TYPE=INITIAL (control section)

Most of the tables must start with a TYPE=INITIAL macro.

For some tables, you can provide information that applies to the whole table, on the TYPE=INITIAL macro.

The TYPE=INITIAL macro establishes the control section (CSECT) for the CICS® system table, and produces the necessary linkage editor control statements. CICS automatically generates the address of the entry point of each table through the DFHVM macro that is generated from each TYPE=INITIAL macro. The entry point label of the table is DFHxxxBA. Only the END statement need be specified.