CESF (Signoff) and CSSF (Signoff)

To sign off from the CICS® local or remote CICS region.

Note: You can use either CESF or CSSF. They are the same transaction. CSSF is an early version of the transaction that is retained for compatibility.

Syntax

CSSF [EXIT | GOODNIGHT]

CESF [EXIT | GOODNIGHT]

Description

When you run CESF or CSSF the following occurs:

If you are attached to a local region (not as a part of a transaction routing session), the connection between you and CICS is broken and a signoff message is written to the terminal.
If you are attached to a remote region through the CICS 3270 Terminal Emulator, cicslterm, you are returned to the parent process.
If you are attached to a remote region through transaction routing (CRTE), you remain attached to the remote region, but your user ID becomes the default user of the remote region. (See CRTE (Routing Transaction)).

Note: The TSLKey should not be changed in the Transaction Definitions (TD) entries for either CESF or the CSSF because they should always have public access.

Starting and ending CESF and CSSF

You start the CESF or CSSF transaction directly by entering the tran ID CESF or CSSF. The transaction ends when you are logged off.

Options

EXIT: Causes CICS to sign you off the terminal, but does not set the terminal out of service. This is the default option.
GOODNIGHT: Causes CICS to sign you off the terminal and sets the terminal out of service (disabled) and unavailable for further CICS use. This option is ignored when the terminal is remote or when the terminal is autoinstalled. Use the GOODNIGHT option when you do not want the terminal used until it is put back in service.

Examples

To sign off and leave the terminal in service:
```
CSSF
```
To sign off and set the terminal out of service (for local terminals that are not autoinstalled):
```
CSSF GOODNIGHT
```