CBAM BTS browser

You can use the CBAM transaction to browse the CICS® business transaction services objects (process-types, processes, activities, containers, events, and timers) known to your region.

CBAM is a menu-driven transaction. The menus are hierarchically organized. By navigating downwards through the menus, you can display:
  1. All the process-types that have been defined to this region with installed PROCESSTYPE definitions.
  2. All the processes of a selected process-type. These processes are the processes of the selected type that currently exist on the repository data set pointed to by the installed PROCESSTYPE definition.
    Note: If you are operating BTS in a sysplex and the repository is shared with one or more other regions, some of the processes might have been defined on other regions.
  3. The constituent activities of a selected process.
  4. The details (program, transaction ID, user ID) of a selected activity.
  5. One of the following resources:
    • The containers associated with a selected activity or process, or
    • The events in an event pool of the selected activity, or
    • The timers defined to a selected activity.
Note: This overview of the CBAM menu hierarchy is slightly simplified. Selectable fields allow you to bypass some screens.

CBAM is a “read-only” transaction - you cannot update any of the displayed attributes by over typing them.

Running the CBAM browser transaction

Start the CBAM browser transaction by typing CBAM on the command line and pressing the ENTER key. This gives you a list of all the process-types that have been defined to this region.