IMS concepts

During this course participants become familiar with the general principles of the IMS system. Both the database system (IMS/DB) and the transaction manager (IMS/TM) are treated.

The main objective of this course is to offer -in particularly for the database part- an insight into the link between physical structures and its logical view of applications. An overview of the possibilities of such applications is given.

The description of the TP-monitor gives an insight into message processing in the IMS system. The different ways of building an application (conversational versus non-conversational) are also treated.

Schedule

No public sessions are currently scheduled. We will be pleased to set up an on-site course or to schedule an extra public session (in case of a sufficient number of candidates). Interested? Please contact ABIS.

Intended for

This course is designed for information scientists who want to know more about IMS without being responsible for application development or system management.

Background

Familiarity with IT.

Main topics

  • Situation of IMS/DB and IMS/TM
  • The database management system (IMS/DB):
  • hierarchical structures
  • physical organisations of databases
  • the most important control blocks (DBD and PSB)
  • interrogation language proceeding from programmes
  • secondary indexes and logical relations
  • The data communication system (IMS/TM):
  • tasks of the DC monitor
  • internal set-up
  • interrogation language proceeding from programmes
  • conversational versus non-conversational applications
  • modular set-up
  • synchronisation and security

Training method

Classroom instruction with demo's.

Duration

1 day.

Course leader

Viewture Automatisering.


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