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Keylists

The CICSĀ® Configuration Manager ISPF dialog uses keylists to assign function keys to commands. The dialog defines several keylists; different panels in the dialog use different keylists, depending on the commands available on each panel. Some function key assignments are the same across all panels, some are different. For example, function key F1 is always assigned to the HELP command; F7 and F8 scroll the panel up and down; on some panels, F10 and F11 use the PREV and NEXT commands to scroll the panel left and right.

This user documentation and the online help for the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog refer to the function key assignments that are defined by the keylists supplied with CICS Configuration Manager. If you disable keylists, or you change a keylist, your function keys might not match the supplied definitions.

Enabling keylists

By default, the IBM-supplied ISPF settings enable keylists. If your ISPF environment disables keylists by default, but you want to enable keylists in CICS Configuration Manager, enter the ISPF command KEYLIST ON on the command line of any CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog panel. Enabling keylists in CICS Configuration Manager does not affect whether keylists are enabled outside of CICS Configuration Manager.

Disabling keylists

You can use the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog with keylists disabled, but you lose the convenience of function keys that are customized for each panel. To disable keylists in the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog, and instead use your non-keylist function key assignments, enter KEYLIST OFF on the command line of any CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog panel.

You can use the command line to enter the commands that keylists would have assigned to function keys. Some commands are sensitive to the cursor position; you must move the cursor to the appropriate position before pressing Enter. For example, to enter a PROMPT or a ZOOM command, type the command on the command line, move the cursor to the appropriate field, and then press Enter.

Creating private keylists

Each user can create their own private customized versions of keylists. To create your own private customized version of a CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog keylist:

  1. Go to a CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog panel that has function key assignments you want to change. Your changes will affect all panels that use the same keylist as this panel.
  2. Ensure that keylists are enabled (enter KEYLIST ON).
  3. Enter the ISPF command KEYS on the command line.
  4. Change and save the function key assignments.

    The private keylist is saved to your TSO/ISPF profile data set in the member CCVOPROF, where CCVO is the NEWAPPL ISPF application assigned by the REXX procedure CCVOREXX that starts the dialog.

To delete a private keylist and revert to the original (shared) keylist, enter KEYLIST on the command line of a CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog panel, and then use the D (Delete) action.

Note: You can also delete private keylists for CICS Configuration Manager by deleting the members with the prefix CCVO in your TSO/ISPF profile data set. However, deleting those members also deletes your other previously saved ISPF settings and variables for CICS Configuration Manager; your next use of the ISPF dialog will mimic that of a first-time user, with no previously saved settings or variable values.

Forcibly enabling keylists for all users

If you want to forcibly enable keylists when any user starts the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog, see the REXX procedure in member CCVDEFLT of the sample library SCCVSAMP.


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