Summary of CICS commands for APPC mapped conversations

Table 11 shows the CICS® commands used in APPC mapped conversations.

Table 11. Summary of CICS commands used in mapped conversations
Use to ... Sync levels CICS command Topic
Acquire a session. 0,1,2 ALLOCATE Allocating a session to the conversation
Initiate a conversation. 0,1,2 CONNECT PROCESS Connecting the partner transaction
Access session-related information. 0,1,2 EXTRACT PROCESS Back-end transaction initiation
Send data and control information to the conversation partner. 0,1,2 SEND Sending data to the partner transaction
Receive data from the conversation partner. 0,1,2 RECEIVE Receiving data from the partner transaction
Send and receive data on the conversation. 0,1,2 CONVERSE The CONVERSE command
Transmit any deferred data or control indicators. 0,1,2 WAIT CONVID Sending data to the partner transaction
Reply positively to SEND CONFIRM. 1,2 ISSUE CONFIRMATION Receiving and replying to a confirmation request
Prepare a conversation partner for syncpointing. 2 ISSUE PREPARE The ISSUE PREPARE command
Inform the conversation partner of a program-detected error. 0,1,2 ISSUE ERROR Demanding INVITE from the partner transaction
Signal an unusual condition to the conversation partner, usually against the flow of data. 0,1,2 ISSUE SIGNAL Requesting INVITE from the partner transaction
Inform the conversation partner that the conversation should be abandoned. 0,1,2 ISSUE ABEND Emergency termination of a conversation
Free the session. 0,1,2 FREE Ending the conversation
Inform all conversation partners of readiness to commit changes to recoverable resources. 2 SYNCPOINT Syncpointing a distributed process
Inform conversation partners of the need to back out changes to recoverable resources. 2 SYNCPOINT ROLLBACK The SYNCPOINT ROLLBACK command

For programming information about CICS commands, see the CICS Application Programming Reference.

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