CEMT INQUIRE PARTNER

Retrieve information about the partner table.

Description

The INQUIRE PARTNER command returns information from the partner table (side information table) installed in your system. There is no SET PARTNER function. However, you can use the INQUIRE PARTNER screen to type a D in the left margin by the partner name to discard (the CEMT DISCARD PARTNER function).

For information on partners, see PARTNER resources.

Input

Press the Clear key to clear the screen. There are two ways of starting this transaction:

Type CEMT INQUIRE PARTNER (or suitable abbreviations for the keywords). The resulting display lists the current status.
Type CEMT INQUIRE PARTNER (or suitable abbreviations for the keywords), followed by the attributes that are necessary to limit the range of information that you require.

(value): Specifies the 8-character partner name as specified in the installed partner definition.
ALL: The default.

Sample screen

Figure 1. CEMT INQUIRE PARTNER screen

  I PART
  STATUS:  RESULTS
    Par(IST1ISC2)                Netn(IYMVM2  ) Pro(DFHCICSA)
       Ltp(04) Tpn(IST1                      )
    Par(IST2ISC2)                Netn(IYMVM2  ) Pro(DFHCICSA)
      Ltp(04) Tpn(IST2                      )

If you place the cursor against a specific entry in the list and press ENTER, CICS® displays an expanded format as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. The expanded display of an individual entry

  I PART
  RESULT
    Partner(IST1ISC2)
    Network()
    Netname(IYMVM2)
    Profile(DFHCICSA)
    Ltpname(04)
    Tpname(IST1)

CEMT INQUIRE PARTNER

Displayed fields

LTPNAME(value): Displays the length of the name of the remote transaction program (TPNAME), in bytes.
NETNAME(value): Displays the 8-character name of the node at which the partner is located.
NETWORK(value): Displays the 8-character name of the network in which the partner is located.
PARTNER(value): Indicates that this panel relates to a PARTNER inquiry and displays the 8-character partner name as specified in the installed partner definition.
PROFILE(value): Displays the 8-character name of the CICS profile that is associated with the partner.
TPNAME(value): Displays the 64-character name of the remote transaction program.
Note: Nondisplayable characters appear as periods. You can use the PF2 key on the expanded panel to see the hexadecimal value.