Entering commands from a console device

You can invoke CICS transactions from the console device by using the MVS MODIFY command (F for short).

To enter a CICS® command from a console device, use:

{MODIFY|F}  cicsid,[']command[']

where:

cicsid

is the region identifier for the CICS region. This is one of the following:

name of the job being used to execute CICS
name of a procedure if CICS was initiated as a started task without a qualifier
name of the task identifier qualifier if CICS was started as a started task with a qualifier.

command

is a string of data, starting with a CICS transaction identifier.

Example:

MODIFY DFHIVPOL,'CEMT INQUIRE TASK'

If a transaction started at a console device requires further input, you are prompted in the same way as a terminal operator. For more information about continuing transaction input, see Replying to messages from transactions started at console devices.