{"course":{"productid":6468,"modality":6,"active":true,"language":"en","title":"CICS V5 Fundamentals","productcode":"WM851G","vendorcode":"IB","vendorname":"IBM","fullproductcode":"IB-WM851G","courseware":{"has_ekit":true,"has_printkit":false,"language":"en"},"url":"https:\/\/portal.flane.ch\/course\/ibm-wm851g","objective":"<ul>\n<li>Describe the role of CICS in a business transaction environment<\/li><li>Outline the flow of a typical CICS transaction<\/li><li>Describe the functions that the primary CICS-supplied transactions perform<\/li><li>Use the CICS master terminal transaction (CEMT) to query and control system resources<\/li><li>Describe various ways of defining resources in CICS<\/li><li>Use transactions that CICS supplies to define and manage resources<\/li><li>Explain how CICS stores and manages resource definitions<\/li><li>Describe the features of the CICS Explorer<\/li><li>List the facilities that CICSPlex System Manager provides<\/li><li>Describe how CICS implements security<\/li><li>List the recoverable resources of CICS<\/li><li>Describe CICS transaction backout and forward recovery<\/li><li>List the types of CICS startup and shutdown<\/li><li>Describe the facilities that CICS provides for maintaining the integrity of data that is associated with CICS programs<\/li><li>Describe CICS support for databases and Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files<\/li><li>Describe the functions of presentation, business, and data access logic<\/li><li>Define the role and use of the COMMAREAs and CHANNELs in CICS applications<\/li><li>Show how CICS Basic Mapping Support (BMS) supports the 3270 display<\/li><li>Describe the syntax of a CICS command<\/li><li>Explain how to handle exceptions<\/li><li>Use the transactions that CICS supplies for testing and debugging<\/li><li>Describe the facilities that are available in CICS for intercommunication<\/li><\/ul>","essentials":"<p>You should have a basic knowledge of data processing and an IBM operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Some programming experience in a high-level language like COBOL or Java is helpful.<\/p>","audience":"<p>This basic course is designed for IT personnel who have little or no CICS experience.<\/p>","contents":"<p>An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click CICS V5.3 Fundamentals (WM806G).<\/p>\n<p>In this entry-level course, you learn about the basic concepts and facilities of IBM CICS Transaction Server V5. After completing this course, you have the prerequisite knowledge for all of the follow-on CICS application and systems programming courses that IBM Training offers.<\/p>\n<p>For information about other related courses, visit the IBM Training website:\n<a class=\"cms-href-ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/training\" data-cms-evt-click=\"Outbound Links;click;http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/training\">http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/training<\/a><\/p>","outline":"<ul>\n<li>Course introduction<\/li><li>Introducing CICS<\/li><li>CICS-supplied transactions<\/li><li>Exercise: CICS-supplied transactions<\/li><li>Defining CICS resources<\/li><li>Exercise: Defining CICS resources<\/li><li>Introducing the CICS Explorer<\/li><li>Exercise: Using the CICS Explorer<\/li><li>CICSPlex System Manager overview<\/li><li>CICS security<\/li><li>Managing data integrity<\/li><li>Startup and shutdown<\/li><li>Exercise: Managing CICS resources<\/li><li>Data access<\/li><li>Exercise: Managing files and queues<\/li><li>Designing CICS applications<\/li><li>Exercise: Reviewing CICS BMS maps<\/li><li>Writing CICS programs<\/li><li>Testing and debugging CICS programs<\/li><li>Exercise: Debugging applications by using CEDF<\/li><li>CICS intercommunication<\/li><li>Course summary<\/li><\/ul>","objective_plain":"- Describe the role of CICS in a business transaction environment\n- Outline the flow of a typical CICS transaction\n- Describe the functions that the primary CICS-supplied transactions perform\n- Use the CICS master terminal transaction (CEMT) to query and control system resources\n- Describe various ways of defining resources in CICS\n- Use transactions that CICS supplies to define and manage resources\n- Explain how CICS stores and manages resource definitions\n- Describe the features of the CICS Explorer\n- List the facilities that CICSPlex System Manager provides\n- Describe how CICS implements security\n- List the recoverable resources of CICS\n- Describe CICS transaction backout and forward recovery\n- List the types of CICS startup and shutdown\n- Describe the facilities that CICS provides for maintaining the integrity of data that is associated with CICS programs\n- Describe CICS support for databases and Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files\n- Describe the functions of presentation, business, and data access logic\n- Define the role and use of the COMMAREAs and CHANNELs in CICS applications\n- Show how CICS Basic Mapping Support (BMS) supports the 3270 display\n- Describe the syntax of a CICS command\n- Explain how to handle exceptions\n- Use the transactions that CICS supplies for testing and debugging\n- Describe the facilities that are available in CICS for intercommunication","essentials_plain":"You should have a basic knowledge of data processing and an IBM operating system.\n\nSome programming experience in a high-level language like COBOL or Java is helpful.","audience_plain":"This basic course is designed for IT personnel who have little or no CICS experience.","contents_plain":"An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click CICS V5.3 Fundamentals (WM806G).\n\nIn this entry-level course, you learn about the basic concepts and facilities of IBM CICS Transaction Server V5. After completing this course, you have the prerequisite knowledge for all of the follow-on CICS application and systems programming courses that IBM Training offers.\n\nFor information about other related courses, visit the IBM Training website:\nhttp:\/\/www.ibm.com\/training (http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/training)","outline_plain":"- Course introduction\n- Introducing CICS\n- CICS-supplied transactions\n- Exercise: CICS-supplied transactions\n- Defining CICS resources\n- Exercise: Defining CICS resources\n- Introducing the CICS Explorer\n- Exercise: Using the CICS Explorer\n- CICSPlex System Manager overview\n- CICS security\n- Managing data integrity\n- Startup and shutdown\n- Exercise: Managing CICS resources\n- Data access\n- Exercise: Managing files and queues\n- Designing CICS applications\n- Exercise: Reviewing CICS BMS maps\n- Writing CICS programs\n- Testing and debugging CICS programs\n- Exercise: Debugging applications by using CEDF\n- CICS intercommunication\n- Course summary","version":"1","duration":{"unit":"d","value":3,"formatted":"3 days"},"pricelist":{"List Price":{"DE":{"country":"DE","currency":"EUR","taxrate":19,"price":2090},"HR":{"country":"HR","currency":"EUR","taxrate":null,"price":1400},"CZ":{"country":"CZ","currency":"EUR","taxrate":null,"price":1400},"HU":{"country":"HU","currency":"EUR","taxrate":20,"price":1400},"SI":{"country":"SI","currency":"EUR","taxrate":20,"price":2290},"PL":{"country":"PL","currency":"EUR","taxrate":23,"price":2290},"BG":{"country":"BG","currency":"EUR","taxrate":20,"price":2290},"RO":{"country":"RO","currency":"EUR","taxrate":null,"price":2290},"RS":{"country":"RS","currency":"EUR","taxrate":null,"price":2290},"SK":{"country":"SK","currency":"EUR","taxrate":null,"price":2290},"FR":{"country":"FR","currency":"EUR","taxrate":19.6,"price":2325},"CH":{"country":"CH","currency":"CHF","taxrate":8.1,"price":2600}}},"lastchanged":"2025-01-28T11:47:22+01:00","parenturl":"https:\/\/portal.flane.ch\/swisscom\/en\/json-courses","nexturl_course_schedule":"https:\/\/portal.flane.ch\/swisscom\/en\/json-course-schedule\/6468","source_lang":"en","source":"https:\/\/portal.flane.ch\/swisscom\/en\/json-course\/ibm-wm851g"}}