Translated documentation
The CICS® online documentation is available on demand in national languages other than English: Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish. Some of the CICS PDFs were translated up to CICS TS 5.6 and those are listed here.
For translated documentation for end-of-service versions of CICS TS, see End-of-service documentation.
Get online documentation in other languages
All of the CICS online documentation is provided on demand in Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish. IBM Documentation provides a language selector at the bottom of the page. See Translation and IBM Documentation for information about how documentation is provided in other languages.
Get PDFs in other languages
Only some documentation in PDF is provided in national languages other than English. No translated PDFs are provided after CICS TS 5.6. The translated PDFs for each language are provided in a set for download by release of CICS.
For CICS TS PDFs in English, see Documentation in PDF.
PDFs in Brazilian Portuguese
The table shows the CICS TS PDFs that are available in Brazilian Portuguese. Download the set to access these PDFs. No translated PDFs are available after CICS TS 5.6.
| Publication | 5.6 | 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| List of PDF manuals | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.6 | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.5 |
| CICSPlex® SM CMCI REST API Reference (PDF) | Available | - |
| Installing CICS (PDF) | Available | Available |
| Shared Data Tables Guide | Available | Available |
| Upgrading CICS | Available | Available |
| Using CICS Service Flow Runtime (stabilized) | Available | - |
| Web Services Guide | - | Available |
| What's New | Available | Available |
PDFs in German
The table shows the CICS TS PDFs that are available in German. Download the set to access these PDFs. No translated PDFs are available after CICS TS 5.6.
| Publication | 5.6 | 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| List of PDF manuals | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.6 | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.5 |
| API (EXEC CICS) Reference | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Administration | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide | - | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Application Programming Reference | Available | - |
| CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference | Available | Available |
| CICS Messages | Available | Available |
| Data Areas | Available | Available |
| Db2® Guide | Available | Available |
| Global User Exit Reference | Available | Available |
| Installing CICS | Available | Available |
| Monitoring CICS | Available | Available |
| Resource Reference | Available | Available |
| Shared Data Tables Guide | Available | Available |
| Statistics Reference | Available | Available |
| Supplied Transactions Reference | Available | Available |
| System Initialization Parameter Reference | Available | Available |
| System Programming Reference | Available | Available |
| Upgrading CICS | Available | Available |
| Using EXCI | Available | Available |
| Utilities Reference | Available | Available |
| Web Services Guide | Available | Available |
| XPI Function Reference | Available | Available |
PDFs in Japanese
The table shows the CICS TS PDFs that are available in Japanese. Download the set to access these PDFs. No translated PDFs are available after CICS TS 5.6.
| Publication | 5.6 | 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| List of PDF manuals | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.6 | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.5 |
| Administering CICS | Available | Available |
| API (EXEC CICS) Reference | Available | Available |
| C++ OO Class Libraries | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Administration | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM CMCI REST API Reference | Available | - |
| CICSPlex SM Concepts and Planning | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Managing Workloads | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Problem Determination Guide | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference | Available | Available |
| CICSPlex SM Web User Interface Guide | Available | Available |
| CICS Codes | Available | Available |
| Configuring CICS | Available | Available |
| Developing CICS Applications | Available | Available |
| Developing CICS System Programs | Available | Available |
| Data Areas | Available | Available |
| Db2 Guide | Available | Available |
| Global User Exit Reference | Available | Available |
| IMS Database Control Guide | Available | Available |
| Installing CICS | Available | Available |
| Intercommunication Guide | Available | Available |
| Internet Guide | Available | Available |
| Java™ Applications in CICS | Available | Available |
| CICS Messages | Available | Available |
| Monitoring CICS | Available | Available |
| Performance Guide | Available | Available |
| Security for CICS | Available | Available |
| Resource Reference | Available | Available |
| REXX for CICS TS User Guide and Reference | Available | - |
| Shared Data Tables Guide | Available | Available |
| Statistics Reference | Available | Available |
| Supplied Transactions Reference | Available | Available |
| System Initialization Parameter Reference | Available | Available |
| System Programming Reference | Available | Available |
| Troubleshooting CICS | Available | Available |
| Upgrading CICS | Available | Available |
| Using CICS Service Flow Runtime (stabilized) | Available | - |
| Using EXCI | Available | Available |
| Using IBM® MQ with CICS | Available | - |
| Using Node.js with CICS | Available | - |
| Utilities Reference | Available | Available |
| Web Services Guide | Available | Available |
| What's New | Available | Available |
| XPI Function Reference | Available | Available |
PDFs in Korean
The table shows the CICS TS PDFs that are available in Korean. Download the set to access these PDFs. No translated PDFs are available after CICS TS 5.6.
| Publication | 5.6 | 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| List of PDF manuals | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.6 | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.5 |
| CICSPlex SM CMCI REST API Reference | Available | - |
| REXX for CICS TS User Guide and Reference | Available | - |
| Using CICS Service Flow Runtime (stabilized) | Available | - |
| Upgrading CICS | Available | Available |
| Using IBM MQ with CICS | Available | - |
| Using Node.js with CICS | Available | - |
| What's New | Available | Available |
PDFs in Simplified Chinese
The table shows the CICS TS PDFs that are available in Simplified Chinese. Download the set to access these PDFs. No translated PDFs are available after CICS TS 5.5.
| Publication | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| List of PDF manuals | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.5 |
| Installing CICS | Available |
| What's New | Available |
PDFs in Spanish
The table shows the CICS TS PDFs that are available in Spanish. Download the set to access these PDFs. No translated PDFs are available after CICS TS 5.5.
| Publication | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| List of PDF manuals | Download the available PDFs in full set: 5.5 |
| Upgrading CICS | Available |
| Web Services Guide | Available |