CICS command summary
The
EXEC CICS
commands categorized according to the function they perform.
Abend support
ABEND
HANDLE ABEND
APPC basic conversation
GDS ALLOCATE
GDS ASSIGN
GDS CONNECT PROCESS
GDS EXTRACT ATTRIBUTES
GDS EXTRACT PROCESS
GDS FREE
GDS ISSUE ABEND
GDS ISSUE CONFIRMATION
GDS ISSUE ERROR
GDS ISSUE PREPARE
GDS ISSUE SIGNAL
GDS RECEIVE
GDS SEND
GDS WAIT
APPC mapped conversation
ALLOCATE (APPC)
CONNECT PROCESS
CONVERSE (APPC)
EXTRACT ATTRIBUTES (APPC)
EXTRACT PROCESS
FREE (APPC)
ISSUE ABEND
ISSUE CONFIRMATION
ISSUE ERROR
ISSUE PREPARE
ISSUE SIGNAL (APPC)
RECEIVE (APPC)
SEND (APPC)
WAIT CONVID (APPC)
Authentication
CHANGE PASSWORD
SIGNOFF
SIGNON
VERIFY PASSWORD
Batch data interchange
ISSUE ABORT
ISSUE ADD
ISSUE END
ISSUE ERASE
ISSUE NOTE
ISSUE QUERY
ISSUE RECEIVE
ISSUE REPLACE
ISSUE SEND
ISSUE WAIT
BMS
PURGE MESSAGE
RECEIVE MAP
RECEIVE MAP MAPPINGDEV
RECEIVE PARTN
ROUTE
SEND CONTROL
SEND MAP
SEND MAP MAPPINGDEV
SEND PAGE
SEND PARTNSET
SEND TEXT
SEND TEXT MAPPED
SEND TEXTNOEDIT
Built-in functions
BIF DEEDIT
BIF DIGEST
CICS business transaction services (BTS)
ACQUIRE
ADD SUBEVENT
CANCEL
CHECK ACQPROCESS
CHECK ACTIVITY
CHECK TIMER
DEFINE ACTIVITY
DEFINE COMPOSITE EVENT
DEFINE INPUT EVENT
DEFINE PROCESS
DEFINE TIMER
DELETE ACTIVITY
DELETE CONTAINER (BTS)
DELETE EVENT
DELETE TIMER
ENDBROWSE ACTIVITY
ENDBROWSE CONTAINER (BTS)
ENDBROWSE EVENT
ENDBROWSE PROCESS
FORCE TIMER
GET CONTAINER (BTS)
GETNEXT ACTIVITY
GETNEXT CONTAINER (BTS)
GETNEXT EVENT
GETNEXT PROCESS
INQUIRE ACTIVITYID
INQUIRE CONTAINER
INQUIRE EVENT
INQUIRE PROCESS
INQUIRE TIMER
LINK ACQPROCESS
LINK ACTIVITY
MOVE CONTAINER(BTS)
PUT CONTAINER (BTS)
REMOVE SUBEVENT
RESET ACQPROCESS
RESET ACTIVITY
RESUME
RETRIEVE REATTACH EVENT
RETRIEVE SUBEVENT
RUN
STARTBROWSE ACTIVITY
STARTBROWSE CONTAINER (BTS)
STARTBROWSE EVENT
STARTBROWSE PROCESS
SUSPEND (BTS)
TEST EVENT
Channel commands
DELETE CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
ENDBROWSE CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
GET CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
GET64 CONTAINER
GETNEXT CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
MOVE CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
PUT CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
PUT64 CONTAINER
STARTBROWSE CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
START TRANSID (CHANNEL) or START CHANNEL
Console support
WRITE OPERATOR
Diagnostic services
DUMP TRANSACTION
ENTER TRACENUM
Document services
DOCUMENT CREATE
DOCUMENT DELETE
DOCUMENT INSERT
DOCUMENT RETRIEVE
DOCUMENT SET
Environment services
ADDRESS
ADDRESS SET
ASSIGN
Event processing
SIGNAL EVENT
Exception support
HANDLE CONDITION
IGNORE CONDITION
POP HANDLE
PUSH HANDLE
File control services
DELETE
ENDBR
READ
READNEXT
READPREV
RESETBR
REWRITE
STARTBR
UNLOCK
WRITE
Interval control services
ASKTIME
CANCEL
DELAY
FORMATTIME
POST
RETRIEVE
START
WAIT EVENT
Journaling
WAIT JOURNALNAME
WAIT JOURNALNUM
WRITE JOURNALNAME
WRITE JOURNALNUM
Monitoring
MONITOR
Named counter server
DEFINE COUNTER and DEFINE DCOUNTER
DELETE COUNTER and DELETE DCOUNTER
GET COUNTER and GET DCOUNTER
QUERY COUNTER and QUERY DCOUNTER
REWIND COUNTER and REWIND DCOUNTER
UPDATE COUNTER and UPDATE DCOUNTER
Program control
LINK
LOAD
RELEASE
RETURN
XCTL
Scheduling services
START ATTACH
START BREXIT
Security services
QUERY SECURITY
Spool Interface (JES)
SPOOLCLOSE
SPOOLOPEN INPUT
SPOOLOPEN OUTPUT
SPOOLREAD
SPOOLWRITE
Storage control
FREEMAIN
FREEMAIN64
GETMAIN
GETMAIN64
Syncpoint
SYNCPOINT
SYNCPOINT ROLLBACK
Task control
CHANGE TASK
DEQ
ENQ
SUSPEND
WAIT EXTERNAL
WAITCICS
TCP/IP services
EXTRACT CERTIFICATE
EXTRACT TCPIP
Temporary storage control
DELETEQ TS
READQ TS
WRITEQ TS
Terminal control
ALLOCATE (LUTYPE6.1)
ALLOCATE (MRO)
BUILD ATTACH (LUTYPE6.1)
BUILD ATTACH (MRO)
CONVERSE (APPC)
CONVERSE (LUTYPE2/LUTYPE3)
CONVERSE (LUTYPE4)
CONVERSE (LUTYPE6.1)
CONVERSE (MRO)
CONVERSE (SCS)
CONVERSE (2260)
CONVERSE (3270 logical)
CONVERSE (3600-3601)
CONVERSE (3600-3614)
CONVERSE (3650 interpreter)
CONVERSE (3650-3270)
CONVERSE (3650-3653)
CONVERSE (3650-3680)
CONVERSE (3767)
CONVERSE (3770)
CONVERSE (3790 full-function or inquiry)
CONVERSE (3790 3270-display)
EXTRACT ATTACH (LUTYPE6.1)
EXTRACT ATTACH (MRO)
EXTRACT ATTRIBUTES (MRO)
EXTRACT LOGONMSG
EXTRACT TCT
FREE (LUTYPE6.1)
FREE
FREE (MRO)
HANDLE AID
ISSUE COPY (3270 logical)
ISSUE DISCONNECT
ISSUE ENDFILE
ISSUE ENDOUTPUT
ISSUE EODS
ISSUE ERASEAUP
ISSUE LOAD
ISSUE PASS
ISSUE PRINT
ISSUE RESET
ISSUE SIGNAL (LUTYPE6.1)
POINT
RECEIVE (APPC)
RECEIVE (LUTYPE2/LUTYPE3)
RECEIVE (LUTYPE4)
RECEIVE (LUTYPE6.1)
RECEIVE (MRO)
RECEIVE (2260)
RECEIVE (2980)
RECEIVE (3270 logical)
RECEIVE (3600-3601)
RECEIVE (3600-3614)
RECEIVE (3650)
RECEIVE (3767)
RECEIVE (3770)
RECEIVE (3790 full-function or inquiry)
RECEIVE (3790 3270-display)
SEND (APPC)
SEND (LUTYPE2/LUTYPE3)
SEND (LUTYPE4)
SEND (LUTYPE6.1)
SEND (MRO)
SEND (SCS)
SEND (2260)
SEND (2980)
SEND (3270 logical)
SEND (3600 pipeline)
SEND (3600-3601)
SEND (3600-3614)
SEND (3650 interpreter)
SEND (3650-3270)
SEND (3650-3653)
SEND (3650-3680)
SEND (3767)
SEND (3770)
SEND (3790 full-function or inquiry)
SEND (3790 SCS)
SEND (3790 3270-display)
SEND (3790 3270-printer)
WAIT SIGNAL
WAIT TERMINAL
Transient data
DELETEQ TD
READQ TD
WRITEQ TD
Web support
CONVERTTIME
EXTRACT WEB
WEB CLOSE
WEB CONVERSE
WEB ENDBROWSE FORMFIELD
WEB ENDBROWSE HTTPHEADER
WEB EXTRACT
WEB OPEN
WEB PARSE URL
WEB READ FORMFIELD
WEB READ HTTPHEADER
WEB READNEXT FORMFIELD
WEB READNEXT HTTPHEADER
WEB RECEIVE (Server and Client versions)
WEB RETRIEVE
WEB SEND (Server and Client versions)
WEB STARTBROWSE FORMFIELD
WEB STARTBROWSE HTTPHEADER
WEB WRITE HTTPHEADER
Web services
INVOKE SERVICE
INVOKE WEBSERVICE
SOAPFAULT ADD
SOAPFAULT CREATE
SOAPFAULT DELETE
TRANSFORM DATATOXML
TRANSFORM XMLTODATA
WSACONTEXT BUILD
WSACONTEXT DELETE
WSACONTEXT GET
WSAEPR CREATE
Parent topic:
CICS API commands