CICS PA has
been designed to follow CUA conventions, while also accommodating established
ISPF conventions. For example:
- Possible actions are presented in action bar pull-down menus;
those available from the File, Edit, or View pull-down menus can also
be requested from the command line.
- A menu or selection list item can be selected either by positioning
the cursor over it (point-and-shoot) or by specifying its corresponding
number, and then pressing Enter.
- For many entry fields you can select from a list of available
choices by positioning the cursor on the field and pressing Prompt (F4).
A + (plus sign) to the right of the field or column heading
indicates that Prompt is available.
- Short-cut navigation to the primary CICS PA functions
is available. For example, to invoke Report Sets where you request
your reports and extracts, you can select option 2 from the CICS PA primary
menu, or enter =2 on the command line from anywhere in the CICS PA dialog.
Help is available throughout the CICS PA dialog.
Context-sensitive help is available for each panel and input field,
and there is an online tutorial.