Advantages

There are some advantages to duplicating terminal definitions.

• You can use this method whether or not your systems share a CSD file, so you can use it for transaction routing between different MVS images.
• This is the only method you can use if your terminals are known by different names in different systems.
• You can use automatic transaction initiation (ATI) in the application-owning system for a remote terminal without having to set up XALTENF and XICTENF exits. This is especially useful for printers, because they must be acquired before any ATI can be successful.