Documentation in PDF

A set of CICS® documentation, in the form of manuals, is available in PDF. Primarily, these provide continuity for users who became familiar with this form of documentation before IBM® Docs. This section provides links to the PDF manuals for all in-service releases of CICS TS for z/OS® and information about how the manuals are distributed and updated.

To get a local copy of IBM Documentation as an alternative to PDF, see Online documentation.

These PDFs are in English. Some PDFs are provided in some national languages other than English, up to CICS TS 5.6; see Translated documentation for details.

Changes to documentation summarizes major changes to PDF for all supported releases of CICS TS.

Note: As a consequence of the way that online documentation and PDFs are structured and processed, the number that is allocated to tables and figures (for example, Table 1: or Figure 2:) in PDF can be different from the number that is allocated to the equivalent table in IBM Documentation. The title and the content of the table is the same.

Finding the PDFs

For links to PDF manuals for CICS TS 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4, see End-of-service documentation. For PDF manuals of even older versions of CICS and some old IBM publications that might still be referenced by CICS messages, see Archived CICS documentation. Some PDFs are provided in some national languages other than English, up to CICS TS 5.6; see Translated documentation.

Individual PDF manuals are available for download directly from IBM Documentation by using the links in Table 1. You can also select a .zip file of all the current PDFs for a release and a separate set of the stabilized PDFs.

Documentation for CICS TS Version 6 covers CICS TS 6.1 and CICS TS 6.2.

Table 1. CICS PDF manuals and the links to download them
PDF 6.1 and 6.2 5.6 5.5
Full set Version 6 5.6 5.5
Set of stabilized PDFs Stabilized PDF manuals Stabilized PDF manuals Stabilized PDF manuals
Administering CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
API (EXEC CICS) Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
Business Transaction Services (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
C++ OO Class Libraries Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex® SM Administration Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Application Programming Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM CMCI REST API Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Concepts and Planning Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Managing Resource Use (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
CICSPlex SM Managing Workloads Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Problem Determination Guide Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICSPlex SM Web User Interface Guide (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
CICS Codes Version 6 5.6 5.5
CICS Messages

Version 6 - part 1 AXM server environment messages and CICS messages DFH01nn to DFHDXnnnn

Version 6 - part 2 DFHECnnnn to DFHRZnnnn

Version 6 - part 3 DFHSHnnnn to DFHZNnnnn, and DFHHnnnn messages

 5.6 5.5
Component Reference Version 6. See also Domain Reference and Executable Module Reference See Diagnosis Reference See Diagnosis Reference
Configuring CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
Data Areas Version 6 5.6 5.5
Db2® Guide Version 6 5.6 5.5
Debugging Tools Interfaces Reference (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
Developing CICS Applications Version 6 5.6 5.5
Developing CICS System Programs Version 6 5.6 5.5
Diagnosis Reference (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4. See Component Reference, Domain Reference and Executable Module Reference Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
Domain Reference Version 6. See also Component Reference and Executable Module Reference See Diagnosis Reference See Diagnosis Reference
Distributed Transaction Programming Guide (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
External Interfaces Guide (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4

See also Using EXCI with CICS.

 Stabilized at 5.4

See also Using EXCI with CICS.

 Stabilized at 5.4

See also Using EXCI with CICS.
Executable Module Reference Version 6. See also Component Reference and Domain Reference See Diagnosis Reference See Diagnosis Reference
Front End Programming Interface User's Guide (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
Global User Exit Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
IMS Database Control Guide Version 6 5.6 5.5
Installing CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
Intercommunication Guide Version 6 5.6 5.5
Internet Guide (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
Java™ Applications in CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
Monitoring CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
Performance Guide Version 6

See also Monitoring Data Reference and Statistics Reference.

 5.6

See also Monitoring Data Reference and Statistics Reference.

 5.5

See also Monitoring Data Reference and Statistics Reference.
Performance Report (covers all releases) Version 6 Version 6 Version 6
Program Directory (base) 6.2 and 6.1 5.6 5.5
Program Directory (activation module, base) 6.2 and 6.1 5.6 5.5
Program Directory (activation module, Developer Trial) 6.2 and 6.1 5.6 5.5
Program Directory (activation module, Value Unit Edition) 6.2 and 6.1 5.6 5.5
RACF® Security Guide (stabilized) See Security for CICS 5.6 5.5
Resource Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
REXX for CICS TS User Guide and Reference 1.1 1.1 1.1
Security for CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
Shared Data Tables Guide Version 6 5.6 5.5
Statistics Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
Supplied Transactions Reference Version 6

See also Administering CICS.

 5.6

See also Administering CICS.

 5.5

See also Administering CICS.
System Initialization Parameter Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
System Programming Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
Trace Entries (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4 Stabilized at 5.4
Troubleshooting CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
Upgrading CICS (covers all releases) Version 6 Version 6 Version 6
Using CICS Service Flow Runtime (stabilized) Stabilized at 5.6 Stabilized at 5.6 5.5
Using EXCI Version 6 5.6 5.5
Using IBM MQ with CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
Using Node.js with CICS Version 6 5.6 5.5
Utilities Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5
Web Services Guide Version 6 5.6 5.5
What's New Version 6 5.6 5.5
XPI Function Reference Version 6 5.6 5.5

Are the PDFs kept up to date?

From CICS TS 5.4, all PDF manuals for the release, except the manuals that are shown as stabilized, are updated at the same time as any updates to the online documentation in IBM Documentation. You don't need to take any action to see these updates from IBM Docs but, if you use a downloaded copy of a PDF, you should download an updated copy. The preface of each PDF manual shows the date when it was last updated.

Some PDFs are stabilized. These PDFs are still available but no longer updated. They are indicated as such in Table 1.

What file name does each PDF have?

From CICS TS 5.4, PDF manuals have descriptive file names: for example, whats-new_pdf represents What's New. Before CICS TS 5.4, PDF manuals have 8-character file names: for example, dfhe4h00 represents What's New.

Manual numbers (IBM form numbers) were required when the PDFs were published in IBM Publications Center. Now that they are published here in IBM Documentation, the number is no longer used.

What documentation isn't in PDF?

Not every section of the online documentation is available in PDF. There is no PDF of the following sections, including their child topics: