WM865G - CICS Command Level Coding

Overview

Duration: 5 days

In this course, you learn how to design, code, and debug command-level CICS application programs for e-business or traditional environments. The course applies to the entire family of CICS products.

Objectives

Design and develop application programs for CICS environments
Design applications with separate presentation and business logics
Describe the purpose of the CICS Clients
Code CICS commands
Pass and receive control between program modules
Describe and compare the CICS COMMAREA and the CICS channel and container interface
Prepare programs and run tests, including problem determination and resolution, by using messages and online interactive debugging tools
Access and modify Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files, DB2 databases, temporary storage, and transient data queues
Respond to normal and exception conditions from CICS commands
Send and receive basic mapping support (BMS) maps

Content

1. Course introduction

2. CICS application programming environment

3. Designing CICS applications

Exercise: Introducing Worldwide Books Online

4. CICS command overview

Exercise: Using CICS Explorer
Exercise: Writing a pseudo conversational echo program

5. Debugging CICS applications

Exercise: Debugging applications by using CEDF

6. CICS basic mapping support

Exercise: Writing the WB presentation program

7. CICS program-to-program control

Exercise: Completing the WB presentation program
Exercise: Linking to a CICS program from outside CICS

8. CICS data access

Exercise: Completing the WB customer program

9. CICS queues

Exercise: Completing the WB order program
Exercise: Enhancing the WB application (optional)

10. CICS front-end programming

11. Service flow and event processing

12. CICS web applications

CICS Business Transaction Services

Course summary

Audience

This intermediate course is designed for application developers and analysts who design, code, and debug CICS command level applications.

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of the underlying operating system platforms
Basic knowledge of CICS fundamentals as taught in CICS V5 Fundamentals (WM851G)
COBOL or PL/I application development skills
Basic knowledge of application design and programming

Certification

This course is not associated with any Certification.

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