IBMs Customer Information Control System, CICS

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What is a Transaction?
A transaction has four properties: It is Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, & Durable. Atomic - A unit of work that succeeds or fails. Consistent - System restored to a constant state after completion. Isolated - one transaction does not impact another, even if done at the same time. Durable - A committed transaction is permanent.
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CICS History
1968 - Package developed by Michigan Bell and IBM on OS/360 1971 - CICS available for DOS & DOSE 1973 - Development moved to Hursley, England 1987 - CICS/VM introduced 1992 - CICS/400 version for AS/400 1996 - CICS Web Interface Product

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CICS Hardware & Operating Systems

IBM zSeries 900 - z/OS IBM S/390 - OS/390, MVS, VSE IBM AS/400 - OS/400 IBM RS/6000 - AIX (Unix) PC Server - Windows NT/2000, OS/2 The most popular is the S/390 using OS/390 or MVS

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CICS Programming Languages

Assembler COBOL PL/I Rexx C/C++ JAVA
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CICS Organization
CICS Management Services Data Management Services Application Programming Interface Basic Mapping Support Terminal Control Services

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CICS Service Diagram

VSAM File Control CICS Application Programming Interface OS/390

DB2
IMS

SQL
DL/I
Terminal Control

Application Program

Basic Mapping Support

Maps

(VTAM,SNA,TCP/IP)
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Terminal User

CICS Program Invocation

User Enters TRANS-ID CICS finds TRANS-ID in PCT to get program name CICS finds program name in PPT

CICS loads program into memory/ starts program

CICS runs program in address space TRANS-ID = Transaction Identifier PCT = Program Control Table PPT= Processing Program Table

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CICS Example - Screen 1

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CICS Example - Screen 2

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CICS Example - Screen 3

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CICS Example - Screen 4

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Summary
CICS grew from the need to handle interactive transactions CICS operates on many different IBM compatible hardware platforms using a variety of languages. CICS uses Service programs to control execution and use of system resources. A CICS user sends a TRANS-ID to begin the program execution.

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Glossary

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ACID - Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable: transaction properties. BMS - Basic Mapping Support: For definition and access to formatted screens. CICS - Customer Information Control System. CMS - Conversational Monitor System: An interactive subsystem for VM. DB2 - Database 2, IBMs relational database manager. DL/I - Data Language / I: General purpose database control language. DOS - Disk Operating System: An early IBM operating system for small mainframes or the original operating system for IBM compatible PCs. IMS - Information Management System: IBM Product with an OLTP and hierarchical database manager. MVS - Multiple Virtual Storage: Top of the line IBM operating system before OS/390. OLTP - On-line Transaction Processing. OS/390 - Open System 390: latest operating system for IBM System/390s. SNA - System Network Architecture: IBMs proprietary network protocol. SQL - Structured Query Language: interface to access relational databases. TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. VM - Virtual Machine: IBM Mainframe operating system to allow multiple operating systems to run on one machine simultaneously. VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method. VTAM - Virtual Telecommunications Access Method. Additioanl definitions may be found at: http://www.transarc.ibm.com/Library/documentation/websphere/WASEE/en_US/html/glossary/cicsglos.htm

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References
Antrim, T. Scott, The Evolution of CICS 30 Years Old and Still Modern. www.cobolreport.com/columnists/tscott/part1.html - part4.html, May, 2001. Comaford, Christine, Managing Transactions is a Serious Business. PC Week, March 20, 1995 12(11), pg 19(1). Donofrio, Phyllis. CICS-A Programmers Reference, McGraw-Hill, 1991. Horswill, John & Hursley CICS Development Team, Designing & Programming CICS Applications, OReilly, 2000. Hudders, Eugene S. CICS-A guide to Internal Structure, John Wiley & Sons, 1994. IBM, CICS, http://www-4.ibm.com/software/ts/cics/, 2001. Lowe, Doug, The CICS Programmers Desk Reference, Mike Murach & Associates, 2nd Ed, 1992. Menendez, Raul & Doug Lowe. Murachs CICS for the COBOL Programmer, Mike Murach & Associates, 2001. Nusphere Tech Notes, ACID Transactions www.nusphere.com/products/library/acid_transactions.htm,
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