IMS DC Application Programming

This course introduces the student to the concepts of data communication in IMS and covers the programming components necessary for coding on-line programs.

The course is designed for systems analysts and application programmers.

COBOL or PL/1 programming experience, as well as program edit and submission knowledge, are recommended.

Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Write a typical Message Processing Program.
• Describe the differences in conversational programs.
• Describe the useful facilities of IMS DC.
• Write and test a simple PSB.
• Use BTS to test an MPP.
• Code and use simple MFS.

Message flow and scheduling.
Programming to access Message Queues.
Introduction to MFS coding.
Conversational programs.
PSB coding.
Testing.

NOTE: This course is commonly combined with IMS DB Application Programming and run over 5 days, please ask for more details.