Overview of the ISPF dialog

Here is a map of the ISPF dialog:

Figure 1. ISPF dialog panel hierarchy
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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.
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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.

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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 or phase-in programs, or newcopy document templates, 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.

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