Resource definition objects

CSD files and CICSPlex® SM data repositories use different names for equivalent resource definition types. For example, a PROGRAM resource definition in a CSD file is known as a PROGDEF in a CICSPlex SM data repository.

The CICS® Configuration Manager API object types reflect the names used by CICSPlex SM. For example, to refer to a PROGRAM resource definition in a CSD file, you use the API object type PROGDEF. This allows you to work with resource definitions regardless of whether they are stored in CSD files or CICSPlex SM data repositories, using a single set of object types. This contrasts with the ISPF dialog, which presents the names used by CSD files. This is because, currently, most end users are more likely to be familiar with the CSD names than the CICSPlex SM names.

Table 1 lists the resource definition object types supported by CICS Configuration Manager.

Table 1. Supported resource definition object types
Object type Equivalent CSD-based object type Can be included in a change package?
APPLDEF  1  Start of change Yes End of change
ATOMDEF ATOMSERVICE Yes
BUNDDEF BUNDLE Yes
CONNDEF CONNECTION Yes
CSYSDEF  1   
CSYSGRP  1   
DB2CDEF DB2CONN Yes
DB2EDEF DB2ENTRY Yes
DB2TDEF DB2TRAN Yes
EJCODEF CORBASERVER Yes
EJDJDEF DJAR Yes
DOCDEF DOCTEMPLATE Yes
ENQMDEF ENQMODEL Yes
FILEDEF FILE Yes
IPCONDEF IPCONN Yes
JRNMDEF JOURNALMODEL Yes
JVMSVDEF JVMSERVER Yes
LIBDEF LIBRARY Yes
LSRDEF LSRPOOL Yes
MAPDEF MAPSET Yes
MQCONDEF MQCONN Yes
PRTNDEF PARTITIONSET Yes
PARTDEF PARTNER Yes
PIPEDEF PIPELINE Yes
PLATDEF  1   
PROCDEF PROCESSTYPE Yes
PROFDEF PROFILE Yes
PROGDEF PROGRAM Yes
RASINDSC  1  Yes
RASGNDEF  1  Yes
RESGROUP Group  
RESDESC List Yes (List, not RESDESC)  2 
RESINDSC  1   
RQMDEF REQUESTMODEL Yes
SESSDEF SESSION Yes
SYSLINK  1  Yes
TCPDEF TCPIPSERVICE Yes
TDQDEF TDQUEUE Yes
TERMDEF TERMINAL Yes
TRANDEF TRANSACTION Yes
TRNCLDEF TRANCLASS Yes
TSMDEF TSMODEL Yes
TYPTMDEF TYPETERM Yes
URIMPDEF URIMAP Yes
WEBSVDEF WEBSERVICE Yes
 1 
This is a CICSPlex SM-only object. There is no equivalent CSD-based object.
 2 
You can add a list object from a CSD file to a change package, but you cannot add the equivalent CICSPlex SM RESDESC object to a change package.

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