Using data sharing for your CICS program

If you use data sharing, your programs can participate in IMS data sharing. Under data sharing, CICS® online and BMP programs can access the same DL/I database concurrently.

Batch programs in a data-sharing environment can access databases used by other batch programs, and by CICS and IMS online programs. With data sharing, you can share data directly and your program's requests need not go through a mirror transaction.

Related Reading: For more information on sharing a database with an IMS system, see IMS Version 15.5 System Administration.