AUDIENCE:   The course is designed for systems analysts and application programmers. PREREQUISITES:   COBOL or PL/1 programming experience as well as program edit and submission knowledge. DURATION:   2-3 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   This course introduces the student to the concepts of data communication in IMS and covers the programming components necessary for coding on-line programs. Upon completion of the course the student will be able to: - Write a typical Message Processing Program. - Describe the differences in conversational programs. - Describe the useful facilities of IMS DC. - Write and test a simple PSB. - Use BTS to test an MPP. - Code and use simple MFS COURSE CONTENT:   Message flow and scheduling Programming to access Message Queues Introduction to MFS coding Conversational programs PSB coding Testing