CREATE TRANSACTION
Define a TRANSACTION in the local CICS® region.
Syntax
Activate security checks on commands by specifying the XCMD system initialization parameter and by ensuring that command security checking is active for the transaction (either by specifying CMDSEC(YES) on the TRANSACTION resource definition or by specifying ALWAYS on the CMDSEC system initialization parameter).
The syntax differs between releases. The affected command options are represented as a fragment in the main diagram. If a command option differs between releases, it is expanded below the main diagram.
- 6.2 and later CMDSEC
- 6.1 CMDSEC
- 6.2 and later RESSEC
- 6.1 RESSEC
Conditions: ILLOGIC, INVREQ, LENGERR, NOTAUTH
NOHANDLE, RESP, and
RESP2 are common options that can be added to all EXEC CICS
commands to process error conditions. They are not explicitly included in the command syntax diagram
and option descriptions. For information about these common options and EXEC CICS
command syntax, see EXEC CICS command format and programming considerations.
Description
The CREATE TRANSACTION command installs a TRANSACTION definition with the attribute specified on the command. It does not use a resource definition stored in the CSD. If there is no transaction with the name you specify in the local CICS region, the new definition is added. If there is, the new definition replaces the old one. However, it does not apply to tasks already in flight, which continue to use the definition under which they were initiated.
A syncpoint is implicit in CREATE TRANSACTION processing, except when an exception condition is detected early in processing the command. Uncommitted changes to recoverable resources made up to that point in the task are committed if the CREATE executes successfully, and rolled back if not. See Using EXEC CICS CREATE commands to define resources for other general rules governing CREATE commands.
The CREATE commands are not audited because their actions are recorded by other messages.
Options
- ATTRIBUTES(data-value)
- Specifies the attributes of the TRANSACTION being added. The list of attributes must be coded as a single character string using the syntax shown in TRANSACTION attributes. See The ATTRIBUTES option for general rules for specifying attributes, and TRANSACTION resources for details about specific attributes.
- ATTRLEN(data-value)
- Specifies the length in bytes of the character string supplied in the ATTRIBUTES option, as a halfword binary value. The length must not exceed 32767 bytes.
- LOGMESSAGE(cvda)
- Specifies whether CICS logs the attributes used for the resource that is created. CVDA values are as follows:
- LOG
- The resource attributes are logged to the CSDL transient data queue.
- NOLOG
- The resource attributes are not logged.
- TRANSACTION(data-value)
- Specifies the 4-character name of the TRANSACTION definition to be added to the CICS region.
Conditions
- ILLOGIC
- RESP2 values:
- 2
- The command cannot be executed because an earlier CONNECTION or TERMINAL pool definition has not yet been completed.
- INVREQ
- RESP2 values:
- n
- There is a syntax error in the ATTRIBUTES string, or an error occurred during either the discard or resource definition phase of the processing. See RESP2 values for CREATE and CSD commands for information on RESP2 values.
- 7
- The LOGMESSAGE CVDA value is not valid.
- 200
- The command was executed in a program defined with an EXECUTIONSET value of DPLSUBSET or a program invoked from a remote system by a distributed program link without the SYNCONRETURN option.
- LENGERR
- RESP2 values:
- 1
- The length you have specified in ATTRLEN is negative.
- NOTAUTH
- RESP2 values:
- 100
- The user associated with the issuing task is not authorized to use this command.
- 101
- The user associated with the issuing task is not authorized to create a TRANSACTION definition with this name.