CICS and Business Transaction Services (BTS)

Read this introductory information to learn about CICS® business transaction services (BTS).

To operate BTS, there are no additional requirements beyond the requirements for CICS itself.

CICS-supplied sample BTS application

CICS supplies a sample BTS application and fragments of example code. You can set up the Sale example application to see the workings of a business transaction. The business transaction has four basic actions; order entry, delivery, invoice, and payment. It also includes some more advanced BTS features. For details, see The Sale example application.