How many ways are there for initiating a transaction? what
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How many ways are there for initiating a transaction? what are they?..

Answer / ajay ahuja

Their are 5 ways of initiating CICS Transaction:

1. Transaction ID.
2. Pseudo Conversation.
3. Start Command
4. ATI (Automatic Transaction Initiation).
5. PF keys (Need to be registered in PCT)

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How many ways are there for initiating a transaction? what are they?..

Answer / anitha

after logging into needed region using "CRTE sysid=", give CEMT then select TRANsaction and then give enable to initiate the transaciton.

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How many ways are there for initiating a transaction? what are they?..

Answer / siranjeevi

We have two more ways to initiate,
6. Using PLT(Program List Table)
DFHPLT TYPE=ENTRY,PROGRAM=PGM_NAME
7. Embedding 4 bytes of transaction preceding in the screen
and send it to the terminal.

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