Use the Create CICS Group (CRTCICSGRP) command to create all tables associated with a group.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
LIB	Library	Communications name, *CURLIB	Required, Positional 1
GROUP	Group	Communications name	Required, Positional 2
TEXT	Description	Character value, *BLANK	Optional, Positional 3
RECOVER	Recover	*NO, *YES	Optional, Positional 4
CLRGROUP	Clear file	*NO, *YES	Optional, Positional 5

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Library (LIB)

Enter the name of the OS/400 library that will contain the group.

Possible values are:

• *CURLIB: The current library will contain the group. If no library is specified as the current library, the QGPL library is used.
• library-name: Specify the name of the OS/400 library that will contain the group.

Group (GROUP)

Enter the name of the group to be created.

• group-name: The group name may have a maximum length of 10 characters. The first character must be alphabetic, or one of the special characters, $, @, or #. The remaining characters can be alphanumeric or one of the special characters, $, @, or #.

Description (TEXT)

Enter the text that describes the group.

Possible values are:

• *BLANK: No text will be associated with the group.
• text: Specify a character string of up to 50 characters to describe the group. Enclose the string in apostrophes to use leading or trailing blanks.

Recover (RECOVER)

Specifies whether or not to attempt to restore the group that has been previously damaged.

Note: All this function does is make sure that all tables are available to this group. Therefore, this parameter only has an effect on a already-existing group.

Possible values are:

• *NO: Do not attempt to recover the group.
• *YES: Attempt to recover the group.

Clear file (CLRGROUP)

Specifies whether or not to erase all entries from all tables for this group.

Note: This parameter only has an effect on a already-existing group.

Possible values are:

• *NO: Do not clear the group.
• *YES: Clear the group.

Examples

None

Error messages

Unknown