Answer / aayush

When CICS translator translates your program, it adds
DFHEIBLK copybook as the first entry in your linkage
section. Whenever a task is initiated, the task related
information could be accessed using the fields in the
copybook.

Some of the fields in EIB are:
EIBCALEN Length of DFHCOMMAREA.
EIBDATE and EIBTIME Date and Time of task initiation.
EIBAID The last attention identifier
pressed by the user.
EIBFN Function code of the last command.
(2 bytes)
EIBRCODE Response code of the last
command. (6 bytes)
EIBTRMID Terminal ID
EIBTRNID Transaction ID

Answer / guest

Execute Interface Block(EIB).It contains system build
values like transaction, terminal id,(Ex-EIBTRMID)

Answer / guest

EIB is a CICS area that contains information related to the
current task. Some of the variables are EIBDATE, EIBTIME,
EIBAID, EIBCALEN, EIBCPOSN, EIBRESP,EIBRSRCE,EIBFN,EIBTRMID
and EIBTRNID.These are used for debugging.

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