CECI--command-level interpreter

Use CECI, which invokes the CICS command-level interpreter, to enter an EXEC CICS command, check its syntax, and modify it if necessary. In most cases, you can also process the command.

For programming information on each EXEC CICS command, see the CICS® Application Programming Reference or the CICS System Programming Reference.

For details of how to use the CECI transaction, see the CICS Application Programming Guide, which includes an example of a complete session with CECI.

Start the transaction by entering CECI on the command line of the screen, as follows:

CECI

Press ENTER. You get a list of all EXEC CICS commands.

Figure 27. CECI transaction: initial screen
  STATUS:  ENTER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING

 ABend        DISAble      ISsue        RELease      SUspend
 ACquire      DISCard      Journal      RESEtbr      SYncpoint
 ADdress      DUmp         LInk         RESYnc       Trace
 ALlocate     ENAble       LOad         RETRieve     Unlock
 ASKtime      ENDbr        Monitor      RETUrn       Verify
 ASSign       ENQ          PErform      REWrite      WAIT
 BIf          ENTer        POInt        ROute        WAITCics
 BUild        EXtract      POP          SENd         WRITE
 CAncel       FEpi         POSt         SET          WRITEQ
 CHange       FOrmattime   PURge        SIGNOFf      Xctl
 COLlect      FREE         PUSh         SIGNON
 CONNect      FREEMain     Query        SPOOLClose
 CONVerse     GDs          READ         SPOOLOpen
 DELAy        GEtmain      READNext     SPOOLRead
 DELETE       Handle       READPrev     SPOOLWrite
 DELETEQ      IGnore       READQ        START
 DEQ          INquire      RECeive      STARTBr



 PF 1 HELP 2 HEX 3 END 4 EIB 5 VAR 6 USER             9 MSG
Note:
If you then enter the command or its abbreviation on the top line and press ENTER, you get a complete display of the syntax for that command. For example, Figure 28 shows the screen displayed for the EXEC CICS RETRIEVE command.
Figure 28. CECI transaction: RETRieve command screen
  RETR
  STATUS:  ABOUT TO EXECUTE COMMAND                           NAME=
   EXEC CICS  RETRieve
    < Set() | Into() >
    < Length() >
    < RTRansid() >
    < RTErmid() >
    < Queue() >
    < Wait >














 PF 1 HELP 2 HEX 3 END 4 EIB 5 VAR 6 USER 7 SBH 8 SFH 9 MSG 10 SB 11 SF

Alternatively, you can enter CECI together with the name of the command in which you are interested, and bypass the full list of commands; for example:

CECI asktime

In both cases, you can generally go on to check the syntax of the command, change it if necessary, and then process the command.

Many CICS system programming commands use CVDA values, and CECI shows numeric equivalents for these. See the CICS System Programming Reference for programming information, including a "translation" of these numeric values to their alphabetic values.

Related tasks
Using CICS supplied transactions
Using the CECI HELP panel
Command-level syntax-checking transaction (CECS)
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