System programming APIs

These topics provide reference information for IMS system application programming interface (API) calls for IMS Common Queue Server (CQS); IMS Common Service Layer (CSL); IMS data propagation with IMS DataPropagator for z/OS®; IMS Database Resource Adapter (DRA); IMS Database Recovery Control (DBRC) API; IMS catalog API;IMS Repository Server (FRPBATCH); and VTAM® and SNA.

These topics are the same as those in the PDF publication IMS Version 15.5 System Programming APIs, but the content in IBM® Documentation is updated more frequently.

Programming interface information

The information in these topics is intended to help you customize IMS environments. This information documents General-use Programming Interface and Associated Guidance Information provided by IMS.

General-use programming interfaces allow the customer to write programs that obtain the services of IMS. General-use Programming Interface and Associated Guidance Information is identified where it occurs, either by an introductory statement to a section or topic or by a General-use programming interface label.