INQUIRE TRANCLASS

Description

Use the INQUIRE TRANCLASS command to determine the limits defined for a transaction class and the current activity within the class.

Browsing

You can also browse through the definitions of all the transaction classes in your system by using the browse options, START, AT, NEXT, and END, on INQUIRE TRANCLASS commands. In browse mode, definitions are returned in alphabetical order, and you can specify a starting point with the AT option if you want. See Browsing resource definitions for general information about browsing, including syntax, exception conditions, and examples.

The resource signature

You can use this command to retrieve the resource signature fields. You can use these fields to manage resources by capturing details of when the resource was defined, installed, and last changed. For more information, see Auditing resources. The resource signature fields are BUNDLE, CHANGEAGENT, CHANGEAGREL, CHANGETIME, CHANGEUSRID, DEFINESOURCE, DEFINETIME, INSTALLAGENT, INSTALLTIME, and INSTALLUSRID. See Summary of the resource signature field values for detailed information about the content of the resource signature fields.

Options

ACTIVE(data-area)

Returns a fullword binary field giving the current number of tasks in this class. This count does not include tasks that are queued waiting for initial dispatch.

CHANGEAGENT(cvda)

Returns a CVDA value that identifies the agent that made the last change to the resource definition. The possible values are as follows:

CREATESPI

The resource definition was last changed by an EXEC CICS CREATE command.

CSDAPI

The resource definition was last changed by a CEDA transaction or the programmable interface to DFHEDAP.

CSDBATCH

The resource definition was last changed by a DFHCSDUP job.

DREPAPI

The resource definition was last changed by a CICSPlex SM BAS API command.

CHANGEAGREL(data-area)

Returns a 4-digit number of the CICS® release that was running when the resource definition was last changed.

CHANGETIME(data-area)

Returns an ABSTIME value that represents the time stamp when the resource definition was last changed. For more information about the format of the ABSTIME value, see FORMATTIME.

CHANGEUSRID(data-area)

Returns the 8-character user ID that ran the change agent.

DEFINESOURCE(data-area)

Returns the 8-character source of the resource definition. The DEFINESOURCE value depends on the CHANGEAGENT value. For more information, see Summary of the resource signature field values.

DEFINETIME(data-area)

Returns an ABSTIME value that represents the time stamp when the resource definition was created.

INSTALLAGENT(cvda)

Returns a CVDA value that identifies the agent that installed the resource. The possible values are as follows:

CREATESPI

The resource was installed by an EXEC CICS CREATE command.

CSDAPI

The resource was installed by a CEDA transaction or the programmable interface to DFHEDAP.

GRPLIST

The resource was installed by GRPLIST INSTALL.

INSTALLTIME(data-area)

Returns an ABSTIME value that represents the time stamp when the resource was installed.

INSTALLUSRID(data-area)

Returns the 8-character user ID that installed the resource.

MAXACTIVE(data-area)

Returns a fullword binary field giving the largest number of tasks in the transaction class that are allowed to run concurrently.

PURGETHRESH(data-area)

Returns a fullword binary field giving the maximum number of tasks in this class that can be queued awaiting initial dispatch. See the QUEUED option. Tasks in this class that arrive while the queue is at its PURGETHRESH limit are purged.

QUEUED(data-area)

Returns a fullword binary field giving the number of tasks that are queued awaiting initial dispatch. Queuing occurs either because the number of active tasks is already at the maximum, or because the maximum for the system has been reached. See the MAXTASKS option in the INQUIRE SYSTEM command.

TRANCLASS(data-value)

Specifies the 8-character name of the transaction class about which you are inquiring. If the class is one of the numbered classes used in earlier releases of CICS, its name is DFHTCLnn, where nn is the two-digit class number.

Conditions

INVREQ

RESP2 values:

12

The TRANCLASS definition is in use.

NOTAUTH

RESP2 values:

100

The user associated with the issuing task is not authorized to use this command.

101

The user associated with the issuing task is not authorized to access this particular resource in the way required by this command.

TCIDERR

RESP2 values:

1

The transaction class cannot be found.