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CICS Monitor Exit Interface (MEI)

The CA SYSVIEW for CICS Monitor Exit Interface (MEI) provides CICS programs or transactions an API into the CA SYSVIEW for CICS data collection process. Information that is passed to the MEI is recorded in the detailed transaction record of the calling transaction.

Two methods or APIs are available. Both methods can be used within a single transaction or program.

1. CICS command level program and a standard CICS COMMAREA.
2. Assembler macro interface.

Any required action by the existing users of the Monitor Exit Interface depends on the currently used interface.

• GSVCMEI Macro Interface - The GSVCMEI macro interface has been modified at r13.7.

  If you use the GSVCMEI macro, reassemble those programs using the GSVCMEI macro. No code changes are required. You could also optionally convert those programs to use the CICS command-level interface. Failure to convert existing modules does not cause a problem, but Monitor Exit Interface data is not collected.

For more information, see the help topic CICS Monitor Exit Interface (MEI).