Groups and lists

Information on the CSD file is organized into groups and lists. The main purpose of the group is to provide a convenient method of collecting related resources together on the CSD file. Every resource that you define must belong to a group; you cannot define a resource without also naming its group.

A list contains the names of groups that CICS® installs at an initial or cold start. You can add groups to lists if you want them to be installed at an initial or cold start, or if it helps you to manage your groups better. Groups do not have to belong to lists, and can be defined independently.