The CICS® Transaction Server library: PDF and EPUBs

The CICS Information Center includes Portable Document Format (PDF) files and collections of information in the CICS library, including some electronic book (ebook) publications in EPUB format. You can view, print, and download either the collections in HTML format, or the PDFs and eBooks as files.

Publications for previous versions of products featured in the CICS Information Center can be found using the IBM Publications Center.

PDFs and HTML collections

The topics that are contained in the PDFs and collections can also be found in the information center navigation.

Note: To download PDFs in national languages other than English, see Translated information in the CICS Transaction Server Version 5.2 documentation.

Table 1. PDF publications in alphabetical order, with location of associated topics in the information center

Link to PDF publication or collection	Alternative location of information in the information center navigation
Application Programming Guide	Developing applications Debugging Deploying
Application Programming Reference	Application development reference
Business Transaction Services	Overview of BTS Administering Developing applications Troubleshooting and support System programming reference
C++ OO Class Libraries	Hello World Using the CICS foundation classes Application development reference
CICS management client interface (CMCI) collection	Configuring Application development reference
	Configuring Administering Troubleshooting and support CICSPlex SM resource tables and views reference
CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide	Developing system programs System programming reference Samples
CICSPlex SM Application Programming Reference	System programming reference
CICSPlex SM Concepts and Planning	Product overview Configuring Administering Monitoring
CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications	Administering System definition reference
CICSPlex SM Managing Resource Usage	Monitoring CICSPlex SM resource tables and views reference
CICSPlex SM Managing Workloads	Configuring Administering CICSPlex SM resource tables and views reference
CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes	Diagnostics reference
CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference	Monitoring CICSPlex SM resource tables and views reference
CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference	Administering CICSPlex SM resource tables and views reference
CICSPlex SM Problem Determination Guide	Troubleshooting and support
CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference Vol 1	CICSPlex SM resource tables and views reference
CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference Vol 2	CICSPlex SM resource tables and views reference
CICSPlex SM Web User Interface Guide	Product overview Administering Configuring Tutorials and demos System programming reference
Customization Guide	Developing system programs Securing System programming reference
Data Areas	Diagnostics reference
DB2 Guide	Product overview Upgrading Configuring Administering Developing applications Deploying Monitoring Securing Troubleshooting and support
Debugging Tools Interfaces Reference	System programming reference
Deployment Assistant collection	CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS, V5.1
Developer Trial collection	CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Developer Trial, Version 5.1
Diagnosis Reference	Diagnostics reference
Discovery Library Adapter collection	Discovery Library Adapter for CICS
Distributed Transaction Programming Guide	Product overview Developing applications
Event processing collection	Getting started Configuring Administering Improving performance
External Interfaces Guide	Product overview Configuring Administering Samples Developing applications Improving performance Securing Troubleshooting and support Application development reference
Front End Programming Interface Guide	Product overview Configuring Administering Developing applications Developing system programs Improving performance Securing Troubleshooting and support Application development reference
IMS Database Control Guide	Product overview Configuring Administering Developing applications Monitoring Improving performance Securing Troubleshooting and support
Installation Guide	Installing Getting started Configuring
Intercommunication Guide	Getting started Configuring Administering Connectivity and standards reference
Internet Guide	Product overview Configuring Administering Samples Developing applications Securing System programming reference Connectivity and standards reference
Java Applications in CICS	Getting started Configuring Administering Developing applications Deploying Improving performance Troubleshooting and support
JCICS Javadoc collection	Application development reference
Messages and Codes Vol 1	Diagnostics reference
Messages and Codes Vol 2	Diagnostics reference
Operations and Utilities Guide	Administering Utilities reference
Performance Guide	Monitoring Improving performance Monitoring reference
Problem Determination Guide	Troubleshooting and support
Product Overview collection	Product overview
Program Directory	PDF only
RACF Security Guide	Securing
Recovery and Restart Guide	Configuring Administering Developing applications Troubleshooting and support
Resource Definition Guide	Product overview Configuring System definition reference
Shared Data Tables Guide	Product overview Configuring Administering Developing applications Developing system programs Troubleshooting and support
Supplied Transactions	Administering System definition reference
System Definition Guide	Configuring System definition reference
System Programming Reference	System programming reference
Trace Entries	Diagnostics reference
Upgrading from CICS TS Version 3.1	Upgrading
Upgrading from CICS TS Version 3.2	Upgrading
Upgrading from CICS TS Version 4.1	Upgrading
Upgrading from CICS TS Version 4.2	Upgrading
Web Services Guide	Product overview Getting started Configuring Developing applications Securing Troubleshooting and support
Web services Javadoc	Application development reference
WebSphere MQ and CICS collection	Product overview Configuring Administering Securing
What's New	What's new