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CICS Terminal Communications

Duration

6 hours

Overview

The CICS TS - CICS Terminal Communications course looks at traditional CICS communication methods with terminals, and expands this further by describing how Basic Mapping Support (BMS) maps are created and used in today's environment.

Audience

Application developers and systems administrators that need to create and maintain code associated with terminal communications.

Prerequisites

Completion of the CICS TS - Programming Basics course, or equivalent knowledge.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

• Identify the CICS terminal control commands used to communicate with terminals
• Describe how BMS Maps and Map Sets are created and used
• Create basic maps and map sets
• Explain how CICS programs receive and process a BMS map from a terminal
• Describe how BMS maps and commands are used to publish web pages

Course Content

Basic Mapping Support

Advantages of using Basic Mapping Support (BMS)
Creating Maps
Defining Map Sets
BMS and CICS Web Support
Defining Map Sets
DFHMSD, DFHMDI, and DFHMDF Macros
Physical and Symbolic Map Sets
BMS Creation Tools
CICS SEND and RECEIVE MAP Commands

BMS Input and Output Operations

CICS SEND MAP Command
Updating the Map Before it is Sent
Defining Cursor Positioning
Defining Initial Map Field Values
DATAONLY and MAPONLY Parameters
CICS SEND TEXT Command
CICS RECEIVE MAP Command
AEI9 Abend (MAPFAIL)

CICS TS - Terminal Communications Mastery Test