## zowe › ims › start

Starts a region, application program, or transaction and makes IMS resources available for reference and use. This command submits a '/START REGION', 'UPDATE PGM' or 'UPDATE TRAN' IMS command and returns the output.

#### Usage

zowe ims start <command>

Where <command> is one of the following:

#### Commands

- program | pgm - Start an IMS application program.
- region | reg - Start an IMS region.
- transaction | tran - Start an IMS transaction.