Comparison of CEDA and BAS functions

Table 1 provides a comparison between CEDA administrative functions and BAS administrative functions.

Table 1. CEDA and BAS administrative functions
CICS® CEDA CICSPlex SM BAS WUI view name
DEFINE resource RESDEF CREATE resource Definition
USERDEFINE resource RESDEF CREATE against model resource Definition
INSTALL resource RESDEF INSTALL resource Definition
VIEW resource RESDEF BROWSE resource Definition
ALTER resource RESDEF ALTER resource Definition
COPY group RESGROUP CREATE members Resource group definition
MOVE group RESGROUP CREATE association Resource group in resource description
INSTALL group RESGROUP INSTALL Resource group definition
DISPLAY group RESGROUP Resource group definition
CHECK group/list Implicit - consistent set processing n/a
DISPLAY list RESDESC Resource description definition
No equivalent MAP EYUSTARTMAPBAS1
ADD group to list RESGROUP ADD Resource group definition
APPEND list to list RESDESC CREATE model n/a
EXPAND group/list RESINDSC/RESINGRP n/a
INSTALL list RESDESC INSTALL Resource description definition
DELETE REMOVE n/a
LOCK/UNLOCK No equivalent (use security) n/a

CICSPlex SM provides the same functions as the CICS CEDA transaction, with a few minor differences. CICSPlex SM performs automatically a function similar to CEDA CHECK when certain ADD or UPDATE functions are carried out.

1 The actual name on the view will depend on what is being mapped.