Tracking Token Format
CICS TG generates a unique correlator for each service request and sends it to the target system of record, which is embedded in a tracking token. Tracking tokens are currently supported by the CICS.
For CICS, the tracking token is available in the adapterdata1 field of the task association data.
The format of tracking tokens is shown in the following table.
| Bytes | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 | Product Identifier | Character | CICS TG Product Identifier ‘CTG’ |
| 3 | Version | Integer | Version of tracking token. |
| 4-5 | Correlator length | Integer | Length of the correlator. |
| 6-53 | Correlator | String | System-wide unique correlator. |
| 54 | Stakeholder token count | Integer | Number of stakeholder tokens. |
| 55 | Stakeholder token length | Integer | Length of stakeholder tokens. Present only if the number of stakeholder tokens is not zero. (Use this length to traverse the list of stakeholder tokens to allow for a future increase in the length of stakeholder tokens.) |
| 56-63 | Stakeholder token list | Stakeholder token array | List of stakeholder tokens. Present only if the number of stakeholder tokens is not zero. |