transactionID

The variable is not used; but if the program was invoked by a transfer statement of the form transfer to program, the variable contains the name of the transferring program.

You can use this variable in any of these ways:
  • As the source or destination in an assignment or move statement
  • As a comparison value in a logical expression
  • As the value in a return statement
Characteristics of SysVar.transactionID are as follows:
Primitive type
CHAR
Data length
8
Is value always restored after a converse?
Yes
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