Use this page to create a new Destination Control Table (DCT).
A DCT is a definition of a transient data queue.
Click
INSTALL to install this resource.
Click
ACTIVE to make this resource active.
Click
DELETE to delete this DCT.
Click
COPY to create a new DCT, using the values set on this page as the basis for the new DCT.
Click
DUMP to create and view dump information for this DCT.
Click
APPLY to save your changes to the DCT.
- Name
- Specify a name for the DCT (can be up to 60 characters).
- Group
- Click this to display the CICS Group group_name.
- Description
- Specify a description for the DCT (can be up to 60 characters).
- Type
- Choose the destination for transient data:
- Intra-Partition
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- Indirect
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- Extra-Partition
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- Internal Reader
- The internal reader to which CICS applications can direct a JCL jobstream for execution by the JCL engine.
- Recoverable
- Check this to enable recovery of the destination in the event of an abnormal termination of either MSS or the transaction
processing the destination. This control only has an effect if you selected Intra in the Type control.
Remote Queue
- Name
- Specify the name of a remote transient data destination.
- SYSID
- Specify the system or region in which the remote transient data destination resides. The name specified must be the same as
that given in Name in the SysC or Sys62 definition.
Intra-Partition Triggering
- Transaction
- Specify the name of the transaction that is to be automatically initiated when the trigger level specified in Trigger Level
is reached. If no transaction is specified, or Trigger Level is set to 0, some other means must be used to schedule transactions
to read records from the destinations.
- Terminal
- Specify the terminal associated with the transient data destination. The terminal must be defined to MSS.
- Trigger Level
- Specify the number of records to be accumulated before a task is automatically initiated to process them. The maximum number
you can enter is 32767.