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Define APPLCTN and TRANSACT Macros

Use the IMS APPLCTN and TRANSACT macros to define and associate a program with one or more transactions. For example:

APPLCTN PSB=progname,PGMTYPE=(TP,,4)                                
TRANSACT CODE=trancode,PRTY=(7,9,2),                            X
MSGTYPE=(MULTSEG,NONRESPONSE,4),                                X
PROCLIM=(3,20),SCHD=3,                                          X
MODE=SNGL,                                                      X
SEGSIZE=0,SEGNO=320

• These macros require continuation characters in column 72.
• For the APPLCTN macro, PGMTYPE can be TP for online or BMP for batch.
• For the TRANSACT macro, MSGTYPE should specify MULTSEG and NONRESPONSE.
• The remaining parameters are site dependent. Do not specify SPA size.