CSS overview

BMC AMI Common Shared Services (CSS) is an integral component of many BMC AMI mainframe products. CSS provides storage, retrieval, and maintenance for BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID reports, source listings, and transaction dump information in data sets called DDIO files. DDIO files also include shared directories, and their attached databases, which efficiently maintain information and activity within these files. CSS provides the following functions:

• Provides language processing support for COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, and C.
• Supports 64-bit non-XPLINK Assembler.
• Supports AMODE 64 applications written in Language Environment- conforming COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, and C.

The following products currently use CSS:

• BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID
• BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID for CICS
• BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse
• BMC AMI Strobe
• BMC AMI DevX Code Debug for CICS
• BMC AMI DevX Code Coverage
• BMC AMI DevX Code Debug for TSO

System environment

For system requirement information, see the BMC AMI Enterprise Common Components Release Notes available from BMC Support Center.

Running CSS

CSS is primarily run at the following times:

• BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID and BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID for CICS
  • at compile time (when source support is used)
  • at time of abend or application program failure
  • at view time when using the BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID Viewer
  • at installation and maintenance time when formatting a DDIO file.
  • when a compile listing that has been stored elsewhere is needed for BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID or BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID for CICS viewing with source support.
  • invoking the on-the-fly language processing support
• BMC AMI DevX Code Debug for TSOand BMC AMI DevX Code Debug for CICS
  • at compile time (when source support is used)
  • at execution time for interactive debugging
  • at installation and maintenance time when formatting a DDIO file.
• BMC AMI Strobe
  • when indexing is used to analyze measurement data
  • to support Web services and SQLAF processing through CSS TP of HCI
• BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse
  • to support Web Services needs through the CSS TP and other HCI related facilities (SSAS and STASK)