Select a field

Field selection allows you to select a field name for insertion into your Select Statement. The panel lists all CMF performance class and transaction resource class fields available for selection.

To display the selection list, press Prompt (F4) from the Name field of the Select Statement.

Performance Selection Criteria, Exception Selection Criteria, and Logger Selection Criteria each present a different list of fields, matching the different record types to which they apply.

Figure 1. Select a performance field
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    Field
 /  Name      Description
 _  ABCODEC   Current ABEND code
 _  ABCODEO   Original ABEND code
 _  APPLID    CICS Generic APPLID
 _  APPLTRAN  Application naming Tran ID
 _  APPLPROG  Application naming Program
 _  BAACDCCT  BTS Activity Data Containers requests
 _  BAACQPCT  BTS Acquire Process/Activity requests
 _  BADACTCT  BTS Define Activity requests
 _  BADCPACT  BTS Cancel Process/Activity requests
 _  BADFIECT  BTS Define-Input Event requester
 _  BADPROCT  BTS Define Process requests
 _  BALKPACT  BTS Link Process/Activity count
 -  BAPRDCCT  BTS Process Data Containers requests
  F1=Help       F3=Exit        F5=Rfind      F6=Resize      F7=Backward 
 F8=Forward    F10=Actions    F11=Right     F12=Cancel
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    Field
 /  Name      Dictionary Definition
 _  ABCODEC   ABCODEC  DFHPROG C114
 _  ABCODEO   ABCODEO  DFHPROG C113
 _  APPLID    APPLID   CICSPA  C903
 _  APPLTRAN  APPLNAME DFHAPPL C001
 _  APPLPROG  APPLNAME DFHAPPL C001
 _  BAACDCCT  BAACDCCT DFHCBTS A217
 _  BAACQPCT  BAACQPCT DFHCBTS A214
 _  BADACTCT  BADACTCT DFHCBTS A209
 _  BADCPACT  BADCPACT DFHCBTS A213
 _  BADFIECT  BADFIECT DFHCBTS A220
 _  BADPROCT  BADPROCT DFHCBTS A208
 _  BALKPACT  BALKPACT DFHCBTS A207
 -  BAPRDCCT  BAPRDCCT DFHCBTS A216
  F1=Help       F3=Exit        F5=Rfind      F6=Resize      F7=Backward 
 F8=Forward    F10=Actions    F11=Right     F12=Cancel

Enter line action S to select a field name from the list and insert it into the Select Statement.

To help locate a particular field, you can use the FIND (and RFIND) command which will search in all the displayed fields for a specified string. For further information on any field, use the H line action.

To leave without selecting, use Exit or Cancel.

Scroll Right (F11) to see all columns of information about the fields. The columns are:
Field Name
The CICS PA name for the CMF data field. User fields are listed if an APPLID has been specified in Global Options and its MCT has user fields defined. User fields display at the bottom of the selection list.

Enter line action S to select a field. It is inserted into the Select Statement in the row where the cursor is positioned.

Description
This is a short description of the field. Enter line action H (Help) for a more detailed description. See Figure 1 for an example of the help details displayed in a pop-up window.
Dictionary Definition
The description of the CMF data field in terms of the CMF informal name, CICS® owner, data type, and field identifier. See page Dictionary Definition (Performance Selection Criteria only) for further information.
Line Actions: The line actions which are valid on this panel are:
Display the menu of line actions.
S
Select a field name to insert into the Select Statement.
H
Field Help. Display a detailed explanation of the field.