Passing Control to an IMS Transaction at Session End

What are the Allowable Options for Passing Control

At session end, the TIBCO Object Service Broker IMS TM client program returns control of the terminal to the user by default. You can direct the message segments returned by the TIBCO Object Service Broker session directly to another IMS application program, or to a terminal via MFS. Specifically, you can perform:

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MFS output from a non-conversational TIBCO Object Service Broker IMS TM client program

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A program-to-program switch from a non-conversational IMS TM client program to another IMS non-conversational program

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A deferred message switch from a conversational TIBCO Object Service Broker IMS TM client program to another IMS conversational program

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An immediate program-to-program message switch from a conversational TIBCO Object Service Broker IMS TM client program to another IMS conversational program

What to Use to Direct the Destination of Message Segments

You can direct the destination of the message segments at session startup, or from rules, by:

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Supplying the SESSIONENDACTION and SESSIONENDVALUE session parameters to TIBCO Object Service Broker at session startup

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Using the $SETSESSIONEND tool within a rule

Non-Conversational MFS Output

All non-conversational TIBCO Object Service Broker IMS TM client programs ( S6BIMSN1, S6BIMSN2, S6BIMTN1, and S6BIMTN2) can send data to the terminal at session end using MFS. The Message Output Descriptor (MOD) to be used can be specified using:

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Session parameters:

SESSIONENDACTION=FORMAT, SESSIONENDVALUE=MODname

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A rule:

CALL $SETSESSIONEND('FORMAT','MODname');

The MODname set by the rule replaces any value set by session parameters.

Non-Conversational Program-to-Program Switch

All non-conversational TIBCO Object Service Broker IMS TM client programs of the form S6BIMxNx can perform a program-to-program switch at session end. The IMS application transaction that is being switched to can be specified using:

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Session parameters:

SESSIONENDACTION=SWITCH, SESSIONENDVALUE=trancode

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A rule:

CALL $SETSESSIONEND('SWITCH','trancode');

The trancode set by the rule replaces any value set by the session parameters. The trancode replaces the first eight bytes of the first message segment at session end.

Conversational Deferred Message Switch

All conversational TIBCO Object Service Broker IMS TM client programs ( S6BIMSC1, S6BIMSC2, S6BIMTC1, and S6BIMTC2) can send data to the terminal at session end using MFS and switch to another IMS application transaction after the user responds to the terminal. You can specify this using:

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Session parameters. You can specify either the trancode or the MODname but not both:

SESSIONENDACTION=SWITCH, SESSIONENDVALUE=trancode

SESSIONENDACTION=FORMAT, SESSIONENDVALUE=MODname

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A rule. You can specify both the trancode and the MODname:

CALL $SETSESSIONEND('SWITCH','trancode');

CALL $SETSESSIONEND('FORMAT','MODname');

The value specified by $SETSESSIONEND supersedes any value set by the session parameters.

You must specify both the trancode and the MODname for a deferred message switch to occur at session end. The trancode specified replaces the first eight bytes of the SPA at session end.

Conversational Immediate Message Switch

All conversational TIBCO Object Service Broker IMS TM client programs ( S6BIMxCx) can directly switch to another conversational IMS application transaction. You can specify the trancode of the IMS application transaction using:

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Session parameters:

$SESSIONENDACTION=SWITCH, SESSIONENDVALUE=trancode

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A rule:

CALL $SETSESSIONEND('SWITCH','trancode');

The trancode specified by the rule supersedes any value set by the session parameters. The trancode replaces the first eight bytes of the SPA at session end.