Defining the facilitylike

The facilitylike value is the name of a real terminal resource definition that is used as a template for some of the properties of the bridge facility.

The name of the facilitylike definition to be used can be passed to CICS® in one of three ways (the first non-blank value found is used):
  • From the BRIH-FACILITYLIKE parameter in the Link3270 call.
  • From the PROFILE resource definition for the user transaction.
  • The default is CBRF, a definition supplied by CICS to support the bridge.
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Once the bridge facility has been defined, its facilitylike template cannot be changed. Therefore, if the bridge facility is reused in session mode, CICS ignores the facilitylike value passed in subsequent calls.

Note: If you are running in a CICS system started with the VTAM=NO system initialization parameter, the resource definition specified by facilitylike must be defined as REMOTE. A default definition of CBRF, defined as REMOTE, is provided in the group DFHTERM.
Note: VTAM® is now the z/OS® Communications Server.

For information about the PROFILE resource definition, see PROFILE resources.