Using the HELP panel

If you press the help key (PF1), the following panel is displayed:

Figure 16. CDBC transaction: the HELP panel
                  HELP : CICS-DBCTL CONNECTION/DISCONNECTION

  To CONNECT to DBCTL, select option 1. You can also specify a startup
   table suffix, or accept the existing suffix. The id of the DBCTL system is
   obtained from the startup table, but can be optionally overridden.

  To DISCONNECT from DBCTL, select option 2 or option 3.

     Select option 2 for ORDERLY disconnection: this allows all CICS-DBCTL
     transactions from this CICS to complete before disconnecting from DBCTL.

     Select option 3 for IMMEDIATE disconnection: this allows all CICS-DBCTL
     requests from this CICS to complete before disconnecting from DBCTL.
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  Displayed information (press PF2 to refresh the information):
     STATUS OF THE INTERFACE The current status of the connection to DBCTL.
     CICS APPLID             The application identifier for this CICS system.

     Displayed when available:
     DBCTL ID                 Identifier of the DBCTL system with which this
                              CICS system is communicating.
     STARTUP TABLE SUFFIX     Suffix used when CICS was connected to DBCTL.

                   PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO SELECTION SCREEN

Related tasks
CDBC--database control menu
Connecting CICS to DBCTL
Disconnecting CICS from DBCTL
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