IBM Transaction Server OS - Manual (Page 18)

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Release 3 introduces extended dynamic
routing facilities, that allow the dynamic routing of:
v Transactions initiated at a terminal
v EXEC CICS START requests that are associated with a terminal
v EXEC CICS START requests that are not associated with a terminal
v Dynamic program link (DPL) requests that are received using:
– The CICS Web support
– The CICS Transaction Gateway
– External CICS interface (EXCI) client programs
– Any CICS client workstation products using the External Call Interface (ECI)
– Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) remote procedure calls (RPCs)
– Open Network Computing (ONC) RPCs
– Internet Inter-Object Request Block Protocol (IIOP)
– Any function that issues an EXEC CICS LINK PROGRAM request
v Transactions associated with CICS business transaction services (CICS BTS)
activities.
New terms have been introduced that describe the roles played by CICS regions in
dynamic routing:
Requesting region
The CICS region in which the dynamic routing request originates. For
transactions initiated at a terminal, and inbound client DPL requests, this is
typically a TOR. For terminal-related EXEC CICS START commands, for
non-terminal-related EXEC CICS START commands, for peer-to-peer DPLs,
and for CICS BTS activities, the requesting region is typically an AOR.
Routing region
The CICS region in which the decision is taken on where the transaction or
program should be run. For transactions initiated at a terminal, for EXEC
CICS START commands associated with a terminal, and for inbound client
DPL requests, this is typically a TOR. For non-terminla-related EXEC CICS
START commands, for peer-to-peer DPL requests, and for CICS BTS
activities, the routing region is typically an AOR.
Target region
The CICS region in which the transaction or program runs. For all
dynamically-routed requests, this is typically an AOR.
Full details about the new dynamic routing facilities are described in CICS
Intercommunication Guide.
The dynamic routing facility removes the need to specify the remote system name
of a target region in the transaction definition. Instead, you let the routing determine
dynamically to which target region it should route incoming transactions. Unlike
static routing, where there can only ever be one target region to which the routing
region can route a transaction, dynamic routing gives you the means to create
several target regions with the capability to process any given workload, and to let
the routing regions choose the best one from a candidate list.
2 CICS Transaction Affinities Utility Guide
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