Setting up the NACT transaction

You can set up the NACT sample to use with the bridge sample clients.

About this task

The following table shows the components that form the NACT sample application, which are supplied during CICS® installation.
Table 1. NACT sample components
File Type Library
DFH0CNA1 COBOL source SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNA2 COBOL source SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNA3 COBOL source SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNA4 COBOL source SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNA5 COBOL source SDFHSAMP
DFH0MNA Mapset SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAA Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAB Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAC Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAE Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAF Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAG Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAL Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAM Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAR Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAU Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH0CNAW Copybook SDFHSAMP
DFH$NACT RDO group CSD
DFHNADEF JCL XDFHINST

To set up the NACT sample to use with the bridge sample clients, use the following procedure.

Procedure

  1. Assemble and link the map DFH0MNA. The map copybook can be created in this step, but the map copybook DFH0CNAM is supplied. See Installing map sets and partition sets for guidance on assembling CICS maps.

    Add the load library containing the load modules to the RPL concatenation of your CICS startup job.

  2. Translate, compile, and link the COBOL programs DFH0CNA1–5, ensuring that the copybooks listed in Table 1 are accessible. See Device dependent support for guidance on translating and compiling CICS programs.

    Add the load library containing the load modules to the RPL concatenation of your CICS startup job.

  3. Create NACT files. Edit the JCL provided in file DFHNADEF to conform to your own installation naming conventions, and run it to create the following NACT files:
    xxx.ACCTFILE
    The account file
    xxx.ACCTNAIX
    The names alternate index
    xxx.ACTINUSE
    Record locking file
  4. Edit the resource definitions in sample group DFH$NACT to conform to the naming conventions you used in step 3. Install this group, or add it to the grouplist installed during CICS startup.

Results

You can now test that installation is complete by entering the transaction NACT on a CICS terminal.