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Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Development Tooling
Product - IBM File Manager
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - WebSphere
Product family - Enterprise Tooling
Product - IBM File Manager
If I understand what they are requesting - its a shortcut to the DBD / PSB libraries and template libraries.
Currently they could use the following commands as shortcuts.
Panel Command
: DLI mode settings
1 Parameters Parameters passed to the IMS region controller DL1
2 Data sets 1 DFSVSAMP, RESLIB and IMS macros data set names DL2
3 Data sets 2 RECON and ACBLIB data set names DL3
4 Options Autosave, checkpoint frequencies and PROCOPTs DL4
BMP mode settings
5 Parameters Parameters passed to the IMS region controller BM1
6 Options Autosave, checkpoint frequencies and PROCOPTs BM2
DLI and BMP mode settings
7 Data sets 1 PSB and DBD data set names IM1
8 Data sets 2 Template data set names TPL
All of the commands with the exception of TPL currently work as shortcuts to the respective panel.
TPL currently produces invalid command which is a defect - it should be accepted and be a shortcut to the template data set names.
If the wanted a shortcut to the subsystem setting menu then this could be achieved currently as an ISPF command which had the action
SELECT PANEL(FMN1PSSS) but this wouldn't give them much as its currently available from the options pulldown.
In fact all the shortcuts don't give them much in view of the pulldown.
What we need to know is typing the command (documented above) or putting the command on a PF key what they are looking for.
eg Type IM1 to produce the current DBD and PSB data set lists.
If so then they can raise a PMR to deal with the fact that TPL is not recognized as a valid command and we can address that via service.