Tasks
These tasks illustrate how you can use the CICS® event binding editor to create, edit and deploy event bindings.
- Creating an event binding file
You create an event binding file in a CICS bundle project to contain event specifications, their associated capture specifications, the EP adapter used for all events, and options to control the dispatch of events. - Creating an event binding from a CICS File resource
You can create an event binding from a CICS File resource in the CICS SM Files view. - Creating an EP adapter file
You create an EP adapter file in a CICS bundle project to contain your EP adapter specification. When an EP adapter is installed as its own resource, you can easily switch events to use a different EP adapter configuration, or different EP adapter altogether, and also send the same event to multiple destinations. - Creating an EP adapter set file
You create an EP adapter set file in a CICS bundle project to contain your EP adapter set specification. When an EP adapter set is installed, events can be sent to multiple destinations through this EP adapter set. - Creating an event specification
You add an event specification to an event binding to describe a business event and the information to be captured for the event. - Choosing an EP adapter resource
You choose an EP adapter resource for an event binding or an EP adapter set in a CICS bundle project. - Choosing an EP adapter set resource
You choose an EP adapter set resource for an event binding in a CICS bundle project. - Copying an event specification
You can use the CICS event binding editor to copy an existing event specification, with or without copying the capture specifications in the source event specification. - Exporting event specifications
You can export descriptions for one or more event specifications in your event binding as a schema or copybook for use elsewhere. - Analyzing your application and its data
The CICS event binding editor formalizes the specification of business events, giving IT professionals a definitive statement of the requirement. Using the same tool, you define the technical changes necessary to initiate event processing. - Adding a capture specification
You add capture specifications to an event specification to create capture points in CICS. - Using the EP search function
Use the event processing (EP) search function to search event bindings and EP adapter configurations for named resources. You can also search installed CICS resources. - Copying a capture specification
You can use the CICS event binding editor to copy an existing capture specification. - Specifying EP adapter and dispatcher information
You specify information in your event binding that controls how CICS emits events produced by the event binding. - Deploying a CICS bundle
You can deploy a CICS bundle by exporting it directly to a z/OS® UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX) file system from CICS Explorer®. Use a BUNDLE resource to locate the bundle in zFS and dynamically create the resources from the bundle in the CICS region. - Understanding the events that are enabled in your CICS system
You can use CICS Explorer to browse event bindings and capture specifications. For example, the Event Bindings view shows the bundles that are installed in different regions and whether the bundles are enabled. - Exporting a CICS bundle project to your local file system
If you do not have authorization to deploy a bundle directly to a z/OS file system, or you want to back up your bundle source code, you can export the bundle project to your local file system.
Parent topic: CICS Event Binding Editor User Guide