Tutorial: Running the sample application in interactive mode

Use this tutorial to learn how to run applications in interactive mode.

For application developers who want to test their applications interactively, IMS Batch Terminal Simulator provides a method for testing applications in interactive mode.

Learning objectives

This tutorial uses BTSSAMP3 JCL that is supplied with the product and is copied to the BTS JCL library (SBTSJCL0) during the installation. This tutorial runs the IMS sample application in the following ways:

  • In interactive mode
  • In an IMS batch processing region (DLI)
  • With full screen image support (FSS)
By completing the tutorial, you will learn how to complete the following tasks:
  • Test IMS sample application in interactive mode
  • Code JCL statements for running IMS Batch Terminal Simulator in interactive mode
  • Understand the input and the output data sets that are used in interactive mode

Time required

This tutorial takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Audience

This tutorial is targeted for application developers with some z/OS® and IMS knowledge.

Prerequisites

Make sure that your environment is properly set up for this tutorial by checking with your system administrator.
  • Verify with your system administrator that the IMS sample application has been installed. This tutorial requires that the IMS sample application that uses the DI21PART database has been installed.
  • Obtain the data set name template from your system administrator. The data set name template contains the information about the required system resources. For more information about the data set name template, see Recording the resource information.