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We have a CICS/TS 2.3 LU 6.2 connection to a remote IMS system. This connection is used by a transaction to send a query to an IMS database and then collect the results for subsequent processing. Occasionally this IMS system will stop responding to our requests, causing the transaction to wait forever.

Is there a parameter that I can specify that will abend a transaction if that transaction hasn't received a response from a remote system after a defined period of time?

Thanks.
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kolusu · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject:

vmbigot,

The timeout is controlled by the parameter ims_appc:timeout. The default is no timeout. The parameter specifies the number of minutes that the IMS Adapter waits for a response from IMS before cancelling the request

You can set the the APPC/IMS Timeout option in the IMS PROCLIB member DFSDCxxx.

APPCIOT=02(set the timeout to 2 minutes so it does not wait indefinitely)
Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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vmbigot · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject:

Kolusu,

Is this an IMS specific parameter? I can't find it in my CICS manuals. Unfortunately I don't have control over the remote IMS system, only my local CICS.

vmbigot

bty...thanks for the quick response!
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kolusu · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject: