That was the question. I guess it could be a CF List Structure (the data is mapped to a Cobol copybook) or a data table. I think I might have to have the devs write some of the code in ASM since I am not sure the macros can be accessed directly from Cobol.
On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 4:29 PM Alan Young <[email protected]> wrote: > As the application is now using a CICS Data Table, perhaps the Data Table > can be changed to a Coupling Facility Data Table? > > > ________________________________ > From: Laurence Chiu <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024 14:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Coupling Facility List structure versus CIC Data Table > > We recently fixed a CICS transaction that read some reference data and > stored it in memory in the CWA. It also had some common code that was > used across the application space. But because it used the CWA in a > non-standard way the transaction always had to be called in its region, > rather than run in any region that needed it. > > Finally overcoming developer inertia, I had the application changed to > use > a CICS Data Table which now means the transaction can be called from any > region without a cross region call. > > But the code is also used in batch and the batch version reads a VSAM > file. We have just implemented a parallel sysplex and it would seem an > ideal application for a CF LIst Structure. We could have a > scheduled application load the structure when it changed or across an IPL > and then the data would then be available to any application. This is read > only so applications never need to do more than just read the data. > > We are new to parallel sysplex so any thoughts appreciated. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
