CICSplex ICE Analysis attribute group

The CICSplex ICE Analysis attributes allows you to identify scheduled work in the system. You can analyze Interval Control Elements (ICE) problems, display a summary list of all ICEs in the system, display detailed information about a specific ICE, or request that an ICE be removed from the system.

Interval Control Elements (ICEs) represent tasks that CICS is scheduled to start after a specified time interval or at a certain time of day. Upon expiration of this interval, CICS starts the task or creates an AID, pending the availability of some resource.

CICS Region Name Indicates the job name or modify ID of the CICS region being monitored. Each CICS region in a z/OS operating system has a unique name. This name is an alphanumeric string, with a maximum of eight characters, and case-sensitive. CICS region names are always in uppercase characters.

Destination ID Is the name of the system at which the specified transaction is executed upon the expiration of this ICE.

Expiry Date and Time Is the date and time at which this ICE expires.

ICE Address Is the address, in CICS storage, of this ICE.

Origin Node The combination of z/OS System ID (SMFID) and CICS region name. The value format is an alphanumeric string, maximum 32 bytes, and case-sensitive.

When a situation is true, the system compares the origin node name in the attribute to the names of managed systems assigned to the item. If the origin node name matches the name of a managed system, the status of the item changes accordingly. If the names of the origin node and the managed systems do not match, the status of the item remains unchanged.

Request ID is a value associated with this ICE at the time it was created. You can supply a request identifier in the REQID field of a START request. If a request identifier is not specified the field is blank.

Status Is the current status of the ICE. These are the valid values:

• ICE is a DWE
• Awaiting DS Resume
• Cancelled by other task
• Expired
• Awaiting expiration

System ID Indicates the four-character name that uniquely identifies an active z/OS operating system within a given CICSplex. The value format is an alphanumeric string, maximum four characters, and case-sensitive. z/OS System IDs are always in uppercase characters.

Terminal ID Is the name of the terminal specified on a START command. If a terminal was not specified the field is blank.

Transaction ID Is the name of the transaction to be executed on completion of this ICE.

Type The kind of ICE that is displayed. These are the valid values:

• TDP Scheduled
• ICP Scheduled
• IC Initialized
• BMS Scheduled
• ISC Scheduled
• Wait
• Post

User ID Is the user identifier under which the specified transaction is executed. If a user identifier is not supplied the field is blank.

Waiting Task Number Is the task number of the task which is waiting for this ICE to expire. If no task is waiting, this appears as blanks.