Personal System Definitions Menu

The first time that you invoke System Definitions, you are presented with a menu. You can choose to bypass this in the future.
Figure 1. Personal System Definitions: Menu
  File  Confirm  Options  Help
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               Personal System Definitions Menu
Command ===> ___________________________________________
 
Select an option then press Enter.
 
1  1. Define Systems, SMF Files and Groups
   2. Maintain SMF Files
   3. Maintain Group definitions
   4. Take-up from SMF File
 
Enter "/" to select option
_  Always go directly to Systems View
The System Definitions Menu displays the options available for specifying and maintaining Systems, SMF Files, and Groups. These are the three primary views of your System Definitions. For each of these views, there is a hierarchy of panels for maintaining their relationships:

This menu also provides a Data Take-up facility to extract details of Systems from an SMF File for automatic take-up into your System Definitions.

You can bypass the System Definitions Menu by selecting Always go directly to Systems View. Then option 1 from the Primary Option Menu will always go directly to the System Definitions panel.

To access the Systems, SMF Files, and Groups panels without using the menu, select from View in the action bar or enter one of the commands VIEW SYSTEMS, VIEW FILES, or VIEW GROUPS.

To redisplay the menu, select View->Menu in the action bar or enter the MENU command.

Regardless of your bypass choice, if you have Automatic Save on Exit set to PROMPT in your Profile Settings, the menu will always be displayed when you attempt to exit System Definitions. This allows you to enter SAVE or CANCEL before exit.

Primary Commands: The following primary commands are available:
SAVE
This command saves any changes you have made during this invocation of System Definitions.
CONFIRM ON|OFF
CONFIRM ON (or CONFIRM) instructs CICS PA to prompt for confirmation when you request to Cancel from System Definitions when there are changes. With CONFIRM OFF, Cancel requests are actioned immediately, discarding any changes.

The CONFIRM command changes the setting only for the current invocation of System Definitions. On exit, it reverts to the default set by Cancel␠Confirmation in CICS PA Settings.

Note:
  1. The SAVE command is available only at the four possible “exit points” of System Definitions: the Menu, and the Systems, SMF Files, and Groups views. All System Definitions changes are saved upon issuing a SAVE command from any of these panels.
  2. Updates to the current view are saved when you change views (VIEW SYSTEMS|FILES|GROUPS command) or display the menu (MENU command).
  3. CANCEL (F12) discards all updates.
  4. EXIT (F3) saves your System Definitions as follows:
    • If the System Definitions Menu is not being bypassed, your System Definitions are not saved until Exit from the Menu.
    • If the System Definitions Menu is being bypassed, your System Definitions are saved on Exit from any view (Systems, Files, or Groups).

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