Here is a map of the ISPF dialog:
Figure 1. ISPF
dialog panel hierarchy
- 1
- Menu panels display several options, from which you can select
one. List panels display several items, with each item on a separate
line: you can enter a line action against one or more items. The available
line actions depend on the type of item. All other panels are known
as entry panels: these typically display the details of a single item.
- 2
- The thick line indicates a direct path to one of the most common
tasks, editing the attributes of a resource definition: select primary
menu option 2 CICS Resources,
enter S next to a CICS® configuration, and then enter E next to the resource definition you
want to edit.
For a more detailed map of the panels for displaying
the hierarchy of a CICS configuration,
see Exploring CICS configurations.
- 3
- This map shows the complete general structure of the ISPF dialog,
including all menu panels. However, it shows only some of the actions
that you can perform on items in list panels. For example, these are
the actions that you can perform on a resource definition:
- ALT
- Alter attributes for multiple resource definitions
- CM
- Compare two resource definitions side-by-side
- C
- Copy the resource definition
- DEF
- Define a new resource definition using this one as a model
- D
- Delete the resource definition
- DSC
- Discard the resource definition from active CICS regions
- E or S
- Edit the attributes of the resource definition
- H
- List the historical versions of the resource definition
- I
- Install the resource definition in active CICS regions
- N
- Newcopy programs in active CICS regions
- P
- Package the resource definition in a change package
- REN
- Rename the resource definition to a new name or a new group
- V
- View the attributes of the resource definition
- ?
- Query prompt field results (display more information about a short
message displayed in the Prompt column)
To display a pop-up menu of the available actions
on a list panel, enter / (a forward
slash) next to one of the items.
Different ways to display a list panel of resource definitions
Notice that the map shows several paths to a list panel of resource
definitions: via a CICS configuration,
via a change package, or via a report. Each path offers a different
way to specify which resource definitions appear in the list. Whichever
path you follow, the appearance of the list panel and the actions
that you can perform on the resource definitions in the list are the
same, with only minor exceptions: not all actions are available from
all list panels.
The CICS Configuration Manager primary
option menu presents these options:
- 0 Settings
- Customize the ISPF dialog for each user, and store the settings
in each user's ISPF profile:
- Whether to show a prompt for confirmation of save and cancel commands
- Whether to automatically translate to uppercase some mixed-cased
resource definition attributes
- Default job control information and stepped library for CICS Configuration Manager batch jobs
- CICS Configuration Manager server
connection details such as IP address and port number
These options are specific to each user, and are stored in
each user's ISPF profile.
- 1 Administer
- Set system options that affect all users, and maintain the records
for working with resource definitions:
- CICS configurations
- Migration schemes
- Approval profiles
- Transformation rules
- 2 CICS Resources
- Work with resource definitions. Edit, compare, or package current
resource definitions; view, compare, or restore historical versions.
- 3 Packages
- Work with change packages.
- 4 Reports
- Display sets of resource definitions that match a variety of selection
criteria, including historical versions of resource definitions.