X110 CICS Application Programming

Course Code: X-110
Recommended Duration: 5 Days

Benefits

Students who complete this course will be able to write or maintain COBOL programs that execute in the CICS/TS environment, using the Command Level interface.

Audience

Experienced COBOL programmers needing to develop and implement 3270-based online applications in the CICS/TS environment.

Prerequisites

At the very least, the student entering this course should have experience writing batch COBOL programs, as well as familiarity with the ISPF/PDF development platform, and should be comfortable with submitting jobs and reviewing job output.

Related IBM Materials

CICS Application Programming Reference for the version of CICS in use
CICS Application Programming Guide for the version of CICS in use

Major Topics Include

CICS Architecture
3270-type terminal characteristics
Basic Mapping Support (BMS)
CICS Command Syntax
Sending and Receiving Maps
Supplied Transacation
Debugging using CEDF / CEDX
VSAM I/O - Direct and Sequential
Invoking other programs - CALL, LINK, and XCTL
Channels and Containers
Temporary Storage Queues
Transient Data Queues
Interval Control Commands
TEST compiler option and CEE3DMP

Exercises

There are nine machine exercises and one optional machine exercise.

Course Description

CICS Application Programming