Facility (MQBYTE8)

This field shows the 8-byte bridge facility token.

A bridge facility token enables multiple transactions in a pseudo-conversation to use the same bridge facility (virtual 3270 terminal). In the first, or only, message in a pseudo-conversation, set a value of MQCFAC_NONE. This value tells CICS to allocate a new bridge facility for this message. A bridge facility token is returned in response messages when a nonzero FacilityKeepTime is specified on the input message. Subsequent input messages within a pseudo-conversation must then use the same bridge facility token.

The following special value is defined:

MQCFAC_NONE

No facility token specified.

For the C programming language, the constant MQCFAC_NONE_ARRAY is also defined, and has the same value as MQCFAC_NONE, but is an array of characters instead of a string.

This field is both a request and a response field used only for 3270 transactions. The length of this field is given by MQ_FACILITY_LENGTH. The initial value of this field is MQCFAC_NONE.

Parent topic: Fields for MQCIH