CICS/TS – CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Courseware and Training Learn about CICS (Customer Information Control System) - the application server that provides industrial-strength, online transaction management and connectivity for mission-critical applications. WA1269 CICS/TS Structure and Problem Analysis This course covers the internal structure of CICS/TS and basic debugging skills. Course to cover CICS/ESA V4.1 is still available on request. Hands on labs are used in learning how to use CICS transaction dumps, system dumps with IPCS and traces in problem determination tasks.  More Info WA1268 CICS Transaction Server - What is the impact on my legacy applications? A technical overview of the changes introduced by CICS/TS V1.3 to V2.3 as compared to CICS/ESA V4.1. It concentrates on new functions and how these can be used to enhance and modernize the existing CICS V4.1 applications. The topics introduce Business Transaction Services, use of SYSPLEX facilities, Java support and various ways of connecting CICS applications with WEB users. Additional application programming or system administration topics can be covered in customized follow-up workshops that address specific customer needs.  More Info WA1266 CICS/TS Application Programming Learn the fundamentals of designing and developing business applications using the CICS/TS API. This course is a thorough instructor lead lecture with application programming lab exercises designed to understand the basic CICS/TS facilities, to learn the EXEC CICS call structure and to perform basic problem determination.  More Info IBM Equivalent: CI170 WA1265 An Introduction to CICS/TS This course provides a technical overview of the functions and features available in CICS/TS V2.2. It outlines CICS facilities, programming interfaces (EXEC CICCS calls) and the role of the CICS Transaction Server in the complex business environment.  More Info IBM Equivalent: CI011 WA1264 CICS/TS System Administration Learn how to setup, customize and operate CICS/TS. Through a series of lectures and hands-on exercises, you learn to handle the general CICS/TS system administration tasks in MVS environment (OS/390 and z/OS). Course topics include CICS Region setup, resource definitions, basic problem determination, CICS Intercommunications facilities (MRO, ISC,.) and many others.  More Info IBM Equivalent: CI200