IMS Batch Terminal Simulator terminology
IMS Batch Terminal Simulator information includes several unique terms that you need to understand before you begin to use IMS Batch Terminal Simulator.
Unique terms used in this information
- Formatted mode
- IMS Batch Terminal Simulator supports two formatting modes; formatted mode and unformatted mode. In formatted mode, IMS Batch Terminal Simulator enables the IMS Message Format Service and allows the formatting of 3270 input and output during the simulation.
- Full screen image support or FSS
- Full screen image support (FSS) is a function of IMS Batch Terminal Simulator. If you enable the FSS function, IMS Batch Terminal Simulator formats the screen image in the same way that the IMS terminal format the screen image. You can enter data into the screen image the same way that you can enter data with IMS.
- Runtime modes
- IMS Batch Terminal Simulator supports two runtime modes: batch mode and interactive mode. In batch mode, you can simulate your applications as a batch job, and in interactive mode, you can simulator your applications interactively.
- Secondary transactions
- A secondary transaction is a transaction that is scheduled by a (primary) transaction.
- Simulator commands
- Simulator commands define the transactions to be performed, the logical terminal to be simulated, the format of the simulator statements and output listing, and what debugging aids are requested.
- Simulator statements
- Simulator statements specify the transaction codes and transaction messages to request terminal activities.
- Terminal activities
- Terminal activities are the activities that are simulated by the terminal through IMS Batch Terminal Simulator.
- Unformatted mode
- IMS Batch Terminal Simulator supports two formatting modes; formatted mode and unformatted mode. In unformatted mode, IMS Batch Terminal Simulator does not use the IMS Message Format Service and, therefore, 3270 input and output are not formatted during the simulation.
Abbreviations
To make
this information easier to read, the version and release levels of IMS are abbreviated, as follows:
- IMS 10 refers to IMS 10.1.
- IMS 11 refers to IMS 11.1.
- IMS 12 refers to IMS 12.1 and IMS Database Value Unit Edition 12.1.
- IMS 13 refers to IMS 13.1 and IMS Database Value Unit Edition 13.1.
- IMS 14 refers to IMS 14.1 and IMS Database Value Unit Edition 14.1.
- IMS 15 refers to IMS 15.1 and later, and IMS Database Value Unit Edition 15.1 and later.
The various versions of IMS are referred to simply as IMS, except where distinctions among them need to be made.