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Using action commands and overtype fields in the Web User Interface

Action commands allow you to perform actions such as create, update or remove on the contents of an administration view. Available actions for a particular view are displayed as buttons at the bottom of the view's work area.

To issue an action command from an open view:

  1. Select the record or records on which you intend to apply the action by selecting one or more check boxes on the left of the work area, or by using the Select all button.
  2. Click the required action button. This displays one or a succession of confirmation panels. The confirmation panel allows you to confirm or cancel the action for each selected resource, and in some cases contain additional options. See for more guidance on using confirmation panels.
  3. Complete each confirmation panel by selecting the required button or in some cases by entering parameters, selecting check boxes or selecting radio buttons.

The action command is processed and the administration view is redisplayed showing the results of the action. If the action competed successfully, message EYUVC1230I is displayed in the message area at the top of the work area. If the command is not successful one or more error messages are displayed.

Types of action commands

There are several common types of action commands that you can use with the administration views:

Create
creates a new definition and adds it to the data repository. An administration definition name can be 1 to 8 characters in length. The name can contain alphabetic, numeric, or national characters. However, the first character must be alphabetic.
Add
adds an association between two definitions. The resulting confirmation panel prompts you to identify the other definition with which you want to create an association. Adding an association creates a relationship between the definitions in the data repository. Associations can be added between definitions and groups, between groups and specifications, and between specifications and CICS® systems.
Update
updates a definition in the data repository. The resulting panel is an editable detail view of a selected resource.
Remove
removes a definition or an association between two definitions from the data repository.
Note:
The Web User Interface does not support the MAP command.

All of these actions affect the contents of the data repository and the changes are applied immediately. However most of these changes to the data repository have no effect, on CICS systems that are currently active. These changes affect a CICS system the next time the CICS system is restarted.

Notes:
  1. When you use the Time period definition (EYUSTARTPERIODEF) view to update definitions, the changes affect both the data repository and currently active CICS systems.
  2. Changes to a currently running MAS are not included in the data repository.
  3. All of these actions can also be performed using end user interface, described in Using action commands and overtype fields in the end user interface, and the batched repository-update facility, described in Using the batched repository-update facility.

For a list of the specific action commands available for each view, see the entry for the associated resource table in the CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference.

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