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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="6468" language="de" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/xml-course/ibm-wm851g" lastchanged="2025-01-28T11:47:22+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/xml-courses"><title>CICS V5 Fundamentals</title><productcode>WM851G</productcode><vendorcode>IB</vendorcode><vendorname>IBM</vendorname><fullproductcode>IB-WM851G</fullproductcode><version>1</version><objective>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the role of CICS in a business transaction environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outline the flow of a typical CICS transaction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the functions that the primary CICS-supplied transactions perform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the CICS master terminal transaction (CEMT) to query and control system resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe various ways of defining resources in CICS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use transactions that CICS supplies to define and manage resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how CICS stores and manages resource definitions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the features of the CICS Explorer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the facilities that CICSPlex System Manager provides&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how CICS implements security&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the recoverable resources of CICS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe CICS transaction backout and forward recovery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the types of CICS startup and shutdown&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the facilities that CICS provides for maintaining the integrity of data that is associated with CICS programs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe CICS support for databases and Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the functions of presentation, business, and data access logic&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the role and use of the COMMAREAs and CHANNELs in CICS applications&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Show how CICS Basic Mapping Support (BMS) supports the 3270 display&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the syntax of a CICS command&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how to handle exceptions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the transactions that CICS supplies for testing and debugging&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the facilities that are available in CICS for intercommunication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;You should have a basic knowledge of data processing and an IBM operating system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some programming experience in a high-level language like COBOL or Java is helpful.&lt;/p&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;This basic course is designed for IT personnel who have little or no CICS experience.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;p&gt;An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click CICS V5.3 Fundamentals (WM806G).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For information about other related courses, visit the IBM Training website:
&lt;a class=&quot;cms-href-ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ibm.com/training&quot; data-cms-evt-click=&quot;Outbound Links;click;http://www.ibm.com/training&quot;&gt;http://www.ibm.com/training&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</contents><outline>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Course introduction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introducing CICS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CICS-supplied transactions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise: CICS-supplied transactions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Defining CICS resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise: Defining CICS resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introducing the CICS Explorer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise: Using the CICS Explorer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CICSPlex System Manager overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CICS security&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing data integrity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Startup and shutdown&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise: Managing CICS resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Data access&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise: Managing files and queues&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Designing CICS applications&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise: Reviewing CICS BMS maps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Writing CICS programs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Testing and debugging CICS programs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise: Debugging applications by using CEDF&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CICS intercommunication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Course summary&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>- Describe the role of CICS in a business transaction environment
- Outline the flow of a typical CICS transaction
- Describe the functions that the primary CICS-supplied transactions perform
- Use the CICS master terminal transaction (CEMT) to query and control system resources
- Describe various ways of defining resources in CICS
- Use transactions that CICS supplies to define and manage resources
- Explain how CICS stores and manages resource definitions
- Describe the features of the CICS Explorer
- List the facilities that CICSPlex System Manager provides
- Describe how CICS implements security
- List the recoverable resources of CICS
- Describe CICS transaction backout and forward recovery
- List the types of CICS startup and shutdown
- Describe the facilities that CICS provides for maintaining the integrity of data that is associated with CICS programs
- Describe CICS support for databases and Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files
- Describe the functions of presentation, business, and data access logic
- Define the role and use of the COMMAREAs and CHANNELs in CICS applications
- Show how CICS Basic Mapping Support (BMS) supports the 3270 display
- Describe the syntax of a CICS command
- Explain how to handle exceptions
- Use the transactions that CICS supplies for testing and debugging
- Describe the facilities that are available in CICS for intercommunication</objective_plain><essentials_plain>You should have a basic knowledge of data processing and an IBM operating system.

Some programming experience in a high-level language like COBOL or Java is helpful.</essentials_plain><audience_plain>This basic course is designed for IT personnel who have little or no CICS experience.</audience_plain><contents_plain>An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click CICS V5.3 Fundamentals (WM806G).

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.

For information about other related courses, visit the IBM Training website:
http://www.ibm.com/training (http://www.ibm.com/training)</contents_plain><outline_plain>- Course introduction
- Introducing CICS
- CICS-supplied transactions
- Exercise: CICS-supplied transactions
- Defining CICS resources
- Exercise: Defining CICS resources
- Introducing the CICS Explorer
- Exercise: Using the CICS Explorer
- CICSPlex System Manager overview
- CICS security
- Managing data integrity
- Startup and shutdown
- Exercise: Managing CICS resources
- Data access
- Exercise: Managing files and queues
- Designing CICS applications
- Exercise: Reviewing CICS BMS maps
- Writing CICS programs
- Testing and debugging CICS programs
- Exercise: Debugging applications by using CEDF
- CICS intercommunication
- Course summary</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="3">3 Tage</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">2090.00</price><price country="HR" currency="EUR">1400.00</price><price country="CZ" currency="EUR">1400.00</price><price country="HU" currency="EUR">1400.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">2290.00</price><price country="PL" currency="EUR">2290.00</price><price country="BG" currency="EUR">2290.00</price><price country="RO" currency="EUR">2290.00</price><price country="RS" currency="EUR">2290.00</price><price country="SK" currency="EUR">2290.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">2325.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">2600.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>