Changes to samples
This section summarizes the changes to sample programs, sample resource definitions,
sample service routines, and sample files across supported CICS® releases. Use this information to plan the impact of upgrading from one release to
another.
If you are upgrading from an end-of-service release, you can find information about the changes that are relevant to those releases in Summary of changes from end-of-service releases.
| Name | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFH$DB2T | CHANGED: The TYPE within JOURNALMODEL is now specified as a CHAR(5) attribute. | |||
| DFH$FORA | CHANGED: Resources are now alphabetically ordered. | |||
| DFH$FORC | CHANGED: Resources are now alphabetically ordered and resource attributes that are COBOL reserved words are prefixed with RDO- . | |||
| DFH$FORP | CHANGED: Resources are now alphabetically ordered. Compiled version now supplied. | |||
| DFH$MOLS | CHANGED: Specifying a 2 digit year on the DATE control parameter now defines a date in the twenty-first century. | CHANGED: New options URIMAP and WEBSERVC added to control statement RESOURCE. | CHANGED: UNLOAD supports DFHRMI fields in its output. | |
| DFH$UMOD | CHANGED: CICSPlex® SM module names updated in the sample | |||
| DFHNJIVP | NEW | |||
| DFH0QRCP | NEW: Associated with transaction QRCP. This sample program demonstrates how to obtain and calculate the QR TCB CPU / Dispatch ratio and display a message when the ratio is less than a specified percentage. | |||
| DFH0STEP | CHANGED: Changed to collect and print new asynchronous services statistics. |
| File name | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /samples/cicstags/cicstags.yaml | NEW: Example of CICS region tagging file. | |||
| /security/ciphers/defaultciphers.xml | NEW: Example default ciphers file. | |||
| /security/ciphers/allvalidciphers.xml | NEW: Example list of all valid ciphers. | |||