The Simulator sample program

The Simulator formats and submits a request message, in order to simulate a service requestor that is requesting services of the CICS® Service Flow Runtime software.

See Figure 1 for an illustration of the processing that takes place when you issue a request using the Simulator.
Figure 1. Request processing using the Simulator
This graphic shows the processing performed when you test a DPL request using the simulator.

Upon receipt of the request message from the Simulator, the server adapter that is invoked performs adapter request processing that results in a reply message. A successful reply (GOOD RESPONSE RECEIVED) is an indication that the CICS Service Flow Runtime software was properly installed and configured.