MacKinney Batch to CICS

Do your batch and CICS regions lack the communication skills to keep you running at your optimum speed?

• Close or open files
• Dynamically allocate or unallocate files
• Set files for inquiry or update access
• Send CEMT commands
• Dynamically enable programs and transactions
• Dynamically disable programs and transactions
• Kick off transactions
• Send terminal messages

Resource grouping allows you to allocate or unallocate all of the resources in a group with a single command. Applid grouping allows you to target multiple regions with a single command. IF/ELSE/ENDIF and SET logic gives you operational control over command results. Dynamic run-time options allow you to automate decisions or require manual intervention. Just tell MBC what you want done and leave your batch-to-CICS communication troubles behind.

• MBC uses an EXCI interface for quick connections between batch and CICS
• Interface with your external security manager for complete security of your resources
• IF/ELSE/ENDIF logic to allow conditional execution of commands
• SET logic allows overriding return codes to alter your JOB flow
• Support for unlimited CICS APPLIDs
• APPLID Groups allow routing commands to up to 999 APPLIDs with a single command
• Resource Groups allows unlimited file/transaction/program resources to be allocated or unallocated with a single command using commands (ALOG and UNAG)
• Command pre-processor User Exits in Batch and CICS allow you to send and process your own internal commands
• A command User Exit allows you to block commands based on the Userid and the target CICS Applid
• Dynamically override runtime options for an individual job step with OPTR command
• Open and close CICS files with an optional verify on the close
• · Allocate or unallocate CICS files
• Allocate or unallocate TD Queues (MVS only)
• Change file attributes from update to read-only and back as required
• Support for DL/I files
• Start and stop the DB2 interface (MVS only)
• Open and close CA-Datacom/DB databases
• NEWCOPY or PHASIN programs
• Initiate a CICS Shutdown (Yes, this command can be restricted or not allowed)
• Link to programs passing an optional commarea
• Start a transaction with optional parameters for termid, data length and data

Environmental considerations:
For z/OS environments, MBC runs in CICS TS 1.3 and above.
For VSE, MBC runs in CICS TS 1.1 and above.

Note: The VSE environment does not support cross-system EXCI, so MBC is only supported for CICS regions running in the same image.

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