Documentation in PDF
A set of CICS® documentation, in the form of manuals, is available in PDF. Primarily, these provide continuity for users who became familiar with this form of documentation before IBM® Docs. This section provides links to the PDF manuals for all in-service releases of CICS TS for z/OS® and information about how the manuals are distributed and updated.
To get a local copy of IBM Documentation as an alternative to PDF, see Online documentation.
These PDFs are in English. Some PDFs are provided in some national languages other than English, up to CICS TS 5.6; see Translated documentation for details.
Changes to documentation summarizes major changes to PDF for all supported releases of CICS TS.
Finding the PDFs
For links to PDF manuals for CICS TS 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4, see End-of-service documentation. For PDF manuals of even older versions of CICS and some old IBM publications that might still be referenced by CICS messages, see Archived CICS documentation. Some PDFs are provided in some national languages other than English, up to CICS TS 5.6; see Translated documentation.
Individual PDF manuals are available for download directly from IBM Documentation by using the links in Table 1. You can also select a .zip file of all the current PDFs for a release and a separate set of the stabilized PDFs.
Documentation for CICS TS Version 6 covers CICS TS 6.1 and CICS TS 6.2.
6.1 and 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | |
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Full set | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Set of stabilized PDFs | Stabilized PDF manuals | Stabilized PDF manuals | Stabilized PDF manuals |
Administering CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
API (EXEC CICS) Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Business Transaction Services (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
C++ OO Class Libraries | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex® SM Administration | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Application Programming Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM CMCI REST API Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Concepts and Planning | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Managing Resource Use (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
CICSPlex SM Managing Workloads | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Problem Determination Guide | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICSPlex SM Web User Interface Guide (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
CICS Codes | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
CICS Messages |
Version 6 - part 1 AXM server environment messages and CICS messages DFH01nn to DFHDXnnnn Version 6 - part 2 DFHECnnnn to DFHRZnnnn Version 6 - part 3 DFHSHnnnn to DFHZNnnnn, and DFHHnnnn messages |
5.6 | 5.5 |
Component Reference | Version 6. See also Domain Reference and Executable Module Reference | See Diagnosis Reference | See Diagnosis Reference |
Configuring CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Data Areas | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Db2® Guide | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Debugging Tools Interfaces Reference (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
Developing CICS Applications | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Developing CICS System Programs | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Diagnosis Reference (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4. See Component Reference, Domain Reference and Executable Module Reference | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
Domain Reference | Version 6. See also Component Reference and Executable Module Reference | See Diagnosis Reference | See Diagnosis Reference |
Distributed Transaction Programming Guide (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
External Interfaces Guide (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4
See also Using EXCI with CICS. |
Stabilized at 5.4
See also Using EXCI with CICS. |
Stabilized at 5.4
See also Using EXCI with CICS. |
Executable Module Reference | Version 6. See also Component Reference and Domain Reference | See Diagnosis Reference | See Diagnosis Reference |
Front End Programming Interface User's Guide (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
Global User Exit Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
IMS Database Control Guide | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Installing CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Intercommunication Guide | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Internet Guide (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
Java™ Applications in CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Monitoring CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Performance Guide | Version 6
See also Monitoring Data Reference and Statistics Reference. |
5.6
See also Monitoring Data Reference and Statistics Reference. |
5.5
See also Monitoring Data Reference and Statistics Reference. |
Performance Report (covers all releases) | Version 6 | Version 6 | Version 6 |
Program Directory (base) | 6.2 and 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Program Directory (activation module, base) | 6.2 and 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Program Directory (activation module, Developer Trial) | 6.2 and 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Program Directory (activation module, Value Unit Edition) | 6.2 and 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
RACF® Security Guide (stabilized) | See Security for CICS | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Resource Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
REXX for CICS TS User Guide and Reference | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Security for CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Shared Data Tables Guide | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Statistics Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Supplied Transactions Reference | Version 6
See also Administering CICS. |
5.6
See also Administering CICS. |
5.5
See also Administering CICS. |
System Initialization Parameter Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
System Programming Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Trace Entries (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 | Stabilized at 5.4 |
Troubleshooting CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Upgrading CICS (covers all releases) | Version 6 | Version 6 | Version 6 |
Using CICS Service Flow Runtime (stabilized) | Stabilized at 5.6 | Stabilized at 5.6 | 5.5 |
Using EXCI | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Using IBM MQ with CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Using Node.js with CICS | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Utilities Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Web Services Guide | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
What's New | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
XPI Function Reference | Version 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Are the PDFs kept up to date?
From CICS TS 5.4, all PDF manuals for the release, except the manuals that are shown as stabilized, are updated at the same time as any updates to the online documentation in IBM Documentation. You don't need to take any action to see these updates from IBM Docs but, if you use a downloaded copy of a PDF, you should download an updated copy. The preface of each PDF manual shows the date when it was last updated.
Some PDFs are stabilized. These PDFs are still available but no longer updated. They are indicated as such in Table 1.
What file name does each PDF have?
From CICS TS 5.4, PDF manuals have descriptive file names: for example, whats-new_pdf represents What's New. Before CICS TS 5.4, PDF manuals have 8-character file names: for example, dfhe4h00 represents What's New.
Manual numbers (IBM form numbers) were required when the PDFs were published in IBM Publications Center. Now that they are published here in IBM Documentation, the number is no longer used.
What documentation isn't in PDF?
- Product overview
- What documentation is available?
- Get started with Java in CICS
- Samples
- Supported external standards
- Vendor interfaces
- Javadocs: JCA local ECI Javadoc, JCICS Javadoc, JCICSX Javadoc, and Web services assistant Javadoc
Javadocs are provided in full set by each release. See Application development reference to locate the Javadocs for your CICS release.
- CMCI GraphQL API reference
The CMCI GraphQL API reference is provided in full set by each release. See Reference: system programming to locate the reference for your CICS release.