The BAS objects
A BAS object is an instance of a CICS resource in the CICSplex. Whichever interface you use to access BAS, the objects that you are interacting with are essentially the same.
There are two types of Business Application Services objects:
- Resource definition views and objects
- You use resource definition views to define instances of CICS® resources. The attributes of each resource definition (xxxxDEF object) are identical to those of the equivalent CICS CEDA definition; for example, to define a CICS connection (CONNDEF object), you use the Connection definitions view.
- Administration objects
- You use administration objects to manage resources. These objects are
split into the following areas:
- Base objects
- These objects are the foundation of BAS. They implement the assignment
and installation of resources in CICS systems.
- RASGNDEF
- A resource assignment describes selected resource definitions of a given type and indicates how those resources are to be assigned to various CICS systems.
- RESDESC
- A resource description identifies sets of logically related resource definitions. The set of resources identified in a resource description can be used as the scope value for CICSPlex SM requests. The resources can also be installed as a set in CICS systems that support resource installation.
- RESGROUP
- A resource group is a set of related resource definitions. The resource definitions in a group can be of the same or different resource types.
- Association objects
- These objects control the relationships between the base administration
objects and their resource definitions.
- RASINDSC
- Associates a resource assignment with a resource description.
- RESINDSC
- Associates a resource group with a resource description.
- RESINGRP
- Associates resource definitions of a given type with a resource group.
- Process display objects
- These objects illustrate how resources will be assigned to CICS systems.
- RASPROC
- Identifies the resource definitions to be selected when a given resource assignment is processed.
- RDSCPROC
- Identifies the resource definitions to be selected when a given resource description is processed.
- SYSRES
- Identifies the resources that are defined to a specified CICS system.
- Connectivity objects
- These objects describe the nature of connections between CICS regions
and other systems.
- CSYSDEF
- Describes the operational characteristics of a CICS system, including resource installation options and the system ID to be used in identifying connections. You use the CICS system definition view to create connections to other CICS systems.
- SYSLINK
- Describes the connections that exist between CICS regions in your CICSplex. You use the CICS system link definitions view to create and install CICS connections of different types.