CICS STARTBROWSE CONTAINER (CHANNEL) provides channel container browse initialization capabilities for programs and transactions. It enables programs to initialize container browsing, set up browse operations, and handle channel container browsing operations in CICS environments.
CICS STARTBROWSE CONTAINER (CHANNEL) is a command that allows programs to initialize browsing of channel containers. It provides container browse setup capabilities, browse initialization, and channel container browsing preparation for CICS applications.
1234EXEC CICS STARTBROWSE CONTAINER CHANNEL(channel-name) [RESP(response-code)] END-EXEC
Containers with application data
Containers with control information
Containers with message data
User-defined containers
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. STARTBROWSECONTAINERCHANNEL01. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 CHANNEL-NAME PIC X(8) VALUE 'MAINCHAN'. 01 RESPONSE-CODE PIC S9(8) COMP. 01 BROWSE-INITIALIZED PIC X(1) VALUE 'N'. PROCEDURE DIVISION. IF BROWSE-INITIALIZED = 'N' DISPLAY 'Initializing container browse for channel: ' CHANNEL-NAME EXEC CICS STARTBROWSE CONTAINER CHANNEL(CHANNEL-NAME) RESP(RESPONSE-CODE) END-EXEC IF RESPONSE-CODE = DFHRESP(NORMAL) MOVE 'Y' TO BROWSE-INITIALIZED DISPLAY 'Container browse initialized successfully' ELSE DISPLAY 'Failed to initialize container browse' END-IF ELSE DISPLAY 'Container browse already initialized' END-IF EXEC CICS RETURN END-EXEC.
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. STARTBROWSECONTAINERCHANNEL02. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 CHANNEL-NAME PIC X(8). 01 RESPONSE-CODE PIC S9(8) COMP. 01 CHANNEL-COUNT PIC S9(2) COMP VALUE 0. 01 MAX-CHANNELS PIC S9(2) COMP VALUE 5. 01 CHANNEL-LIST. 05 CHANNEL-ITEM OCCURS 5 TIMES. 10 CHANNEL-ID PIC X(8). 10 CHANNEL-STATUS PIC X(1). PROCEDURE DIVISION. PERFORM INITIALIZE-MULTIPLE-CHANNEL-BROWSE EXEC CICS RETURN END-EXEC. INITIALIZE-MULTIPLE-CHANNEL-BROWSE. MOVE 'CHANNEL1' TO CHANNEL-ID(1) MOVE 'CHANNEL2' TO CHANNEL-ID(2) MOVE 'CHANNEL3' TO CHANNEL-ID(3) MOVE 'CHANNEL4' TO CHANNEL-ID(4) MOVE 'CHANNEL5' TO CHANNEL-ID(5) PERFORM VARYING CHANNEL-COUNT FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL CHANNEL-COUNT > MAX-CHANNELS MOVE CHANNEL-ID(CHANNEL-COUNT) TO CHANNEL-NAME PERFORM INITIALIZE-SINGLE-CHANNEL-BROWSE IF RESPONSE-CODE = DFHRESP(NORMAL) MOVE 'I' TO CHANNEL-STATUS(CHANNEL-COUNT) DISPLAY 'Initialized browse for: ' CHANNEL-NAME ELSE MOVE 'F' TO CHANNEL-STATUS(CHANNEL-COUNT) DISPLAY 'Failed to initialize browse for: ' CHANNEL-NAME END-IF END-PERFORM. INITIALIZE-SINGLE-CHANNEL-BROWSE. EXEC CICS STARTBROWSE CONTAINER CHANNEL(CHANNEL-NAME) RESP(RESPONSE-CODE) END-EXEC.
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. STARTBROWSECONTAINERCHANNEL03. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 CHANNEL-NAME PIC X(8) VALUE 'TESTCHAN'. 01 RESPONSE-CODE PIC S9(8) COMP. 01 RETRY-COUNT PIC S9(2) COMP VALUE 0. 01 MAX-RETRIES PIC S9(2) COMP VALUE 3. 01 INITIALIZATION-SUCCESSFUL PIC X(1) VALUE 'N'. PROCEDURE DIVISION. PERFORM INITIALIZE-CHANNEL-BROWSE-WITH-ERROR-HANDLING EXEC CICS RETURN END-EXEC. INITIALIZE-CHANNEL-BROWSE-WITH-ERROR-HANDLING. PERFORM INITIALIZE-CHANNEL-BROWSE IF RESPONSE-CODE NOT = DFHRESP(NORMAL) AND RETRY-COUNT < MAX-RETRIES ADD 1 TO RETRY-COUNT DISPLAY 'Retry ' RETRY-COUNT ' initializing channel browse' PERFORM INITIALIZE-CHANNEL-BROWSE-WITH-ERROR-HANDLING END-IF. INITIALIZE-CHANNEL-BROWSE. EXEC CICS STARTBROWSE CONTAINER CHANNEL(CHANNEL-NAME) RESP(RESPONSE-CODE) END-EXEC EVALUATE RESPONSE-CODE WHEN DFHRESP(NORMAL) MOVE 'Y' TO INITIALIZATION-SUCCESSFUL DISPLAY 'Channel container browse initialized successfully' WHEN DFHRESP(NOTFND) DISPLAY 'Channel not found' WHEN DFHRESP(NOTAUTH) DISPLAY 'Not authorized to browse containers' WHEN DFHRESP(INVREQ) DISPLAY 'Invalid browse request' WHEN DFHRESP(CONTAINERERR) DISPLAY 'Container browse error' WHEN OTHER DISPLAY 'Unexpected error occurred' END-EVALUATE.
Think of CICS STARTBROWSE CONTAINER (CHANNEL) like opening a toy box to start looking:
Create a program that initializes container browsing for a specific channel.
Write a program that manages multiple channel container browse initializations.
Implement comprehensive error handling for channel container browse initialization failures.