I'm trying to compile a very simple CICS Cobol program.  I've found various examples of JCL code to compile this type of program.  Unfortunately any example I found results in various JCL Errors.  I've spent hours trying to figure out the right combination.  The thing that seems odd to me is that all the CICS libraries are located in DFH520.CICS.xxxx, but all the procs found there are referring to CICSTS52.CICS.xxx.  I'm at RD&T version 9.5 and by no means a z/OS expert.  I've been able to compile pure COBOL in the past, but I'm trying to do some learning of CICS.

Not sure where to go from here.  Trying to understand if there is a way to alias DFH520 as CICSTS52 since there is no CICSTS52 data set in my instance.  Been playing with the DEFINE ALIAS command but it doesn't seem to like PDSs.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hi John,

I am not an expert with defining an Alias, but you could try making a copy of the proc and changing the HLQ from CICSTS52 to DFH520, to see if you can get a clean compile.  This is usually what I do when the default procs do not point to the correct environment settings.

Regards,

Rick

Which PROCs are you trying to use?  The CICS supplied ones allow you to specify the High Level Qualifiers for the CICS libraries.  For example, you can specify INDEX='DFH520.CICS' when you invoke PROC DFHZITCL in your JCL.