Automatic Initiate Descriptor workspace

The predefined Automatic Initiate Descriptor workspace contains the following views:

The Automatic Initiate Descriptors (AIDs) workspace displays summary information on all the AIDs in the CICS region. It shows you the work waiting on terminals and remote systems.

This workspace allows bottlenecks involving terminals or printers to be identified. For example, a request to start a task connected to a printer shows as an AID when the target printer is not available. If many AIDs have accumulated, response time can be adversely affected because CICS attempts to start each AID on every dispatch of the terminal control program.

You can terminate AIDs in your CICS region when they accumulate because of a printer, terminal, or remote connection error. You can do this by using the Take Action view to purge the AID or by using the CEKL transaction. Alternatively you can select one of the definitions, right-click and a pop-up window lists all the options displayed in the Take Action window.

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