ISPF administration interface functions

You can use the ISPF administration interface instead of the CICS BAC workstation administration client for all the maintenance functions of a CICS region VSAM KSDS control file. You can use the ISPF administration interface to create and modify the following objects:
  • Region properties
  • Object default values
  • File
  • TD queue
  • Program
  • Transaction
  • Group
  • List

In contrast with the workstation administration client, when you use the the ISPF administration interface, you are operating directly on the target CICS control file. This means that new or modified objects are saved immediately in the target CICS control file when you use the ISPF administration interface save function to save an object. In the case of the workstation administration client, you operate on a downloaded copy of an object and when you save your changes you are saving only a local copy, and the target CICS control file is not updated until you upload the object to the CICS region control file on the host through the communication server.

With the ISPF administration client, you can also:
  • Browse objects in the control file
  • Perform CICS INQUIRE functions
  • Delete objects from the control file.