Lists and groups in CSD files are broadly similar in concept to
ResDescs and ResGroups in CICSPlex® SM
contexts: they offer two levels of hierarchy for organizing resource
definitions. However, their implementations are quite different:
- In a CSD file, lists are independent from resource definitions.
Each list refers to one or more groups. But groups do not exist independently
from resource definitions. Instead, each resource definition in a
CSD file refers to the name of a group; a group "exists" only
because a resource definition refers to its name. A group can belong
to more than one list, but a resource definition cannot belong to
more than one group.
- In a context, ResDescs and ResGroups exist as independent objects.
The relationship between a ResGroup and a ResDesc is defined by a
separate object. Similarly, the relationship between a resource definition
and a ResGroup is defined by a separate object. ResGroups can belong
to more than one ResDesc, and resource definitions can belong to more
than one ResGroup.
To create a list, group, ResDesc, or ResGroup:
- Expand the CICS® configuration
to show the existing objects of that type. For details, see Exploring CICS configurations.
- Enter DEF on the command line to
start with a blank object, or enter DEF next
to an existing object to use it as a model.