CICS RESETBR Command

The RESETBR command is used to reset our starting point in the middle of a browse. basically, It establishes a new browsing point.

To restart browsing from a different file location. This is similar to an ENDBR followed by a STARTBR, but is more efficient because the VSAM resources will be re-allocated rather than de-allocation and fresh allocation.

Syntax:

Below is the syntax for RESETBR command.

EXEC CICS RESETBR
   FILE('file-name')
   RIDFLD(data-area)
   GTEQ
END-EXEC.

Let us see the parameters used in the RESETBR command.

• FILE(file-name)

  Specifies the name of the file to be accessed.

• RIDFLD(data-area)

  Specifies the record identification field.

  It has the name of the data area containing the key of the record which we want to read.

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