DATA-CONTEXT

Enables you to specify how a program's Data Division is to be maintained between CICS link levels.

Note: This directive is supported for native COBOL only.

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.----.---------DATA-CONTEXT------><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+

Parameters:

None.

Properties:

Default:	NODATA-CONTEXT
Phase:	Syntax check
$SET:	Any

Comments:

If a program is compiled with DATA-CONTEXT and is invoked in link level 1 then invoked again in link level 2, its Data Division contents in link level 2 will be in an initial state. On return to link level 1, the program's Data Division contents will be the same as they were before link level 2 was invoked.

If a program is compiled with NODATA-CONTEXT and is invoked in link level 1 then invoked again in link level 2, its Data Division contents in link level 2 will be whatever the link level 1 invocation had set them to. On return to link level 1, the program's Data Division contents will be in whatever state link level 2 had left them.

You might need this directive when compiling programs for running in:

Mainframe Subsystem Support, available with your COBOL development system
IBM's TX Series on WebSphere