PROCESSTYPE attributes

Describes the syntax and attributes of the PROCESSTYPE resource.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramPROCESSTYPE( name)GROUP( groupname)DESCRIPTION( text)FILE( file)AUDITLOG( journal)AUDITLEVEL(OFF)AUDITLEVEL(ACTIVITY)AUDITLEVEL(FULL)AUDITLEVEL(PROCESS)STATUS(ENABLED)STATUS(DISABLED)
AUDITLEVEL({OFF|PROCESS|ACTIVITY|FULL})
specifies the initial level of audit logging for processes of this type. If you specify any value other than OFF, you must also specify the AUDITLOG option.
ACTIVITY
Activity-level auditing. Audit records will be written from:
  1. The process audit points
  2. The activity primary audit points.
FULL
Full auditing. Audit records will be written from:
  1. The process audit points
  2. The activity primary and secondary audit points.
OFF
No audit trail records will be written.
PROCESS
Process-level auditing. Audit records will be written from the process audit points only.

For details of the records that are written from the process, activity primary, and activity secondary audit points, see Specifying the level of audit logging

AUDITLOG(journal)
specifies the name of a CICS® journal to which audit trail records will be written, for processes of this type and their constituent activities. The name can be up to eight characters long. If you do not specify an audit log, no audit records will be kept for processes of this type.
DESCRIPTION(text)
You can provide a description of the resource that you are defining in this field. The description text can be up to 58 characters in length. There are no restrictions on the characters that you can use. However, if you use parentheses, ensure that for each left parenthesis there is a matching right parenthesis. If you use the CREATE command, for each single apostrophe in the text, code two apostrophes.
FILE(file)
specifies the name of the CICS file definition that will be used to write the process and activity records of this process-type to its associated repository data set. The name can be up to eight characters long.
Acceptable characters:
A-Z 0-9 $ @ #
Unless you are using the CREATE command, any lowercase characters that you enter are converted to uppercase.
GROUP(groupname)
Every resource definition must have a GROUP name. The resource definition becomes a member of the group and is installed in the CICS system when the group is installed.
Acceptable characters:
A-Z 0-9 $ @ #
Any lowercase characters you enter are converted to uppercase.

The GROUP name can be up to eight characters in length. Lowercase characters are treated as uppercase characters.

PROCESSTYPE(name)
specifies the name of this PROCESSTYPE definition.
Acceptable characters:
A-Z a-z 0-9 $ @ # . / - _ % & ? ! : | " = ¬ , ; < >
The name can be up to eight characters in length.. Leading and embedded blank characters are not permitted. If the name supplied is less than eight characters, it is padded with trailing blanks up to eight characters.
STATUS({ENABLED|DISABLED})
specifies the initial status of the process-type following a CICS initialization with START=COLD or START=INITIAL. After initialization, you can use the CEMT SET PROCESSTYPE command to change the status of the process-type. The status of the process-type following a restart is recovered to its status at the previous shutdown.
DISABLED
Processes of this type cannot be created. An EXEC CICS DEFINE PROCESS request that tries to create a process of this type results in the INVREQ condition being returned to the application program.
ENABLED
Processes of this type can be created.