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$APPL-ID Function

The $APPL-ID function returns the VTAM application identifier of the current region under CICS. The primary purpose is to identify the region for logging purposes.

The function returns an 8-byte character string, and is read-only.

This function has the following format:

$APPL-ID  

If used in batch, it will return the value N/A.