tableBASE can be accessed programmatically in both batch and online environments, or interactively at a terminal under CICS TS or ISPF.
The API for tableBASE, TBLBASE, offers a consistent API for batch, CICS TS, and IMS TM environments. TBLBASE is available for programming languages using standard IBM calling conventions. The most common usage of TBLBASE is to retrieve and update items in a table.