An edit panel appears, showing the attributes of the selected resource definition.
File Menu Settings Help ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Edit Transaction Command ===> Transaction . : CIRP Group . . . . : TOURCCM Location . . : CCVCICS.TOUR.DEVT.DFHCSD Change Date . : 2006/05/29 11:40:14 Description . . Default CICS IIOP Request Processor transaction More: + Default Alternative Values Program . . . . DFJIIRP TWAsize . . . . 0 0 1-32767 Profile . . . . DFHCICST DFHCICST PartitionSet Status . . . . ENABLED + ENABLED DISABLED TaskDataLoc . . ANY + BELOW ANY TaskDataKey . . USER + USER CICS StorageClear NO + NO YES Runaway . . . . SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 500-2700000 Shutdown . . . DISABLED + DISABLED ENABLED Isolate . . . . YES + YES NO BRexit . . . .
If you are familiar with the CEDA transaction supplied with CICS®, then you will notice that the layout of this panel is similar. However, this CICS Configuration Manager panel contains several improvements.
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A pop-up list of valid attribute values appears. Press the Cancel key (F12) to close the list.
A description of the attribute and its values appears in a pop-up window.
PartitionSet - Help More: + PARTITIONSET( partitionset KEEP OWN ) This attribute specifies the name of the partition set that is to be the default application partition set. The name can be up to eight characters in length. Acceptable characters for PARTITIONSET are: A-Z 0-9 $ @ # If you do not specify a partition set name or either of the reserved names, CICS destroys existing partitions before the first BMS output to the terminal from the transaction. KEEP The transaction uses the application partition set for this terminal, whatever it may be. This option is normally used for successor transactions in a chain of pseudoconversational transactions. OWN The transaction performs its own partition management. partitionset CICS destroys existing partitions and loads the named partition set before the first BMS output to the terminal from the transaction. (Existing partitions
where attribute_name is the name of a resource definition attribute, or the leading characters of an attribute name, such as Wait or Task.
The panel scrolls to the first attribute that matches the name you specified.
A pop-up help window appears, describing the panel, its fields, and the commands that you can perform. (If you did not press Enter before pressing the Help key (F1), a pop-up window appears describing the previous Repeat Locate action.)
Transaction Edit/View - Help More: + The Transaction panel allows you to edit or view a CICS Transaction resource definition. The mode (EDIT or VIEW) is displayed in the top left-most corner of the panel. EDIT allows you to change and save Transaction attribute values, whereas VIEW imposes confirmation prompts to save any changes. For general information regarding CICS Transaction resource definitions, tab to the following topics and press HELP: > Transaction resource definitions The panel displays a list of attributes, grouped into categories. You may scroll up and down (default is F7 and F8 respectively) to view more attributes. A prompt sign (+) following an input field indicates that a pop-up list of field values may be obtained via the PROMPT key (default is F4). A zoom sign (>) following an input field indicates that an alternative input/display panel for the field may be obtained via the ZOOM key (default is F6). Descriptions or sample values appear on the right of the attribute value field. You may toggle between descriptions, sample values or no-display using the PREV and NEXT commands (default is F10 and F11
The pop-up help window for the attribute appears.
Notice the "Invalid value" message: the panel protects you from entering invalid attribute values.