MacKinney Batch to CICS puts you in control of your resources with all the tools needed to coordinate batch and CICS flow. 

With MacKinney Batch to CICS (MBC) you can quickly send commands from your batch jobs to your CICS regions to coordinate file access, dynamically enable or disable programs, transactions and TDQs, launch transactions, send terminal messages and more. 

Manage Resources

• Open/Close VSAM files
• QUIESCE/UNQUIESCE RLS files
• Enable/Disable programs, transactions, and TDQ’s 
• Query resources (new in Release 1.5)
• Interface with CEDA (new in Release 1.6)
• Shared Resource Items allows sharing definitions across Applids (new in Release 2.0)
• RLS commands to support change from Update to Query and back after QUIESCE and UNQUIECE (new in Release 2.0)

Manage Startup (new in Release 2.0)
• Determine resources to enable and or allocate during startup
• Determine DSN to use for each region (allows CSD sharing)
• Determine open status after allocation
• Allows for different preferences depending on startup type (AUTO/COLD)

Initiate Tasks
• Start CICS transactions
• Link to CICS programs
• Initiate CICS shutdown

Communicate
• Send messages to CICS terminals
 
MBC is competitively priced at $5,000 per CPU for an annual license (North America). For international pricing contact your local distributor or contact us for a price quote.

Environmental considerations:

For z/OS environments, MBC runs in CICS TS 1.3 and above.
For VSE, MBC runs in CICS TS 1.1.1 and above environment, and requires either BSI’s or CSI’s TCP/IP stack.
Note: For z/OS environments, cross-system EXCI requires a SYSPLEX. For VSE CICS 2.3 environments, contact MacKinney Systems for alternatives.

Note: MacKinney Batch to CICS was written to replace CICS/CEMT from Batch. CICS/CEMT from Batch is no longer available.