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PPI Connection Definitions

The first page of the CICSCNTL parameter group specifies:

• How to establish PPI connections
• The name of the queue for receiving unsolicited CICS messages

The following is an example of the panel:

.- CICSCNTL - CICS Connections -----------------------------------------------.
|                                                                             |
| Dynamic CICS Registration? ........... NO   (YES or NO, see note below)     |
|                                                                             |
| PPI Queue ID for Unsolicited Message Receipt:                               |
|   Queue ID Prefix .................... DE1N  (Default is DE1N)              |
|   Queue ID Suffix .................... USMQ  (Default is USMQ)              |

The parameters establish the PPI connections to the different CICS regions and set up a queue for the unsolicited message flow.

Generally, you specify YES in the Dynamic CICS Registration? field. By using dynamic registration, this product automatically establishes the connection when a CICS region that contains a CICS agent becomes active.

If you want to establish PPI connections in more than one CA SOLVE:Operations Automation for CICS region on the same system, only one region can use dynamic CICS registration. In the other regions, you define the connections explicitly.