To start the BIM$TICI program and associated transactions (FAQS, ETC.) using an EXEC CICS START with a terminal id perform the following: 1) Define the BCIN transaction as a copy of the FAQS, PCS, or other transaction that you have already defined to point to BIM$TICI. See the BIM-FAQS (ASO & PCS) Installation and Initialization Guide for more information. 2) Change your program to perform the start as follows: EXEC CICS START TRANSACTION('BCIN') and include DATA that is of the following format: BCIN xxxx yy..yy PARM=zzzzzzzz where xxxx is the transaction to start yy..yy is the data to pass to that transaction zzzzzzzz is the method of return which must be included and is one of the following: progname - which will cause a XCTL to be performed to return TXN=tttt - which will cause a return to the transaction tttt STR=tttt - which will initiate the requested transaction tttt and terminate the xxxx transaction