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CA 7 COMMANDS
QUICK REFERENCE |
CA7 COMMANDS
CHEAT SHEET ...
CA 7 Commands
Quick Reference.

COBOL MULTIPLY...

COBOL Multiply
Statement.. The
MULTIPLY
statement...

NEXT SENTENCE IN
COBOL AND CONTINUE
IN COBOL [COBOL...
CONTINUE and
NEXT
STATEMENT in

IMPORTANT CA-7 CICS Command Reference/CICS Commands.

COMMANDS | CA7
COMMANDS CHEAT
SHEET [CA...
Important CA-7
Welcome back to today's CICS command reference. CICS command chea
Commands sheet includes a list of all important commands. The following CICS
EASYTRIEVE BASIC... commands include a brief description along with corresponding CICS-
JOB Statement The COBOL commands syntax. If you are using PL/1 then just substitute “;” for
JOB statement
defines and END-EXEC.

initiates...

Note : [ ] indicate optional parameters,

COND PARAMETER IN
JCL | JCL COND
           [ | ] indicates a choice of one of the options listed (or none),

EXAMPLES | COND...            { | } indicates you must specify one of the options.

JCL COND
Parameter Welcome
back to today's

COBOL ROUNDED CLAUSE | ROUNDED IN COBOL Force the current task to terminate abnormally

EXAMPLE [COBOL...
Abend
COBOL ROUNDED Phrase Welcome back to
today's session on "... EXEC CICS 

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     ABEND [ABCODE(name)] [CANCEL] [NODUMP] 

TOP 15 USEFUL HACK END-EXEC.

TIPS ON JOINKEYS
WITH EXAMPLES...
Lets you access system information maintained in storage
JOINKEYS in JCL
In your day-to-day outside your program

task, you might

COBOL PROGRAM EXEC CICS 

COMPILATION
PROCESS | COBOL      ADDRESS [ACEE(pointer-ref)]
COMPILATION... [COMMAREA(pointer-

COBOL Program
Compilation      ref)][CSA(pointer-ref)] [CWA(pointer-
SORT INCLUDE AND ref)] 

OMIT STATEMENTS |      [EIB(pointer-ref)] 

JCL INCLUDE | JCL Address
OMIT...      [TCTUA(pointer-ref)] [TWA(pointer-
SORT INCLUDE ref)] 

and OMIT
END-EXEC.

Today's Recommendations.

Note: Be careful as any attempt to

access/address the CSA in the Application
Domain, as in EXEC CICS ADDRESS CSA(pointer
ref) will cause an ASRD Abend.

Establishes a distributed processing session with another

system

EXEC CICS 

Allocate      ALLOCATE SYSID(name) [PROFILE(name)]  

     [NOQUEUE | NOSUSPEND] [STATE(data-

area)] 

END-EXEC.

Obtain the current time and date

EXEC CICS 

Asktime
     ASKTIME [ABSTIME(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Obtain information from various system control areas

EXEC CICS 

Assign
     ASSIGN option(data-area) 

END-EXEC.

Formats alphanumeric data into numeric data

EXEC CICS 

BIF    BIF DEEDIT FIELD(data-area) [LENGTH(data-

DEEDIT value)] 

END-EXEC.

Creates an ATTACH FMH used to initiate a background

Build transaction with LU6.1 or MRO

Attach
EXEC CICS 

  BUILD ATTACH ATTACHID(name)

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[PROCESS(name)] 

  [RESOURCE(name)] [RPROCESS(name)] 

  [RRESOURCE(name)] [QUEUE(name)]
[IUTYPE(data-

  value)] [DATASTR(data-value)] [RECFM(data-

value)] 

END-EXEC.

Cancels the effect of a DELAY, POST, or START command

EXEC CICS 

CANCEL  CANCEL [REQID(name)] [TRANSID(name)]

[SYSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Changes the priority of the current task

Change
EXEC CICS CHANGE TASK PRIORITY(data-value)
Task
END-EXEC.

Initiates an application program on a remote system once a

session has been allocated

EXEC CICS 

  CONNECT PROCESS {CONV(name) |

Connect SESSION(name) }  

Process   PROCNAME(data-area) PROCLENGTH(data-

area)  

  SYNCLEVEL(data-area) [PIPLIST(data-area)  

  PIPLENGTH(data-value)] [STATE(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Send data to a remote process and receive a response

EXEC CICS 

CONVERSE [CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)]

[ATTACHID(name)] FROM(data-area) {
FROMLENGTH(data-area) | FROMFLENGTH(data-
Converse area) } { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref)
} {TOLENGTH(data-area) | TOFLENGTH(data-
area) } [MAXLENGTH(data-value) |
MAXFLENGTH(data-value)] [NOTRUNCATE]
[STATE(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Suspend a task

Delay
EXEC CICS 

DELAY [INTERVAL(hhmmss) | TIME(hhmmss) | FOR

[HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)] |
UNTIL [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)]
[SECONDS(ss)]] [REQID(name)] 

END-EXEC.
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Remove a record from a file

EXEC CICS 

DELETE { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) }

Delete [RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-value)
[GENERIC [NUMREC(data-area)]]]] [RBA | RRN]
[SYSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Remove a record from a transient data queue

Deleteq EXEC CICS DELETEQ TD QUEUE(name)

Td [SYSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Remove a record from a temporary storage queue

Deleteq EXEC CICS 

Ts      DELETEQ TS QUEUE(name) [SYSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Release a user defined resource

EXEC CICS 

   DEQ RESOURCE(data-area) [LENGTH(data-

Deq
value)] 

   [LUW | TASK | MAXLIFETIME(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Force a storage dump

EXEC CICS 

DUMP [TRANSACTION] DUMPCODE(name)

[FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value) |
FLENGTH(data-value)]] [SEGMENTLIST(data-
Dump area) LENGTHLIST(data-area)
NUMSEGMENTS(data-area)] [COMPLETE] [TRT]
[TASK] [STORAGE] [PROGRAM] [TERMINAL]
[TABLES] [DCT] [FCT] [PCT] [PPT] [SIT]
[TCT] 

END-EXEC.

Terminate a browse operation

EXEC CICS 

EndBr ENDBR { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) }

REQID(data-value) [SYSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Reserve a user defined resource

Enq
EXEC CICS 

ENQ RESOURCE(data-area) [LENGTH(data-value)]

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[NOSUSPEND] [LUW | TASK | MAXLIFETIME(data-

area)] 

END-EXEC.

Write a user trace entry into the CICS trace table

EXEC CICS 

ENTER {TRACENUM(data-value) | TRACEID(data-

Enter
value) } [FROM(data-area) [FROMLENGTH(data-
area)]] [RESOURE(data-area)] [EXCEPTION] 

END-EXEC.

Retrieve values from an ATTACH FMH

EXEC CICS 

EXTRACT ATTACH [ATTACHID(name) |

CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)]
Extract
[PROCESS(name)] [RESOURCE(name)]
Attach
[RPROCESS(name)] [RRESOURCE(name)]
[QUEUE(name)] [IUTYPE(data-value)]
[DATASTR(data-value)] [RECFM(data-value)] 

END-EXEC.

Determine the current state of an MRO or APPC

conversation

Extract
Attribute EXEC CICS EXTRACT ATTRIBUTES [CONVID(name) |
s SESSION(name)] [STATE(data-value)] 

END-EXEC.

Used in a back end program to obtain information passed

via the CONNECT PROCESS command in the front end
program

EXEC CICS 

EXTRACT PROCESS [CONVID(name) |

Extract
SESSION(name)] [PROCNAME(data-
Process
value)PROCLENGTH(data-area)
[MAXPROCLEN(data-value)]] [SYNCLEVEL(data-
area)] [PIPLIST(data-area) PIPLENGTH(data-
value)] 

END-EXEC.

Convert time to required format

Formatti
me EXEC CICS 

FORMATTIME ABSTIME(data-value) [YYDDD(data-

area)] [YYMMDD(data-area)] [YYDDMM(data-
area)] [DDMMYY(data-area)] [MMDDYY(data-
area)] [DATE(data-area) [DATEFORM(data-
area)]] [DATESEP[(data-value)]]
[DAYCOUNT(data-area)] [DAYOFWEEK(data-area)]
[DAYOFMONTH(data-area)] [MONTHOFYEAR(data-

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area)] [YEAR(data-area)] [TIME(data-area)

[TIMESEP[(data-value)]]] 

END-EXEC.

Release a distributed processing session

EXEC CICS FREE [CONVID(name) |

Free
SESSION(name)] [STATE(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Release virtual storage

EXEC CICS FREEMAIN { DATA(data-area) |

Freemain
DATAPOINTER(pointer-ref) } 

END-EXEC.

Aquire virtual storage

EXEC CICS GETMAIN SET(pointer-ref) {

LENGTH(data-value) | FLENGTH(data-value)
Getmain
[BELOW] } [INITIMG(data-value)] [NOSUSPEND]
[SHARED] {USERKEY | CICSKEY] 

END-EXEC.

Establish abend exits

Handle EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND { PROGRAM(name) |

AbendE LABEL(label) | CANCEL | RESET } 

END-EXEC.

Establish routines to be invoked when AID keys (enter, pf

and pa keys) are detected by a receive map

Handle
Aid EXEC CICS HANDLE AID option [(label)] 

END-EXEC.

Specifies how certain exception conditions should be

processed

Handle
EXEC CICS 

Condition
HANDLE CONDITION condition-name [(label)] 

END-EXEC.

Specifies that certain exception conditions should be ignored

Ignore EXEC CICS IGNORE CONDITION condition-name

Condition ... 

END-EXEC.

Invoke a program, return to the next statement after

Link completion

EXEC CICS 

LINK PROGRAM(name) [COMMAREA(data-area)

[LENGTH(data-value)] [DATALENGTH(data-

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value)]] [INPUTMSG(data-area)
[INPUTMSGLEN(data-value)]] [SYSID(name)]
[SYNCONRETURN] [TRANSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Retrieve and load an object module and return its length and
address

EXEC CICS 

Load LOAD PROGRAM(name) [SET(pointer-ref)]

[LENGTH(data-area) | FLENGTH(data-area)]
[ENTRY(pointer-ref)] [HOLD] 

END-EXEC.

Restores handle abend, aid, and conditions temporarily

Pop suspended by push handle

Handle EXEC CICS POP HANDLE END-EXEC.

Create a Timer Event Control Area

EXEC CICS 

POST [INTERVAL(hhmmss) | TIME(hhmmss) |

AFTER [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)]
Post
[SECONDS(ss)] | AT [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)]
[SECONDS(ss)]] SET(pointer-ref)
[REQID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

delete a logical message before the task terminates

Purge
Message EXEC CICS PURGE MESSAGE END-EXEC.

Temporarily suspend handle abend, aid, and conditions

Push
EXEC CICS PUSH HANDLE END-EXEC.
Handle

Read a record from a file

EXEC CICS READ { DATASET(name) | FILE(name)

} { INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) }
[LENGTH(data-area)] RIDFLD(data-area)
Read
[KEYLENGTH(data-area) [GENERIC]]
[SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [GTEQ | EQUAL]
[UPDATE] 

END-EXEC.

Read the next sequential record from a file

ReadNext
EXEC CICS READNEXT { DATASET(name) |
FILE(name) } { INTO(data-area) |
SET(pointer-ref) } [LENGTH(data-area)]
RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-area)]
[SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [REQID(data-

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value)] 

END-EXEC.

read the previous sequential record from a file

EXEC CICS 

READPREV { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } {

INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) }
ReadPrev
[LENGTH(data-area)] RIDFLD(data-area)
[KEYLENGTH(data-area)] [SYSID(name)] [RBA |
RRN] [REQID(data-value)] 

END-EXEC.

Read a record from a transient data queue

EXEC CICS READQ TD QUEUE(name) { INTO(data-

Readq Td area) | SET(pointer-ref) } [LENGTH(data-
area)] [SYSID(name)] [NOSUSPEND] 

END-EXEC.

Read a record from a temporary storage queue

EXEC CICS READQ TS QUEUE(name) { INTO(data-

area) | SET(pointer-ref) } [LENGTH(data-
Readq Ts
area)] [NUMITEMS(data-area)] [ITEM(data-
value) | NEXT] [SYSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Receive data sent by a remote process

EXEC CICS 

RECEIVE [CONVID(name) | SESSION(name)] {

Receive
INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref) } {
(distribut
LENGTH(data-area) | FLENGTH(data-area) }
ed)
[MAXLENGTH(data-value) | MAXFLENGTH(data-
value)] [NOTRUNCATE] [STATE(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Retrieve input data from a terminal

EXEC CICS RECEIVE { INTO(data-area) |

SET(pointer-ref) } { LENGTH(data-area) |
Receive
FLENGTH(data-area) } [MAXLENGTH(data-value)
(terminal)
| MAXFLENGTH(data-value)] [NOTRUNCATE]
[ASIS] [BUFFER] 

END-EXEC.

Receive data from a terminal via BMS

Receive EXEC CICS RECEIVE MAP(name) [MAPSET(name)]

Map [INTO(data-area) | SET(pointer-ref)] [ASIS] 

END-EXEC.

Free virtual storage acquired via a load command

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Release
EXEC CICS RELEASE PROGRAM(name) END-EXEC.

Re-establish position for a browse EXEC CICS RESETBR {

DATASET(name) | FILE(name) } RIDFLD(data-
area) [KEYLENGTH(data-value) [GENERIC]] [RBA
ResetBr
| RRN] [GTEQ | EQUAL] [REQID(data-value)]
[SYSID(name)] END-EXEC.

Retrieves data passed to another program via the start

command

EXEC CICS RETRIEVE [INTO(data-area) |

Retrieve SET(pointer-ref)] [LENGTH(data-area)]
[RTRANSID(data-area)] [RTERMID(data-area)]
[QUEUE(data-area)] [WAIT] 

END-EXEC.

Return to the invoking program

EXEC CICS RETURN [TRANSID(name)

Return [COMMAREA(data-area) LENGTH(data-value)]]
[IMMEDIATE]] [INPUTMSG(data-area)
[INPUTMSGLEN(data-value)]] END-EXEC.

Updates a record in a file

EXEC CICS REWRITE { DATASET(name) |

Rewrite FILE(name) } FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-
area)] [SYSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Allows BMS messages to be routed to multiple terminals

EXEC CICS ROUTE [LIST(data-area)]

[OPCLASS(data-area)] [INTERVAL(hhmmss) |
AFTER [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)]
Route
[SECONDS(ss)] | AT [HOURS(hh)] [MINUTES(mm)]
[SECONDS(ss)]] [ERRTERM{(name)]]
[TITLE(data-area)] [REQID(name)] [NLEOM] 

END-EXEC.

Send data to a remote process

EXEC CICS SEND [CONVID(name) |

Send SESSION(name)] [ATTACHID(name)] [FROM(data-
(distribut area) [LENGTH(data-area) | FLENGTH(data-
ed) area)]] [INVITE | LAST] [CONFIRM | WAIT]
[STATE(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Send data to a terminal

Send
(terminal) EXEC CICS 

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SEND FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area) |

FLENGTH(data-area)] [DEST(name)] [WAIT]
[INVITE | LAST] [DEFRESP] [STRFIELD] [ERASE]
[CTLCHAR(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Send device control instructions to a terminal

EXEC CICS 

SEND CONTROL [ERASEAUP | ERASE] [ALARM]

Send
[FREEKB] [FRSET] [CURSOR(data-value)]
Control
[PRINT] [FORMFEED] [ACCUM] [PAGING |
TERMINAL [WAIT] [LAST]] [L40 | L64 | L80 |
HONEOM] [REQID(name)] END-EXEC.

Send data to a terminal via BMS

EXEC CICS SEND MAP(name) [MAPSET(name)]

[FROM(data-area)] [LENGTH(data-value)]
[DATAONLY | MAPONLY] [ERASEAUP | ERASE]
Send
[ALARM] [FREEKB] [FRSET] [CURSOR(data-
Map
value)] [PRINT] [FORMFEED] [NLEOM] [ACCUM]
[PAGING | TERMINAL [WAIT]] [LAST] [L40 | L64
| L80 | HONEOM] [REQID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

write the last page of a BMS message to temporary storage

Send EXEC CICS SEND PAGE [RELEASE [TRANSID(name)]

Page | RETAIN] [AUTOPAGE | NOAUTOPAGE]
[OPERPURGE] [TRAILER(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Send data to a terminal letting BMS automatically format the

data

EXEC CICS 

SEND TEXT FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-

value)] [ERASE] [ALARM] [FREEKB]
Send
[CURSOR(data-value)] [PRINT] [FORMFEED]
Text
[NLEOM] [ACCUM] [PAGING | TERMINAL [WAIT]]
[LAST] [HEADER(data-area)] [TRAILER(data-
area)] [JUSTIFY(datavalue) | JUSFIRST |
JUSLAST] [L40 | L64 | L80 | HONEOM]
[REQID(name)] END-EXEC.

Send data to a terminal similar to terminal control but can

Send direct to temporary storage using paging option 

Text
Noedit EXEC CICS 

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SEND TEXT NOEDIT FROM(data-area)

[LENGTH(data-value)] [ERASE] [ALARM]
[FREEKB] [PRINT] [PAGING | TERMINAL [WAIT]
[LAST]] [L40 | L64 | L80 | HONEOM]
[REQID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Signs the user off CICS

EXEC CICS

Signoff
 SIGNOFF 

END-EXEC.

Signs the user on to CICS 

EXEC CICS 

SIGNON USERID(datavalue) [PASSWORD(data-

value)] [NEWPASSWORD(data-value)]
Signon
[OIDCARD(data-value)] [NATLANG(data-value)]
[natlanginuse(data-area)] [ESMRESP(data-
area)] 

END-EXEC.

Initiate another task after or at a specified time

EXEC CICS 

START TRANSID(name) [INTERVAL(hhmmss) |

TIME(hhmmss) | AFTER [HOURS(hh)]
[MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)] | AT [HOURS(hh)]
Start [MINUTES(mm)] [SECONDS(ss)]] [TERMID(name)]
[SYSID(name)] [REQID(name)] [FROM(data-area)
[LENGTH(data-value)]] [RTRANSID(name)]
[RTERMID(name)] [QUEUE(name)] [NOCHECK]
[PROTECT] 

END-EXEC.

Initiate a browse

EXEC CICS 

STARTBR { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) }

StartBr RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-area)
[GENERIC]] [SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [GTEQ |
EQUAL] [REQID(data-value)] 

END-EXEC.

Temporarily return control to CICS

EXEC CICS 

Suspend
SUSPEND 

END-EXEC.

Rollback or make permanent updates applied to protected

resources

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Syncpoin
tR EXEC CICS 

SYNCPOINT [ROLLBACK] 

END-EXEC.

Release a record held by a READ UPDATE command.

EXEC CICS 

Unlock
UNLOCK { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) }
[SYSID(name)] END-EXEC.

Suspend task until accumulated data has been transmitted

during an APPC conversation

Wait
EXEC CICS 

Convid
WAIT CONVID(name) [STATE(data-area)] 

END-EXEC.

Delay the task until a previously issued POST has expired

Wait EXEC CICS 

Event WAIT EVENT ECADDR(pointer-value) 

END-EXEC.

Synchronizes the current task with a previously written

journal entry by suspending the task until the record has
been successfully written to the journal file

Wait
Journaln EXEC CICS 

um WAIT JOURNALNUM(data-value) [REQID(data-

value)] [STARTIO] 

END-EXEC.

Write a record to a file

EXEC CICS 

WRITE { DATASET(name) | FILE(name) }

Write FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area)]
RIDFLD(data-area) [KEYLENGTH(data-area)]
[SYSID(name)] [RBA | RRN] [MASSINSERT] 

END-EXEC.

Write a record to the journal file

EXEC CICS 

WRITE JOURNALNUM(data-value) JTYPEID(data-

Write
value) FROM(data-area) [LENGTH(data-area)]
Journaln
[PREFIX(data-value) [PFXLENG(data-value)]]
um
[REQID(data-area)] [WAIT] [STARTIO]
[NOSUSPEND] 

END-EXEC.

Write a message to a system console

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Write EXEC CICS WRITE OPERATOR TEXT(data-value)

Operator [TEXTLENGTH(data-value)] [ROUTECODES(data-
value) [NUMROUTES)data-value)]]
[ACTION(data-value) | EVENTUAL | IMMEDIATE |
CRITICAL | REPLY(data-area) MAXLENGTH(data-
value) [REPLYLENGTH(data-area)]
[TIMEOUT(data-value)]] 

END-EXEC.

Write a record to a transient data queue

WRITEQ   EXEC CICS WRITEQ TD QUEUE(name) FROM(data-

TD area) [LENGTH(data-area)] [SYSID(name)] 

END-EXEC.

Write a record to a temporary storage queue

EXEC CICS WRITEQ TS QUEUE(name) FROM(data-

area) [LENGTH(data-area)] [ITEM(data-value)
WRITEQ
[REWRITE]] [NUMITEMS(data-area)]
TS
[SYSID(name)] [MAIN | AUXILIARY]
[NOSUSPEND] 

END-EXEC.

Terminate the current program and execute the one

specified

EXEC CICS 

XCTL XCTL PROGRAM(name) [COMMAREA(data-area)

[LENGTH(data-value)]] [INPUTMSG(data-area)
[INPUTMSGLEN(data-value)]] 

END-EXEC.

Conclusion. 
Finally, this marks an end to today's CICS commands cheat sheet. Th
tutorial list all important CICS commands used by programmers. CIC
Command reference is a stop for all your queries. 

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