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Expedite/CICS is a communications feature of EDI Services that runs in the MVS environment. Expedite/CICS is used to exchange electronic data with trading partners by way of Information Exchange, the commerce engine of EDI Services.

To connect to Information Exchange from Expedite/CICS, you need an Information Exchange account ID and user ID. You can use Expedite/CICS to manage your Information Exchange session; that is, you can use Expedite/CICS to give instructions to Information
Exchange.

Expedite/CICS communicates with Information Exchange through TCP/IP or through a leased-line, LU 6.2, Intersystem communication link. Commands and messages are sent and received through the communication link in blocks of data ranging from 3700 to 26000 characters.

Expedite/CICS 4.5.2 is the latest modification level of Expedite/CICS.

The changes contained in this modification are:

 

Software requirements

  Expedite/CICS has been tested with the following software:
 
  • CICS Transaction Server 2.2 and 2.3
  • z/OS 1.7
  • IBM Language Environment
  What's new
 
  • Expedite/CICS 4.5.2 is now available. This version is a new modification level and incorporates all PTF's available for Expedite/CICS
  Features
  Major Expedite/CICS features include:
 
  • Display Application
  • Program Interface
  • Command Processor
  • Batch Interface
  • Activity Monitor
 

The Display Application helps you tailor and use Expedite/CICS. It is a screen-driven interactive application you can use to send and receive data through Information Exchange as soon as Expedite/CICS is installed on your system.

The Program Interface enables you to write customized and completely automated electronic data exchange applications in CICS. For example, you may have an application that creates purchase orders that are written to a Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) data set, a transient data queue (TDQ), or a temporary storage queue (TSQ).

The Command Processor processes all commands sent to Information Exchange. When a purchase order is ready for delivery to Information Exchange, your application can invoke an Expedite/CICS send file command by linking to the command processor.

The Batch Interface enables you to send data to Information Exchange that was previously created in a batch environment or to receive data from Information Exchange that can be processed later in a batch environment.

The Activity Monitor provides a way to perform automatic session restart and recovery. The Activity Monitor is a background CICS transaction that runs regardless of the process method used (Display Application, user programs, or batch processing).

With Expedite/CICS, you can perform the following tasks:
 
  • Start, restart, or end an Information Exchange session
  • Send messages and files to Information Exchange
  • Receive messages and files from Information Exchange either as a single request or by using a continuous receive request
  • Query your Information Exchange mailbox
  • Receive or purge a specific message
  • View the status of Expedite/CICS send and receive requests, whether in-process or completed
  • View the status of your session and reset the session, if necessary
  • Work with temporary distribution lists (create, verify, and inquire)
  • Verify destination addresses by issuing a probe command
  • Retrieve audit information into your mailbox
  • View log trace alerts
  • Issue Expedite/CICS pass-through commands to Information Exchange
  • Return to CICS, temporarily, without ending your Information Exchange session
  • Use batch receive and electronic service delivery functions
  • Define and view your user administration profile that identifies user session options between Expedite/CICS and Information Exchange
  • Define alias tables
  • View existing alias table information
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