFLENGTH(data-value)] [NOTRUNCATE] [ASIS] [BUFFER]
END-EXEC.
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Receive Map
| Receive data from a terminal via BMS
EXEC CICS RECEIVE MAP(name) [MAPSET(name)] [INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref)] [ASIS]
END-EXEC. |
Release
| Free virtual storage acquired via a load command
EXEC CICS RELEASE PROGRAM(name) END-EXEC. |
ResetBr
| Re-establish position for a browse EXEC CICS RESETBR { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-value) [GENERIC]] [RBA | RRN] [GTEQ | EQUAL] [REQID(data-value)] [SYSID(name)] END-EXEC. |
Retrieve
| Retrieves data passed to another program via the start command
EXEC CICS RETRIEVE [INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref)] [LENGTH(data-area)] [RTRANSID(data-area)] [RTERMID(data-area)] [QUEUE(data-area)] [WAIT]
END-EXEC. |
Return
| Return to the invoking program
EXEC CICS RETURN [TRANSID(name) [COMMAREA(data-area) LENGTH(data-value)]] [IMMEDIATE]] [INPUTMSG(data-area) [INPUTMSGLEN(data-value)]] END-EXEC.
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Rewrite
| Updates a record in a file
EXEC CICS REWRITE { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area)] [SYSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Route
| Allows BMS messages to be routed to multiple terminals
EXEC CICS ROUTE [LIST(data-area)] [OPCLASS(data-area)] [INTERVAL(hhmmss) | AFTER [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)] | AT [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)]] [ERRTERM{(name)]] [TITLE(data-area)] [REQID(name)] [NLEOM]
END-EXEC. |
Send (distributed)
| Send data to a remote process
EXEC CICS SEND [CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)] [ATTACHID(name)] [FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area) | FLENGTH(data-area)]] [INVITE | LAST] [CONFIRM | WAIT] [STATE(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Send (terminal)
| Send data to a terminal
EXEC CICS
SEND FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area) | FLENGTH(data-area)] [DEST(name)] [WAIT] [INVITE | LAST] [DEFRESP] [STRFIELD] [ERASE] [CTLCHAR(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Send Control
| Send device control instructions to a terminal
EXEC CICS
SEND CONTROL [ERASEAUP | ERASE] [ALARM] [FREEKB] [FRSET] [CURSOR(data-value)] [PRINT] [FORMFEED] [ACCUM] [PAGING | TERMINAL [WAIT] [LAST]] [L40 | L64 | L80 | HONEOM] [REQID(name)] END-EXEC. |
Send Map
| Send data to a terminal via BMS
EXEC CICS SEND MAP(name) [MAPSET(name)] [FROM(data-area)] [LENGTH(data-value)] [DATAONLY | MAPONLY] [ERASEAUP | ERASE] [ALARM] [FREEKB] [FRSET] [CURSOR(data-value)] [PRINT] [FORMFEED] [NLEOM] [ACCUM] [PAGING | TERMINAL [WAIT]] [LAST] [L40 | L64 | L80 | HONEOM] [REQID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
Send Page
|
write the last page of a BMS message to temporary storage
EXEC CICS SEND PAGE [RELEASE [TRANSID(name)] | RETAIN] [AUTOPAGE | NOAUTOPAGE] [OPERPURGE] [TRAILER(data-area)]
END-EXEC.
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Send Text
| Send data to a terminal letting BMS automatically format the data
EXEC CICS
SEND TEXT FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)] [ERASE] [ALARM] [FREEKB] [CURSOR(data-value)] [PRINT] [FORMFEED] [NLEOM] [ACCUM] [PAGING | TERMINAL [WAIT]] [LAST] [HEADER(data-area)] [TRAILER(data-area)] [JUSTIFY(datavalue) | JUSFIRST | JUSLAST] [L40 | L64 | L80 | HONEOM] [REQID(name)] END-EXEC.
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Send Text Noedit
| Send data to a terminal similar to terminal control but can direct to temporary storage using paging option
EXEC CICS
SEND TEXT NOEDIT FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)] [ERASE] [ALARM] [FREEKB] [PRINT] [PAGING | TERMINAL [WAIT] [LAST]] [L40 | L64 | L80 | HONEOM] [REQID(name)]
END-EXEC.
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Signoff
| Signs the user off CICS
EXEC CICS
SIGNOFF
END-EXEC. |
Signon
| Signs the user on to CICS
EXEC CICS
SIGNON USERID(datavalue) [PASSWORD(data-value)] [NEWPASSWORD(data-value)] [OIDCARD(data-value)] [NATLANG(data-value)] [natlanginuse(data-area)] [ESMRESP(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Start
| Initiate another task after or at a specified time
EXEC CICS
START TRANSID(name) [INTERVAL(hhmmss) | TIME(hhmmss) | AFTER [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)] | AT [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)]] [TERMID(name)] [SYSID(name)] [REQID(name)] [FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)]] [RTRANSID(name)] [RTERMID(name)] [QUEUE(name)] [NOCHECK] [PROTECT]
END-EXEC. |
StartBr
| Initiate a browse
EXEC CICS
STARTBR { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-area) [GENERIC]] [SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [GTEQ | EQUAL] [REQID(data-value)]
END-EXEC.
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Suspend
| Temporarily return control to CICS
EXEC CICS
SUSPEND
END-EXEC. |
SyncpointR
|
Rollback or make permanent updates applied to protected resources
EXEC CICS
SYNCPOINT [ROLLBACK]
END-EXEC.
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Unlock
| Release a record held by a READ UPDATE command.
EXEC CICS
UNLOCK { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } [SYSID(name)] END-EXEC. |
Wait Convid
| Suspend task until accumulated data has been transmitted during an APPC conversation
EXEC CICS
WAIT CONVID(name) [STATE(data-area)]
END-EXEC. |
Wait Event
| Delay the task until a previously issued POST has expired
EXEC CICS
WAIT EVENT ECADDR(pointer-value)
END-EXEC. |
Wait Journalnum
| Synchronizes the current task with a previously written journal entry by suspending the task until the record has been successfully written to the journal file
EXEC CICS
WAIT JOURNALNUM(data-value) [REQID(data-value)] [STARTIO]
END-EXEC. |
Write
| Write a record to a file
EXEC CICS
WRITE { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area)] RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-area)] [SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [MASSINSERT]
END-EXEC. |
Write Journalnum
| Write a record to the journal file
EXEC CICS
WRITE JOURNALNUM(data-value) JTYPEID(data-value) FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area)] [PREFIX(data-value) [PFXLENG(data-value)]] [REQID(data-area)] [WAIT] [STARTIO] [NOSUSPEND]
END-EXEC. |
Write Operator
| Write a message to a system console
EXEC CICS WRITE OPERATOR TEXT(data-value) [TEXTLENGTH(data-value)] [ROUTECODES(data-value) [NUMROUTES)data-value)]] [ACTION(data-value) | EVENTUAL | IMMEDIATE | CRITICAL | REPLY(data-area) MAXLENGTH(data-value) [REPLYLENGTH(data-area)] [TIMEOUT(data-value)]]
END-EXEC. |
WRITEQ TD
| Write a record to a transient data queue
EXEC CICS WRITEQ TD QUEUE(name) FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area)] [SYSID(name)]
END-EXEC. |
WRITEQ TS
| Write a record to a temporary storage queue
EXEC CICS WRITEQ TS QUEUE(name) FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area)] [ITEM(data-value) [REWRITE]] [NUMITEMS(data-area)] [SYSID(name)] [MAIN | AUXILIARY] [NOSUSPEND]
END-EXEC. |
XCTL
| Terminate the current program and execute the one specified
EXEC CICS
XCTL PROGRAM(name) [COMMAREA(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)]] [INPUTMSG(data-area) [INPUTMSGLEN(data-value)]]
END-EXEC. |
