Upgrading Report Forms

Report Forms are release-dependent. When you define a new Report Form you specify the CICS® System or CICS Version (VRM) so that CICS PA can initialize the Form with fields appropriate to that release. However, you can later upgrade the Report Form to a later release by using Upgrade in the action bar of the Report Form panels. This facility is available for all Report Form types.

Figure 1. Upgrading your Report Form
_  *. Upgrade to CICS version 640
   2. Upgrade to CICS version 650
   3. Upgrade to CICS version 660
   Start of change4. Upgrade to CICS version 670End of change
   

Select Upgrade in the action bar or enter the UPGRADE command to introduce the new CMF fields of a later release of CICS into your Report Form. The new fields are inserted at the bottom of the Form as candidate fields. Upgrading does not affect the fields currently in the Form, nor does it affect the format of reports or extracts that use this Form. To then incorporate a new field into your report or extract, move it above the EOR or EOX marker respectively.

You can upgrade your Report Form to a CICS Version (VRM) that is not marked by an asterisk *. To do this, select the VRM and press Enter. Otherwise, press Cancel to retain the Report Form at the current level.