CICS V5 Fundamentals

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CICS V5 Fundamentals

Course code: WM851G

Duration: 3 Days

Prerequisite:

•    You should have a basic knowledge of data processing and an IBM operating system.
•    Some programming experience in a high-level language like COBOL or Java is helpful.

Course Description:

In this entry-level course, you learn about the basic concepts and facilities of IBM CICS Transaction Server V5. After completing this course, you have the prerequisite knowledge for all of the follow-on CICS application and systems programming courses that IBM Training offers.

Course Objectives:

•    Describe the role of CICS in a business transaction environment
•    Outline the flow of a typical CICS transaction
•    Describe the functions that the primary CICS-supplied transactions perform
•    Use the CICS master terminal transaction (CEMT) to query and control system resources
•    Describe various ways of defining resources in CICS
•    Use transactions that CICS supplies to define and manage resources
•    Explain how CICS stores and manages resource definitions
•    Describe the features of the CICS Explorer
•    List the facilities that CICSPlex System Manager provides
•    Describe how CICS implements security
•    List the recoverable resources of CICS
•    Describe CICS transaction backout and forward recovery
•    List the types of CICS startup and shutdown
•    Describe the facilities that CICS provides for maintaining the integrity of data that is associated with CICS programs
•    Describe CICS support for databases and Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files
•    Describe the functions of presentation, business, and data access logic
•    Define the role and use of the COMMAREAs and CHANNELs in CICS applications
•    Show how CICS Basic Mapping Support (BMS) supports the 3270 display
•    Describe the syntax of a CICS command
•    Explain how to handle exceptions
•    Use the transactions that CICS supplies for testing and debugging
•    Describe the facilities that are available in CICS for intercommunication

Intended Audience:

This basic course is designed for IT personnel who have little or no CICS experience.

Course Outline:

•    Course introduction
•    Introducing CICS
•    CICS-supplied transactions
•    Exercise: CICS-supplied transactions
•    Defining CICS resources
•    Exercise: Defining CICS resources
•    Introducing the CICS Explorer
•    Exercise: Using the CICS Explorer
•    CICSPlex System Manager overview
•    CICS security
•    Managing data integrity
•    Startup and shutdown
•    Exercise: Managing CICS resources
•    Data access
•    Exercise: Managing files and queues
•    Designing CICS applications
•    Exercise: Reviewing CICS BMS maps
•    Writing CICS programs
•    Testing and debugging CICS programs
•    Exercise: Debugging applications by using CEDF
•    CICS intercommunication
•    Course summary