Defining the storage key for applications

You can choose between user-key storage and CICS-key storage for a number of CICS® data areas and application program data areas that your applications can use.

About this task

Depending on the data area, you select the storage key by using one of the following:
  • System initialization parameters
  • Resource definition option
  • Options on the GETMAIN commands

Defining the storage key for storage areas that your applications need to access is described in the following sections.