CICS: Use PHASEIN if NEWC doesn't work

Sometimes, you may not be able to NEWC a program using CEMT transaction and it might display error message “NOT FOR HOLD PROG” as shown below.  You will receive this message when RESCOUNT > 0 (highlighted in blue color below)

S PROG(MP099A00) NEWC                                                        

STATUS:  RESULTS - OVERTYPE TO MODIFY                                        

 Prog(VP099A00) Leng(0000045600) Ass Pro Ena Pri     Ced     NOT FOR HOLD PROG

    Res(001) Use(0000000003) Bel Uex Ful Qua Cic           Nat               

To solve this issue you can use “PHASEIN” option in CEMT transaction.

For example,

CEMT S PROG(MP099A00) PHASEIN

Note that both NEWC and PHASEIN options does not work for programs loaded with HOLD option.