To begin the flow recording:
If you have not already done so, connect to the remote z/OS® system and start the CICS® example catalog application (egui) (see Step 2 in A. Prepare for the flow recording).
Verify that the Main Menu application screen is displayed in the session area.
Verify that the host editor is in flow mode (see Screen operations mode and flow mode):
On the host editor toolbar, which is located immediately above
the session area and to the left of the information
area, verify that the first icon on the host editor toolbar is the Go
to Screen Operations Mode icon
.
If the first icon on the host editor toolbar is the Go
to Flow Mode icon
, then click the icon once.
The first icon on the toolbar should now be the Go
to Screen Operations Mode icon
.
On the host editor tool bar, click the Reload Screen
Descriptions icon
.
This action causes the most recently saved versions of your screen descriptions to be loaded. (You created the screen descriptions in Step 2.3: Create two screen descriptions for the Inquire Catalog application screen.)
On the host editor toolbar, click the Start Flow
Recording icon
.
The Start Recording Flow window:
Do you want to add to the working flow '<flow_name>'?
Select "No" to create a new flow.
Click No so that a new flow is created.
The New Flow Recording wizard opens. This wizard prompts you for the names of resources that it needs to create before flow recording can begin.
On the first and only page of the New Flow Recording wizard, titled Record a terminal flow:
| Item: | Function: | Name: |
|---|---|---|
| Port Type | The port type is a container for the operation. | intf_CheckItemAvailability |
| Operation | The operation contains the information required to invoke the flow CheckItemAvailability. | intf_CheckItemAvailability |
| Input | The Input contains a reference to the input message of the flow (see Input Message below). | A reference to i_CheckItemAvailability. |
| Output | The Output contains a reference to the output message of the flow (see Output Message below). | A reference to o_CheckItemAvailability. |
| Faults | The Faults contains references to the faults messages of the flow. | Not used in this flow. |
Also in the Interface Resources group, select the check box Automatically expose insert and extract variables in the interface operation messages.
Selecting this option causes the host editor during flow recording to automatically add to the input message or output message of the flow a message element corresponding to the variable that you select for a new Extract action or Insert action
Click Finish.
The New Flow recording wizard creates the specified resources for the new flow.
Flow recording begins.
The host editor and the session area should now be visible again. Verify that:
The Stop Flow Recording icon
is
now displayed on the toolbar, indicating that flow recording is in
progress.
The CICS example catalog application is still displaying the Main Menu application screen.