The first time that you invoke System Definitions, you are presented
with a menu. You can choose to bypass this in the future.
Figure 1. Personal System Definitions: Menu File Confirm Options Help
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Personal System Definitions Menu
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Select an option then press Enter.
1 1. Define Systems, SMF Files and Groups
2. Maintain SMF Files
3. Maintain Group definitions
4. Take-up from SMF File
Enter "/" to select option
_ Always go directly to Systems View
The System Definitions Menu displays the options available for
specifying and maintaining Systems, SMF Files, and Groups. These are
the three primary views of your System Definitions. For each of these
views, there is a hierarchy of panels for maintaining their relationships:
- For a System, you can specify the SMF Files it uses and the Groups
it belongs to.
- For an SMF File, you can specify the Systems that use it.
- For a Group, you can specify the Systems that belong to it.
This menu also provides a Data Take-up facility to extract details
of Systems from an SMF File for automatic take-up into your System
Definitions.
You can bypass the System Definitions Menu by selecting Always go directly to Systems View. Then option
1 from the Primary Option Menu will always go directly to the System
Definitions panel.
To access the Systems, SMF Files, and Groups panels without using
the menu, select from View in the action bar
or enter one of the commands VIEW SYSTEMS, VIEW FILES, or VIEW GROUPS.
To redisplay the menu, select View->Menu in
the action bar or enter the MENU command.
Regardless of your bypass choice, if you have Automatic Save on
Exit set to PROMPT in your Profile Settings,
the menu will always be displayed when you attempt to exit System
Definitions. This allows you to enter SAVE or CANCEL before exit.
Primary Commands: The following primary
commands are available:
- SAVE
- This command saves any changes you have made during this invocation
of System Definitions.
Also available from File in
the action bar.
- CONFIRM ON|OFF
- CONFIRM ON (or CONFIRM)
instructs CICS PA to prompt for confirmation when you request to Cancel
from System Definitions when there are changes. With CONFIRM
OFF, Cancel requests are actioned immediately, discarding any
changes.
The CONFIRM command changes the setting only for the current
invocation of System Definitions. On exit, it reverts to the default
set by Cancel␠Confirmation in CICS PA Settings.
Also available from Confirm in
the action bar.
Note: - The SAVE command is available only at the
four possible “exit points” of System Definitions: the Menu,
and the Systems, SMF Files, and Groups views. All System Definitions
changes are saved upon issuing a SAVE command
from any of these panels.
- Updates to the current view are saved when you change views (VIEW SYSTEMS|FILES|GROUPS command) or display
the menu (MENU command).
- CANCEL (F12) discards all updates.
- EXIT (F3) saves your System Definitions
as follows:
- If the System Definitions Menu is not being
bypassed, your System Definitions are not saved until Exit from the
Menu.
- If the System Definitions Menu is being
bypassed, your System Definitions are saved on Exit from any view
(Systems, Files, or Groups).