Description

The IXCCREAT macro defines a member to the cross-system coupling facility (XCF). Use it to define the group name and member name, and optionally, place a value in the member's user state field. IXCCREAT also:

Places the member in the created state.
Assigns a member token to the new member.
Activates permanent status recording for the member.
If active members have a group user-routine, notifies those members about the existence of the created member.

For more information on XCF see z/OS MVS Programming: Sysplex Services Guide.

Before the member can use the signalling or monitoring services of XCF, it must issue the IXCJOIN macro with the LASTING=YES parameter. Other active members in the specified group can issue the IXCQUERY macro to access the name, status, and user state field of the created member. They can issue the IXCSETUS macro to change the user state of a created member.