Automatic task initiation. A CICS task may be started automatically as a result of a START command, IMMEDIATE operand of the RETURN command, a transient data queue reaching its trigger level, or a task initiated because of a BMS ROUTE request.
See automatic transaction initiation.
automatic transaction initiation. The initiation of a CICS transaction by an internally generated request, for example, the issue of an EXEC CICS START command or the reaching of a transient data trigger level. CICS resource definition can associate a trigger level and a transaction with a transient data destination. When the number of records written to the destination reaches the trigger level, the specified transaction is automatically initiated.