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Define a New CICS Connection

Follow these steps to define one or more CICS connections:

1. In the CICS Jobname field, specify a job name to identify the CICS connection.

   The DEFAULT job name is reserved to define the DEFAULT destination name list. This list is used when CICS regions that are not predefined to the COF connect to CA OPS/MVS for the first time.

2. If multiple CICS regions have the same job name, specify a step name in the Stepname field to distinguish this CICS connection from other CICS connections. In such cases, the value of the Stepname field should be the task ID (for example, S CICSMVS.TOR). Each CICS connection must have a unique jobname or jobname.stepname. No duplicates are allowed.
3. In the fields on the remainder of the panel, specify up to 100 CICS transient data queue names for CA OPS/MVS to intercept and send to the AOF for processing.

   Transient data queue destination names are not required, but an empty list results in no messages being processed by the AOF. You can use the special destination name, which is %%%%, to refer to the list of destination names in the DEFAULT connection definition (if the DEFAULT connection definition exists).

4. Press Enter to define the definition.
5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each CICS connection you want to define.
6. When finished, press End.

   Your CICS connection definition session is terminated and you are returned to the COF CICS Connection Display panel.