5. FILES › 5.2 CICS Information Area Files › 5.2.3 CICS Dictionary File (CICCDC) › 5.2.3.3 CICCDC Usage Considerations

5.2.3.3 CICCDC Usage Considerations

This section identifies some special considerations or
techniques related to using the CICCDC file.

1.  This file exists only in cycle 01 at the DETAIL timespan.
    One observation is created for each field defined by the
    dictionary record for each CMF class and CICS region.
    The CICS Analyzer processes the CMF data using the most
    current version of the data dictionary record read from
    input.  However, if the input does not contain data
    dictionary records, CMF data is processed using the
    dictionary records stored in the CICCDC01 file from
    previous DAILY runs.  If CICCDC01 is empty, the CMF data
    is rejected until the data dictionary record is read from
    input.

2.  This file contains data dictionary records from multiple
    DAILY runs.  The data is deleted when the number of
    unreferenced days reaches the threshold defined by the
    CICCDCEX parameter in prefix.MICS.PARMS(CICTHRSH).  For
    more information on this threshold definition, please
    refer to Section 7.3.8 in this guide.