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    IMS Transaction Manager Application Programming

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    Learn how to write application programs that use Data Language One (DL/I) to process terminal input and output messages in an Information Management System / Data Communications (IMS/DC) system.

    IMS Transaction Manager Application Programming
    Table of contents
    1. Short Summary
    2. Modality
    3. Cost
    4. Publish date
    5. Retire date
    6. Duration
    7. Agenda
    8. Objectives
    9. Brand/Department
    10. Product
    11. Skill Level
    12. Key Topics
    13. Audience
    14. Labs
    15. Follow-on Courses
    Short Summary

    This intermediate course is for individuals responsible for writing programs in Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL), or Programming Language One (PL/I) using DL/I.

    Modality

    Classroom or Instructor-led online

    Cost

    paid

    Amount

    300

    Publish Date

    July 20, 2002

    Retire Date

    November 30, 2028

    Duration

    16 hours

    Agenda
    • IMS TM System Overview
    • Message Processing Programming
    • Get/Send Terminal Data
    • Message Format Services (MFS)
    • Create and use MFS control blocks
    • IMS/TM Additional Facilities
    Objectives
    • Modify an IMS batch DL/I application program to function in an IMS/DC environment: receiving a message from a terminal and sending output messages to terminals
    • Handle the exception conditions that may occur using DL/I functions
    • Work with Scratch Pad Areas (SPA) in an IMS-conversational program
    • Understand the application program considerations in using Message Format Services (MFS) and the system service functions data structures
    Brand/Department

    IBM Z - Information Management Solution

    Product

    IBM Information Management System (IMS)

    Skill Level

    Instructor: advanced, Student: intermediate

    Key Topics

    CM181G, zos, CM181, CM18

    Audience
    • This intermediate course is for individuals responsible for writing programs in Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL)
    • or Programming Language One (PL/I) using DL/I to communicate with terminals in an IMS/DC system.

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    Labs

    Yes

    Follow-on Courses

    Not provided.