Working with policies

To create a policy you must define the rules, and package the policy in a CICS® bundle. You can deploy the policy with a platform or application, or deploy it separately. You can define one or more policies in a CICS Bundle project. By packaging your policy in this way, you can deploy your policies as a single entity to CICS, making it easier to update and manage the policy in CICS.

  • Creating a policy in a CICS Bundle project
    A policy is an XML definition that contains one or more policy rules. The policy rules describe the controls or actions that can be applied to one or more tasks. A policy is created in a CICS Bundle project and you can define one or more policies in a CICS Bundle project. By packaging your policies in this way, you can deploy your policies as a single entity to CICS, making it easier to update and manage the policies in CICS.
  • Adding rules to a policy in a CICS Bundle project
    When you use the wizard to create a policy in a CICS Bundle project, you can create only one rule. To add more rules to an existing policy, you can use the wizard to create another policy, then copy the new rule in that policy to the existing policy file.
  • Customizing the abend code in a policy rule
    If you want to specify a custom abend code in a policy, edit the policy in the policy text editor.
  • Querying policy rules
    A CICS policy is an XML definition that describes the controls or actions that can be applied to one or more applications that are deployed on a platform. Policies can be applied to applications, platforms, region types, and operations. You can query policy rules to determine the set of policy rules that apply within a scope.
Parent topic: Working with platforms, applications, and policies