DADSBBI Utility

Mr.Niceguy · New User Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 63

Hi All,

Can anybody explain about the usage of CA utility DADSBBI in CICS?

I saw it is used to allocate and deallocate datasets in online/batch region. But it is also used to initialize CICS transaction. I'm a bit confused how this utility is working exactly.

Thanks in advance.

Mr.Niceguy · New User Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 63

Sorry Guys! that is DADBBI utility. Please let me know if you have come across about this utility.

Thanks alot!

ofer71 · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:20 pm

Hi.

It is part of CA's CA-DADS for CICS product. This specific module, if I remember correctly, is the DADS Batch Interface, which allow interfacing with CICS from batch.

O.

Mr.Niceguy · New User Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 63

Thanks Ofer71,

In my case, we have the load of this utility to use. So we are unaware of the performance of this utlity.

Whenever we use this utlity we use to give a file in DADSBIF parameter. I guess this file is to capture all return codes and error codes encountered during a transaction. Apart from this, Is there any specific significance for the file? The same utility is enabling a CICS transaction too. I just need to know about the significance of this utility. I here by pasted the code. Please let me know if anybody knows about this in detail.

//DADSBIF EXEC PGM=DADBBI
//STEPLIB DD DSN=DADSPLUS.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR
//DADSBIF DD DSN=DADSPLUS.DADSBIF,DISP=SHR
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*,DCB=(LRECL=133,BLKSIZE=133,RECFM=FBA)
//SYSIN DD *
FUNCTION=DADS,APPLID=(CICSAPPL,CONTINUE)
COMMAND=START MYTR (TRANS DATA - 35 chars)
//

Thanks in advance!

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:47 pm

Hello,

The posted jcl should start a transaction named MYTR in the CICSAPPL cics region.

As mentioned previously, it is a way to interface with CICS from batch.

Mr.Niceguy · New User Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 63

Thanks alot for your explanation Dick,

Apart from initiating a transaction in a particular CICS region, there are some more parameters which we use to pass. Do you people have any idea about the following parameters?

REQUEST=(A,C,R10TRAN)
(TRANS DATA - 35 chars)

ofer71 · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:06 pm

How about reading the manuals?

O.

Mr.Niceguy · New User Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 63

Yes that is also a good idea!!

Friends! Please send across if you have any manuals, links regarding this CA product. It would be very helpful for me to proceed further.

Thanks in advance,

ofer71 · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:13 pm

CA Documentations are copyrighted materials. If you are a licenced user of a CA product, you should have all the manuals at your site.

O.