PARTNER resources
A PARTNER resource enables CICS® application programs to communicate, using APPC protocols, with a partner application program running on a remote logical unit.
The interaction between a CICS application program and a partner application program is called a conversation.
The PARTNER definition also facilitates the use of the call to the interface with the communications element of the System Application Architecture (SAA). For more information on the SAA communications interface, see the Common Programming Interface Communications Reference.
To allow the SAA communications interface to be used, you must specify
the following resources:
- A PROFILE definition (see PROFILE resources)
- A CONNECTION definition (see CONNECTION resources)
- A SESSIONS definition (see SESSIONS resources)
You can define your CICS partner information in one of two ways:
- Create a PARTNER definition
- In an application program, by setting SYMDESTNAME to a null value, and issuing the appropriate CPI SET calls. See the CPI-C Communications Reference for further details.