CICS

Customer Information Control System

•Transaction and Task

•Multi-Tasking and Multi-Threading

•PCT – Program Control Table

•PPT – Processing program Table

•API – Application Programming Interface

•CICS Services
•Data Communication Services
•Data Management Services

•CICS Management Services

 Database Management Systems

• Relational Database Management Systems

– DB2
A relational database matches data by using common characteristics found
within the data set. The resulting groups of data are organized and are much
easier for many people to understand.

• Hierarchical Database Management Systems

– IMS
A hierarchical data model is a data model in which the data is organized into a
tree-like structure. The structure allows repeating information using
parent/child relationships: each parent can have many children but each child
only has one parent (also known as a 1:many ratio ).
 CICS - DMS
Data Management Services
• File Control

• SQL Services

• DL/I Services
 The BMS Mapset
• BMS Macros
– DFMSD Start Mapset (specify language, device etc)
– DFHMDI Screen specifications (size, location)
– DFHMDF Defines field (attributes) on the screen
Assembler Compiles (assembles)
• Physical Mapset
Used by CICS: Location, Appearance, operation of data

• Symbolic Mapset
Copy member for COBOL Program
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