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Define a new transaction to CICS.

Usage

zowe cics define transaction <transactionName> <programName> <csdGroup> [options]

Positional Arguments

• transactionName (string)

  • The name of the new transaction to define. The maximum length of the transaction name is four characters.

• programName (string)

  • The name of the program that the transaction uses. The maximum length of the program name is eight characters.

• csdGroup (string)

  • The CICS system definition (CSD) Group for the new transaction that you want to define. The maximum length of the group name is eight characters.

Options

• --region-name (string)

  • The CICS region name to which to define the new transaction

• --cics-plex (string)

  • The name of the CICSPlex to which to define the new transaction

Cics Connection Options

• --host | -H (string)

  • The CICS server host name.

• --port | -P (number)

  • The CICS server port.

    Default value: 443

• --user | -u (string)

  • Mainframe (CICS) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

• --password | --pw (string)

  • Mainframe (CICS) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

• --reject-unauthorized | --ru (boolean)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --protocol | -o (string)

  • Specifies CMCI protocol (http or https).

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

Profile Options

• --cics-profile | --cics-p (string)

  • The name of a (cics) profile to load for this command execution.

• --base-profile | --base-p (string)

  • The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

Base Connection Options

• --token-type | --tt (string)

  • The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

• --token-value | --tv (string)

  • The value of the token to pass to the API.

• --cert-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication

• --cert-key-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

Examples

• Define a transaction named TRN1 for the program named PGM123 to the region named MYREGION in the CSD group MYGRP:

  • zowe cics define transaction TRN1 PGM123 MYGRP --region-name MYREGION Copy