BTS application programming commands

The following CICS API commands support BTS.

Restriction: None of these commands are threadsafe.

ACQUIRE
Acquire access to a BTS activity from outside the process that contains it.
ADD SUBEVENT
Add a sub-event to a BTS composite event.
ASSIGN
Request values from outside the local environment of the application program.
CANCEL (BTS)
Cancel a BTS activity or process.
CHECK ACQPROCESS
Check the completion status of a BTS process.
CHECK ACTIVITY
Check the completion status of a BTS activity.
CHECK TIMER
Check the status of a BTS timer.
DEFINE ACTIVITY
Define a CICS business transaction services activity.
DEFINE COMPOSITE EVENT
Define a BTS composite event.
DEFINE INPUT EVENT
Define a BTS input event.
DEFINE PROCESS
Define a CICS business transaction services process.
DEFINE TIMER
Define a BTS timer.
DELETE ACTIVITY
Delete a BTS child activity.
DELETE CONTAINER (BTS)
Delete a named BTS data-container.
DELETE EVENT
Delete a BTS event.
DELETE TIMER
Delete a BTS timer.
ENDBROWSE ACTIVITY
End a browse of the child activities of a BTS activity, or of the descendant activities of a BTS process.
ENDBROWSE CONTAINER (BTS)
End a browse of the containers associated with a channel, or with a BTS activity or process.
ENDBROWSE EVENT
End a browse of the events known to a BTS activity.
ENDBROWSE PROCESS
End a browse of processes of a specified type within the CICS business transaction services system.
ENDBROWSE TIMER
End a browse of a BTS timer.
FORCE TIMER
Force the early expiry of a BTS timer.
GET CONTAINER (BTS)
Retrieve data from a named BTS data-container.
GETNEXT ACTIVITY
Browse the child activities of a BTS activity, or the descendant activities of a BTS process.
GETNEXT CONTAINER (BTS)
Browse the containers associated with a channel, or with a BTS activity or process.
GETNEXT EVENT
Browse the events known to a BTS activity.
GETNEXT PROCESS
Browse all processes of a specified type within the CICS business transaction services system.
GETNEXT TIMER
Browse the BTS timers associated with a BTS activity.
INQUIRE ACTIVITYID
Retrieve the attributes of a BTS activity.
INQUIRE CONTAINER
Retrieve the attributes of a BTS data-container.
INQUIRE EVENT
Retrieve the attributes of a BTS event.
INQUIRE PROCESS
Retrieve the attributes of a BTS process.
INQUIRE TIMER
Retrieve the attributes of a BTS timer.
LINK ACQPROCESS
Execute a CICS business transaction services process synchronously without context-switching.
LINK ACTIVITY
Execute a CICS business transaction services activity synchronously without context-switching.
MOVE CONTAINER (BTS)
Move a BTS data-container (and its contents) from one activity to another.
PUT CONTAINER (BTS)
Save data in a named BTS data-container.
REMOVE SUBEVENT
Remove a sub-event from a BTS composite event.
RESET ACQPROCESS
Reset a BTS process to its initial state.
RESET ACTIVITY
Reset a BTS activity to its initial state.
RESUME
Resume a suspended BTS process or activity.
RETRIEVE REATTACH EVENT
Retrieve the name of an event that caused the current BTS activity to be reattached.
RETRIEVE SUBEVENT
Retrieve the name of the next sub-event in a BTS composite event's sub-event queue.
RETURN
Return program control.
RUN
Execute a CICS business transaction services process or activity synchronously or asynchronously, with context-switching.
STARTBROWSE ACTIVITY
Start a browse of the child activities of a BTS activity, or of the descendant activities of a process.
STARTBROWSE CONTAINER (BTS)
Start a browse of the containers associated with a channel, or with a BTS activity or process.
STARTBROWSE EVENT
Start a browse of events known to a BTS activity.
STARTBROWSE PROCESS
Start a browse of all processes of a specified type within the CICS business transaction services system.
STARTBROWSE TIMER
Start a browse of a BTS timer.
SUSPEND (BTS)
Suspend a BTS process or activity.
TEST EVENT
Test whether a BTS event has fired.

Parent topic: Application development reference