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title: "3 COBOL Features Not Allowed in CICS"
description: "Designing a COBOL program is a skill, if we write it effectively it reduces CPU time. The following COBOL feature are not allowed in CICS program. ACCEPT - There is no question of accepting data from..."
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date: 2014-08-03
modified: 2026-10-10
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# 3 COBOL Features Not Allowed in CICS

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Designing a [COBOL program](https://srinimf.com/2016/01/26/cobol-cics-program-tips-and-technics-for-developers/) is a skill, if we write it effectively it reduces CPU time. The following COBOL feature [are not allowed](https://srinimf.com/2015/04/21/cobol-features-not-allowed-in-cics/) in CICS program.

1. ACCEPT – There is no question of accepting data from screen. So we can not use it
2. DISPLAY – This is also not allowed in CICS program
3. I/O Statements- OPEN, CLOSE,READ, WRITE, REWRITE,DELETE START – not allowed in CICS programs
4. ACCEPT Date/Time/Day/Day-of-week- not allowed in CICS programs
5. Merge –  We cannot give in COBOL program
6. STOP RUN – not allowed in COBOL-CICS program

CICS program before it is used for execution, we need to make sure that:

- PCT – Transaction name and its corresponding Program name must be defined
- PPT- All the Program definitions must be done in this table

Read further [how to make entries in PPT and PCT here](http://srinimf.com/2013/05/19/how-to-define-pptpctrcttctdct-fct-entries/).

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