CICS command summary

This list shows 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

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 TEXT NOEDIT

Built-in functions

  • BIF DEEDIT

CICS business transaction services (BTS)

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Channel commands

  • DELETE CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
  • GET CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
  • MOVE CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
  • PUT CONTAINER (CHANNEL)
  • START TRANSID (CHANNEL)
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Console support

  • WRITE OPERATOR

Diagnostic services

  • DUMP TRANSACTION
  • ENTER TRACENUM

Document services

  • DOCUMENT CREATE
  • DOCUMENT INSERT
  • DOCUMENT RETRIEVE
  • DOCUMENT SET

Environment services

  • ADDRESS
  • ADDRESS SET
  • ASSIGN

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
  • DEFINE DCOUNTER
  • DELETE COUNTER
  • DELETE DCOUNTER
  • GET COUNTER
  • GET DCOUNTER
  • QUERY COUNTER
  • QUERY DCOUNTER
  • REWIND COUNTER
  • REWIND DCOUNTER
  • UPDATE COUNTER
  • 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
  • GETMAIN

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 (default)
  • CONVERSE (LUTYPE2/LUTYPE3)
  • CONVERSE (LUTYPE4)
  • CONVERSE (LUTYPE6.1)
  • CONVERSE (MRO)
  • CONVERSE (SCS)
  • CONVERSE (2260)
  • CONVERSE (3270 display)
  • 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 (default)
  • RECEIVE (LUTYPE2/LUTYPE3)
  • RECEIVE (LUTYPE4)
  • RECEIVE (LUTYPE6.1)
  • RECEIVE (MRO)
  • RECEIVE (2260)
  • RECEIVE (2770)
  • RECEIVE (2780)
  • RECEIVE (2980)
  • RECEIVE (3270 display)
  • 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 (default)
  • SEND (LUTYPE2/LUTYPE3)
  • SEND (LUTYPE4)
  • SEND (LUTYPE6.1)
  • SEND (MRO)
  • SEND (SCS)
  • SEND (2260)
  • SEND (2770)
  • SEND (2880)
  • SEND (2980)
  • SEND (3270 display)
  • 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

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  • Start of changeWEB CLOSEEnd of change
  • Start of changeWEB CONVERSEEnd of change
  • WEB ENDBROWSE FORMFIELD
  • WEB ENDBROWSE HTTPHEADER
  • WEB EXTRACT
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  • 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