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.
| 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. |