CICS Command

Development CICS Command

 

o        DON’T execute any CICS commands unless you know the purpose of the command

o        DON’T execute any CICS commands which will alter any resources not belong to you or your team, e.g. close other team file, shut down CICS system

 

Following table contain the commonly used CICS commands for development.  

 

Command	Usage	Description
CDBM	Database Control Interface	Use the CDBM transaction to issue DBCTL operator commands from a CICS terminal. CDBM is applicable only to CICS systems using the IMS/ESA Database Control (DBCTL) interface.
CEBR	Temporary storage browse	Use the CEBR transaction to browse temporary storage queues and to delete them.
CECI	Command-level interpreter	Use CECI, which invokes the CICS command-level interpreter, to enter an EXEC CICS command, check its syntax, and modify it if necessary. In most cases, you can also process the command.
CEDF & CEDX	The execution diagnostic facility	CEDF – Use CEDF to invoke EDF for testing application programs that are associated with user transactions initiated from a terminal.  CEDX – Use CEDX to invoke EDF for testing application programs that are associated with non-terminal transactions.
CEMT	Master terminal	The master terminal program provides dynamic user control of the CICS system. By using this function, an operator can inquire about and change the values of parameters used by CICS, alter the status of the system resources, terminate tasks, and shut down the CICS system.   Since this command includes a wide range of subcommands, some may even affect the system availability, developer should only be limited to use the following subcommands, CEMT INQUIRE DSNAME CEMT INQUIRE FILE CEMT INQUIRE PROGRAM CEMT INQUIRE TASK CEMT INQUIRE TDQUEUE CEMT INQUIRE TERMINAL CEMT INQUIRE TSQUEU / TSQNAME CEMT SET FILE CEMT SET PROGRAM CEMT SET TASK CEMT SET TDQUEUE
CESN & CESF	Sign On & Sign Off	CESN – Sign on from the CICS system. CESF – Sign off from the CICS system.