This document discusses the use of Natural print and work files under CICS.
It covers the following topics:
The Natural CICS Interface supports Natural print and work files in CICS either as CICS transient data queues or as CICS temporary storage queues, both auxiliary and main.
To customize usage, set the following subparameters in the
PRINT and
WORK
profile parameter:
AM=CICS, TYPE=TD/AUX/MAIN, DEST=queuename
For more information, follow the links shown below:
WORK profile
parameter description and how to set the above subparameter values, see the
NTWORK
parameter macro.
PRINT profile
parameter description and how to set the above subparameter values, see the
NTPRINT
parameter macro.
The Natural CICS Interface print file support has been provided for
tracing and logging purposes. It is not intended for dealing with reports. In
particular, the keyword parameters for DEFINE PRINTER such as
PRTY, CLASS, COPIES, etc., are not
honored at all.
CICS temporary storage queues, both auxiliary and main, for CICS print and work files are RECFM=V files by design, available for input and output.
Although in Natural under CICS there is no exclusive control of a
specific TS queue by a Natural session, you can automatically create session-
or terminal-dependent printfiles or work files by specifying the string defined
in the NTCICSP macro parameter
TERMVAR
(&TID is the default) in the subparameter
DEST of
profile parameter PRINT or in the
subparameter DEST of the
profile parameter WORK. When such a
string is found within the eight-character DEST
subparameter, it is replaced by the actual terminal ID.
When running in a CICSplex environment, Natural print and work files in
CICS temporary storage must be defined as TYPE=SHARED or
TYPE=REMOTE in a CICS TST.
In Natural under CICS, NCI system queues cannot be accessed. (NCI
system queues are TS queues with a prefix defined in the
TSKEY parameter
of macro NCMDIR.)
A CICS transient data queue for a Natural CICS print and work file must
be defined in the CICS DCT. For indirect destinations, the attributes of the
base destinations are propagated. In particular, the attributes of an
extra-partition destination, such as RECFM or
TYPEFLE, determine the Natural work file attributes.
Intra-partition destinations have RECFM=V set by
design and are available for both input and output.
CICS transient data print and work files are "shared files" in the sense that more than one session may issue I/Os against such a file.