System commands

Alphabetic listing of CICS® system commands.

For EIB response codes, see Response codes of EXEC CICS commands.

For EIB function codes, see Function codes of EXEC CICS commands.

RESP2 values for EXEC CICS CREATE and EXEC CICS CSD commands
The EXEC CICS CREATE command and the EXEC CICS CSD commands DEFINE, ALTER, USERDEFINE, and INSTALL issue RESP2 values, each of which is associated with a CICS message. Most of these messages are written to transient data queue CSMT.
ACQUIRE TERMINAL
Acquire a session with a terminal.
COLLECT STATISTICS
Retrieve the current statistics for a single resource, or global statistics for a class of resources.
CREATE ATOMSERVICE
Define an ATOMSERVICE resource definition in the local CICS region.
CREATE BUNDLE
Define a BUNDLE resource in the local CICS region.
CREATE CONNECTION
Define a CONNECTION in the local CICS region.
CREATE DB2CONN
Define a DB2CONN in the local system.
CREATE DB2ENTRY
Define a DB2ENTRY in the local system.
CREATE DB2TRAN
Define a DB2TRAN in the local system.
CREATE DOCTEMPLATE
Define a document template.
CREATE DUMPCODE
Define a DUMPCODE resource definition.
CREATE ENQMODEL
Define an ENQMODEL resource definition.
CREATE FILE
Define a file in the local CICS region.
CREATE IPCONN
Define and install an IPCONN in the local CICS region.
CREATE JOURNALMODEL
Define a journal model in the local CICS region.
CREATE JVMSERVER
Define a JVMSERVER resource in the local CICS region.
CREATE LIBRARY
Create a LIBRARY resource in the local CICS region.
CREATE LSRPOOL
Define an LSR pool in the local CICS region.
CREATE MAPSET
Define a map set in the local CICS region.
CREATE MQCONN
Define an MQCONN resource in the local CICS region.
CREATE MQMONITOR
Define an MQMONITOR resource in the local region.
CREATE PARTITIONSET
Define a partition set in the local CICS region.
CREATE PARTNER
Define a PARTNER in the local CICS region.
CREATE PIPELINE
Define a PIPELINE in the local CICS region.
CREATE PROCESSTYPE
Define a PROCESSTYPE in the local CICS region.
CREATE PROFILE
Define a transaction PROFILE in the local CICS region.
CREATE PROGRAM
Define a PROGRAM in the local CICS region.
CREATE SESSIONS
Add a session group to the CONNECTION definition being created.
CREATE TCPIPSERVICE
Define a TCP/IP service in the local CICS region.
CREATE TDQUEUE
Define a transient data queue in the local CICS region.
CREATE TERMINAL
Define a TERMINAL in the local CICS region.
CREATE TRANCLASS
Define a transaction class in the local CICS region.
CREATE TRANSACTION
Define a TRANSACTION in the local CICS region.
CREATE TSMODEL
Define a model for local, remote, or shared temporary storage queues.
CREATE TYPETERM
Define a terminal type in the local CICS region.
CREATE URIMAP
Define a URIMAP resource in the local CICS region.
CREATE WEBSERVICE
Define a WEBSERVICE resource in the local CICS region.
CSD ADD
Add a group to a list in the CSD.
CSD ALTER
Change the attributes of an existing resource definition in the CSD.
CSD APPEND
Append the groups in one list on the CSD to the end of another list.
CSD COPY
Copy a resource definition in a group to a different group, or copy an entire group.
CSD DEFINE
Create a new resource definition in the CSD.
CSD DELETE
Delete a group, or a single resource definition in a group, from the CSD.
CSD DISCONNECT
Disconnect the current task from the CSD.
CSD ENDBRGROUP
End the current browse of the groups in the CSD, or of the groups in a LIST.
CSD ENDBRLIST
End the current browse of the lists in the CSD.
CSD ENDBRRSRCE
End the current browse of the resources in a specified group.
CSD GETNEXTGROUP
Get the next group in a group browse.
CSD GETNEXTLIST
Get the next list in a list browse.
CSD GETNEXTRSRCE
Get the details of the next resource in a resource browse.
CSD INQUIREGROUP
Inquire on a group in the CSD or on a group in a specified list in the CSD.
CSD INQUIRELIST
Inquire on a list in the CSD.
CSD INQUIRERSRCE
Inquire on the attributes of a resource in a specified group in the CSD.
CSD INSTALL
Install a list, a group, or a single resource definition in a group, from the CSD.
CSD LOCK
Restrict update and delete access for a group or list to a single operator identifier.
CSD REMOVE
Remove a group from a list in the CSD.
CSD RENAME
Rename a resource definition in the CSD.
CSD STARTBRGROUP
Start a browse of the groups in the CSD or of the groups in a list.
CSD STARTBRLIST
Start a browse of the lists in the CSD.
CSD STARTBRRSRCE
Start a browse of the resources in a specified group.
CSD UNLOCK
Remove the lock from a group or list of definitions.
CSD USERDEFINE
Create a new resource definition with user-specified default values in the CSD.
DISABLE PROGRAM
Terminate or otherwise modify the invocation of a user exit.
DISCARD ATOMSERVICE
Remove an ATOMSERVICE resource definition from the system.
DISCARD AUTINSTMODEL
Remove a terminal autoinstall model definition.
DISCARD BUNDLE
Remove a BUNDLE definition.
DISCARD CONNECTION
Remove a CONNECTION definition.
DISCARD DB2CONN
Remove a DB2CONN definition.
DISCARD DB2ENTRY
Remove a DB2ENTRY definition.
DISCARD DB2TRAN
Remove a DB2TRAN definition.
DISCARD DOCTEMPLATE
Remove a document template.
DISCARD ENQMODEL
Remove an ENQMODEL resource definition.
DISCARD FILE
Remove a FILE definition.
DISCARD IPCONN
Remove an IPCONN definition.
DISCARD JOURNALMODEL
Remove a journal model definition.
DISCARD JOURNALNAME
Remove a journal name from the journal names table.
DISCARD JVMSERVER
Remove a JVMSERVER resource definition.
DISCARD LIBRARY
Remove a specified LIBRARY from the running CICS system.
DISCARD MQCONN
Remove an MQCONN resource definition. Any dynamically created MQMONITOR resource and any user-defined MQMONITOR resources are also discarded.
DISCARD MQMONITOR
Remove an MQMONITOR resource definition.
DISCARD PARTNER
Remove a PARTNER definition.
DISCARD PIPELINE
Remove a PIPELINE definition.
DISCARD PROCESSTYPE
Remove a PROCESSTYPE definition.
DISCARD PROFILE
Remove a PROFILE definition.
DISCARD PROGRAM
Remove the definition of a program, map set, or partition set.
DISCARD TCPIPSERVICE
Remove a TCPIPSERVICE definition.
DISCARD TDQUEUE
Remove a transient data queue definition.
DISCARD TERMINAL
Remove a TERMINAL definition.
DISCARD TRANCLASS
Remove a transaction class definition.
DISCARD TRANSACTION
Remove a transaction definition.
DISCARD TSMODEL
Remove a temporary storage model definition.
DISCARD URIMAP
Remove a URIMAP definition from the system.
DISCARD WEBSERVICE
Remove a WEBSERVICE definition.
ENABLE PROGRAM
Enable a user exit program to allow it to be invoked.
EXTRACT EXIT
Obtain the address and length of a global work area.
EXTRACT STATISTICS
Retrieve the current statistics for a single resource, or global statistics for a class of resources.
INQUIRE ASSOCIATION
Retrieve association information for a specified task from its association data control block (ADCB).
INQUIRE ASSOCIATION LIST
The INQUIRE ASSOCIATION LIST command returns a list of user tasks that are in the local region and that have matching correlation information in their association data.
INQUIRE ATOMSERVICE
Retrieve information about ATOMSERVICE resources in the local system.
INQUIRE AUTINSTMODEL
Find out whether an autoinstall model is installed.
INQUIRE AUTOINSTALL
Retrieve autoinstall values.
INQUIRE BRFACILITY
Retrieve information about a virtual terminal (bridge facility) used by the 3270 bridge mechanism.
INQUIRE BUNDLE
Retrieve information about an installed BUNDLE resource.
INQUIRE BUNDLEPART
Retrieve information about the resources that are contained in an installed BUNDLE resource.
INQUIRE CAPDATAPRED
Retrieve information about an application data predicate that is defined for a capture specification.
INQUIRE CAPINFOSRCE
Retrieve information about an information source that is defined for a capture specification.
INQUIRE CAPOPTPRED
Retrieve information about a capture option predicate that is defined for a capture specification.
INQUIRE CAPTURESPEC
Retrieve information about a capture specification.
INQUIRE CONNECTION
Retrieve information about the local system entry or about an MRO or ISC over SNA connection to a remote system.
INQUIRE CFDTPOOL
Retrieve information about a coupling facility data table pool.
INQUIRE DB2CONN
Retrieves information about the connection between CICS and Db2®.
INQUIRE DB2ENTRY
Returns the attributes of the DB2ENTRY that defines resources to be used by a specific transaction or by a group of transactions when accessing Db2.
INQUIRE DB2TRAN
Returns attributes of a particular DB2TRAN definition; which associates a transaction or group of transactions with a DB2ENTRY.
INQUIRE DELETSHIPPED
Retrieve information about system settings that control the CICS timeout delete mechanism.
INQUIRE DISPATCHER
Retrieve CICS dispatcher information.
INQUIRE DOCTEMPLATE
Find information about a DOCTEMPLATE resource definition for a CICS document template.
INQUIRE DSNAME
Retrieve information about an external data set.
INQUIRE DUMPDS
Retrieve information about the CICS transaction dump data sets.
INQUIRE ENQ
Retrieve information about enqueues held or waited on by a UOW, or about UOWs holding or waiting on a specified enqueue.INQUIRE ENQ is a synonym for INQUIRE UOWENQ; see INQUIRE UOWENQ for a full description.
INQUIRE ENQMODEL
Retrieve information about enqueue model definitions on the local system.
INQUIRE EPADAPTER
Retrieve information about a specified event processing adapter.
INQUIRE EPADAPTERSET
Retrieve information about a specified event processing adapter set.
INQUIRE EPADAPTINSET
Retrieve information about an EP adapter specified in an EP adapter set.
INQUIRE EVENTBINDING
Retrieve information about a specified event binding.
INQUIRE EVENTPROCESS
Retrieve the status of event processing.
INQUIRE EXCI
Retrieve information about jobs using the external CICS interface.
INQUIRE EXITPROGRAM
Retrieve information about a user exit.
INQUIRE FEATUREKEY
Retrieves the value of a feature toggle.
INQUIRE FILE
Retrieve information about a file.
INQUIRE HOST
Retrieve information about virtual hosts in the local system.
INQUIRE IPCONN
Retrieve information about an IPIC connection.
INQUIRE IPFACILITY
Retrieve information about an IP facility.
INQUIRE IRC
Show the IRC status.
INQUIRE JOURNALMODEL
Retrieve information about installed journal models, thus enabling you to obtain corresponding log stream names.
INQUIRE JOURNALNAME
Retrieve information about the status of the system log and general logs.
INQUIRE JOURNALNUM
This command is replaced by the INQUIRE JOURNALNAME command. All the options on INQUIRE JOURNALNUM are obsolete, and the only run-time support provided by CICS for compatibility with earlier releases is to return the JIDERR exception condition. The translator translates the command, but issues a warning message.
INQUIRE JVMENDPOINT
Retrieve information about a JVM server endpoint.
INQUIRE JVMSERVER
Retrieve information about the JVM server runtime environment in the CICS region.
INQUIRE LIBRARY
Retrieve information about a LIBRARY resource.
INQUIRE MODENAME
Retrieve information about a session group within a connection.
INQUIRE MONITOR
Retrieve the status of CICS monitoring.
INQUIRE MQCONN
Inquire on the attributes and status of the connection between CICS and IBM® MQ.
INQUIRE MQINI
Inquire on the name of the default initiation queue to be used for the connection between CICS and IBM MQ.
INQUIRE MQMONITOR
Inquire on the status of an installed MQ monitor and return the current attributes of the MQMONITOR resource.
INQUIRE MVSTCB
Retrieve addresses and storage usage information for MVS™ task control blocks (TCBs).
INQUIRE NETNAME
Retrieve information about a terminal or session.
INQUIRE NODEJSAPP
Retrieve information about the Node.js application in the CICS region.
INQUIRE OSGIBUNDLE
Retrieve information about an OSGi bundle that is installed in a JVM server.
INQUIRE OSGISERVICE
Retrieve information about OSGi services that are registered in a CICS region.
INQUIRE PARTNER
Retrieve information about a partner.
INQUIRE PIPELINE
Retrieve information about an installed PIPELINE.
INQUIRE PROCESSTYPE
Retrieve the attributes of a CICS business transaction services (CBTS) process type.
INQUIRE PROFILE
Determine whether a transaction profile is installed.
INQUIRE PROGRAM
Retrieve information about a program, map set, or partition set.
INQUIRE REQID
Retrieve information about a queued request.
INQUIRE RRMS
Retrieves the status of transactional EXCI.
INQUIRE STATISTICS
Retrieve statistics information.
INQUIRE STORAGE
Retrieve information about task storage.
INQUIRE STREAMNAME
Retrieve information about a currently connected MVS log stream.
INQUIRE SUBPOOL
Retrieve information about storage subpools in the CICS region.
INQUIRE SYSDUMPCODE
Retrieve information about a system dump table entry.
INQUIRE SYSTEM
Retrieve CICS system information.
INQUIRE TASK
Retrieve information about a user task.
INQUIRE TASK LIST
Retrieve a list of user tasks.
INQUIRE TCLASS
Retrieve information about a transaction class.
INQUIRE TCPIP
Retrieve information about CICS internal sockets support.
INQUIRE TCPIPSERVICE
Retrieve information about the state of a service by using CICS internal TCP/IP support.
INQUIRE TDQUEUE
Retrieve information about a transient data queue.
INQUIRE TEMPSTORAGE
Retrieve information about the storage that is used by temporary storage queues in the CICS region.
INQUIRE TERMINAL
Retrieve information about a terminal or session.
INQUIRE TRACEDEST
Retrieve information about tracing.
INQUIRE TRACEFLAG
Retrieve information about trace flags.
INQUIRE TRACETYPE
Retrieve information about CICS system tracing.
INQUIRE TRANCLASS
Retrieve information about a transaction class.
INQUIRE TRANDUMPCODE
Retrieve information about a transaction dump code.
INQUIRE TRANSACTION
Retrieve information about a TRANSACTION definition.
INQUIRE TSMODEL
Retrieve information about a temporary storage model.
INQUIRE TSPOOL
Retrieve information about a shared temporary storage pool.
INQUIRE TSQUEUE / TSQNAME
Retrieve information about a temporary storage queue. This topic applies also to the command INQUIRE TSQNAME. Use either command to inquire about names up to eight characters long; use INQUIRE TSQNAME to inquire about names up to 16 characters long.
INQUIRE UOW
Retrieve information about a unit of work (UOW).
INQUIRE UOWDSNFAIL
Retrieve information about units of work (UOWs) that have updated CICS file control-managed data sets.
INQUIRE UOWENQ
Retrieve information about enqueues held or waited on by a UOW, or about UOWs holding or waiting on a specified enqueue. INQUIRE ENQ is a synonym for INQUIRE UOWENQ.
INQUIRE UOWLINK
Retrieve information about a connection involved in a unit of work.
INQUIRE URIMAP
Retrieve information about URIMAP resources in a CICS region.
INQUIRE VOLUME
INQUIRE VOLUME is obsolete, and is retained only for compatibility with previous releases. The only run-time support is to return the VOLIDERR condition. If this command is used, the translator translates it, but issues a warning message.
INQUIRE VTAM
Retrieve information about the connection between CICS and the z/OS® Communications Server.
INQUIRE WEB
Retrieve information about CICS Web support.
INQUIRE WEBSERVICE
Use the INQUIRE WEBSERVICE command to retrieve information about an installed web service.
INQUIRE WLMHEALTH
Retrieve information about the z/OS WLM health service settings for a CICS region.
INQUIRE WORKREQUEST
This command was supported in releases of CICS earlier than CICS TS for z/OS, Version 5.1 for retrieving information about work requests in the local CICS region.
INQUIRE XMLTRANSFORM
Use the INQUIRE XMLTRANSFORM command to retrieve information about an installed XMLTRANSFORM resource.
PERFORM DELETSHIPPED
Delete inactive shipped terminal definitions.
PERFORM DUMP
Request a system dump of CICS.
PERFORM ENDAFFINITY
End an affinity owned by CICS.
PERFORM JVMSERVER
Administer a JVM server in the CICS region.
PERFORM PIPELINE
Initiate a scan of the web service binding files that are associated with a PIPELINE resource.
PERFORM RESETTIME
Reset date and time.
PERFORM SECURITY REBUILD
Refresh security information.
PERFORM SHUTDOWN
Shut down the CICS system.
PERFORM SSL REBUILD
Refresh the SSL environment and the cache of certificates for the CICS region.
PERFORM STATISTICS RECORD
Record statistics immediately.
RESYNC ENTRYNAME
Determine the disposition of in doubt units of work.
SET ATOMSERVICE
Enables or disables an ATOMSERVICE definition.
SET AUTOINSTALL
Change autoinstall values.
SET BRFACILITY
Release a virtual terminal (bridge facility) used by the 3270 bridge mechanism.
SET BUNDLE
Use the SET BUNDLE command to change the status of an installed BUNDLE resource, which represents a CICS bundle.
SET CONNECTION
Change the attributes of an MRO or ISC over SNA connection, or cancel outstanding AIDs.
SET DB2CONN
Change information about the attributes of the CICS Db2 connection.
SET DB2ENTRY
Sets the attributes of a particular DB2ENTRY used to define resources to be used by a specific transaction or by a group of transactions when accessing Db2.
SET DB2TRAN
Sets the attributes of a particular DB2TRAN associated with a DB2ENTRY.
SET DELETSHIPPED
Change the system settings that control automatic deletion of shipped terminal definitions.
SET DISPATCHER
Change CICS dispatcher system information.
SET DOCTEMPLATE
Refresh the cached copy of a document template installed in your CICS region, or phase in a new copy of a CICS program or exit program that is defined as a document template.
SET DSNAME
Change information relating to an external data set, including actions that apply to all UOWs that access this data set.
SET DUMPDS
Change the status of the transaction dump data sets.
SET ENQMODEL
Change the status of an ENQMODEL definition.
SET EPADAPTER
Set the status of a specified EP adapter to enabled or disabled.
SET EPADAPTERSET
Set the status of a specified EP adapter set to enabled or disabled.
SET EVENTBINDING
Set the status of a specified event binding to enabled or disabled.
SET EVENTPROCESS
Set the status of event processing.
SET FILE
Change attributes of a VSAM or BDAM file, including files that refer to CICS shared data tables and coupling facility data tables.
SET HOST
Sets the status of a virtual host to enabled or disabled.
SET IPCONN
Change the attributes of an IPIC connection (also known as an IPCONN) or cancel outstanding AIDs.
SET IRC
Open or close interregion communication.
SET JOURNALNAME
Enable or disable a CICS user journal.
SET JOURNALNUM
This command is replaced by the SET JOURNALNAME command for all supported releases for changing the OPENSTATUS setting of a journal.
SET JVMENDPOINT
Enable or disable a JVM server endpoint.
SET JVMSERVER
Change the status of an installed JVMSERVER resource.
SET LIBRARY
Change the attributes of a LIBRARY resource.
SET MODENAME
Change the number of sessions in an APPC session group.
SET MONITOR
Change CICS monitoring options.
SET MQCONN
Change information about the attributes of the connection between CICS and IBM MQ, and start or stop the connection.
SET MQMONITOR
Enable or disable an MQMONITOR resource definition. Start or stop the MQ monitor. Set automatic restart of the MQ monitor.
SET NETNAME
Change the tracing of a z/OS Communications Server terminal.
SET PIPELINE
Change the status of an installed PIPELINE.
SET PROCESSTYPE
Change the attributes of a CICS business transaction services (CBTS) process-type.
SET PROGRAM
Change a PROGRAM, MAPSET, or PARTITIONSET definition.
SET STATISTICS
Change the recording of CICS statistics.
SET SYSDUMPCODE
Change an entry in the system dump table.
SET SYSTEM
Change CICS system option values.
SET TASK
Purge a task or change its priority.
SET TCLASS
Set the maximum number of tasks in a transaction class.
SET TCPIP
Modify CICS internal TCPIP support.
SET TCPIPSERVICE
Modify the status of a service using CICS internal TCP/IP support.
SET TDQUEUE
Change the attributes of a transient data queue.
SET TEMPSTORAGE
Set the amount of storage that is available to temporary storage queues in the CICS region.
SET TERMINAL
Change some terminal attributes and cancel outstanding AIDs.
SET TRACEDEST
Change tracing options.
SET TRACEFLAG
Change settings of trace flags.
SET TRACETYPE
Change the tracing levels of CICS components.
SET TRANCLASS
Set the limits for a transaction class.
SET TRANDUMPCODE
Change an entry in the transaction dump table.
SET TRANSACTION
Change a TRANSACTION definition.
SET TSQUEUE / TSQNAME
Delete a temporary storage (TS) queue. You can also use the alternative command SET TSQNAME. Use either command to delete a queue with a name up to 8 characters long and use SET TSQNAME to delete a queue with a name up to 16 characters long.
SET UOW
Commit, back out, or force a shunted unit of work.
SET UOWLINK
Delete a link to a unit of work (a UOW-link) that was created by a connection that has since been discarded. UOWLINKs associated with RRS can be deleted when a cold start of RRS has been performed.
SET URIMAP
Enables or disables a URIMAP resource, and applies or removes redirection for a URIMAP resource.
SET VOLUME
SET VOLUME is obsolete, and is retained only for compatibility with previous releases. The only runtime support is to return the VOLIDERR condition. If this command is used, the translator translates it, but issues a warning message.
SET VTAM
Modify the z/OS Communications Server connection for CICS. VTAM® is a previous name for the z/OS Communications Server.
SET WEB
Modify CICS Web support.
SET WEBSERVICE
Use the SET WEBSERVICE command to change the status of an installed web service.
SET WLMHEALTH
Change the z/OS WLM health service settings of a CICS region.
SET XMLTRANSFORM
Use the SET XMLTRANSFORM command to enable or disable the validation of an installed XMLTRANSFORM resource.
Threadsafe SPI commands
CICS provides threadsafe SPI commands for you to use in your programs.