CL Command Reference - ADDCICSCVT
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Description:
Use the Add CICS Conversion Vector Table (ADDCICSCVT) command to add an entry to the CVT.
Conversion Vector Table (CVT) entries define templates for data conversion either from EBCDIC to ASCII, or when the code page and character set used by the other CICS system is different from that used by the iSeries system. The data conversion must be defined by the system sending the data. Data conversion is required for:
. File control commands
. Transient data queue commands
. Temporary storage queue commands
. START commands
. LINK commands
Data is converted according to templates that have been predefined in the CVT. A template describes the type of data, how it is arranged in the record, and the type of conversion required. If your data contains alphabetic and numeric fields, you may need to define a template for each field in the record.
There are three types of conversion templates:
. For conversion of file keys, use the Key conversion data (KEYINF) parameter. This type of conversion is valid only for key-sequenced files.
. For conversion of variable format data in accordance with defined selection criteria, use the Selection criteria (SLTCTL) parameter.
. For default conversion to be applied when no other conversion template matches the data. Use the Conversion information (CNVINF) parameter.
Examples:
None.