OS/390 Upgrade Will Bring New SPF Panels on March 29

OS/390 Upgrade Will Bring New SPF Panels on March 29

The OS/390 operating system for the MVS North system will be put into production on March 29. Besides being year-2000 compliant, the OS/390 system represents a move towards a standardized MVS environment that will offer users greater flexibility in the establishment and utilization of TSO sessions.

However, the layout for the SPF panels and some of the default parameters for PF keys have changed enough to have some impact on the way users presently use these features. The changes users will encounter with the OS/390 system are described below.

TSO/E Logon Panel

Once you have signed into the NetView Access logon screen—that is, to TSONORTH—you are prompted to enter your userid and password and receive the logon panel below:

------------------------------- TSO/E LOGON ---------------------------------- ENTER LOGON PARAMETERS BELOW: RACF LOGON PARAMETERS: USERID ===> $EBJ SECLABEL ===> PASSWORD ===> NEW PASSWORD ===> PROCEDURE ===> MAIN GROUP IDENT ===> ACCT NMBR ===> PCC SIZE ===> 2048 BOX NO. ===> 000 PROJ CODE ===> TSOXX PERFORM ===> CPU MINS ===> 03 MSGCLASS ===> X COMMAND ===> ENTER AN 'S' BEFORE EACH OPTION DESIRED BELOW: S -NOMAIL S -NONOTICE -RECONNECT -OIDCARD PF1/PF13 ==> HELP PF3/PF15 ==> LOGOFF PA1 ==> ATTENTION PA2 ==> RESHOW YOU MAY REQUEST SPECIFIC HELP INFORMATION BY ENTERING A '?' IN ANY ENTRY FIELD

Tips on This Panel

To avoid this panel—enter the userid/password logon stream from the NetView Access screen in order to bypass this screen. See the description of the logon stream in the article, "DIMES Network Access Menu to Be Replaced on March 29" in issue 209 of Interface.

To change your password—enter a password in the NEW PASSWORD field at any time.

To change the "Procedure" from the default—change the procedure field by overlaying the existing one.

Most other features in this screen have no functionality at this time or have preset values that are not changeable at this time.

CIT North OS/390 Primary Option Menu

Upon completion of the logon screen you are immediately put into the message screen, which contains pertinent RACF information and any messages from the broadcast system. Hitting enter at this time will take you into the following SPF panel, which is noticeably different that what you are used to. To eliminate the copyright panel in the lower left corner for this session you need to hit enter to get the full panel, or you may enter the desired option in the option field and proceed into the selected panel. You should also note that the option line is at the bottom of the panel instead of the top.

Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIT North OS/390 Primary Option Menu 0 Settings Terminal and user parameters User ID . : $SAJ 1 View Display source data or listings Time. . . : 15:19 2 Edit Create or change source data Terminal. : 3278 3 Utilities Perform utility functions Screen. . : 1 4 Foreground Interactive language processing Language. : ENGLISH 5 Batch Submit job for language processing Appl ID . : ISP 6 Command Enter TSO or Workstation commands TSO logon : SYSPROC 7 Dialog Test Perform dialog testing TSO prefix: $SAJ 8 LM Facility Library administrator functions System ID : ITST Local Functions MVS acct. : PCC,TSOX V MAX View A ABR Arch/Restore Release . : ISPF 4.4 .--------------------------------------------------------. [ Licensed Materials - Property of IBM ] [ 5645-001, 5655-042 (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1980, 1996. ] [ All rights reserved. ] [ US Government Users Restricted Rights - ] [ Use, duplication or disclosure restricted ] [ by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. ] '--------------------------------------------------------' Option ===>

Tips on This Panel

To return the Option ===> to the top of the screen (as it was in the past)—change the default parameter in the settings list. After placing a zero in the option field, the following SPF panel will appear:

Log/List Function keys Colors Environ Workstation Identifier Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISPF Settings More: + Options Print Graphics Enter "/" to select option Family printer type 2 / Command line at bottom Device name . . . . / Panel display CUA mode Aspect ratio . . . 0 / Long message in pop-up / Tab to action bar choices Tab to point-and-shoot fields General / Restore TEST/TRACE options Input field pad . . N Session Manager mode Command delimiter . ; / Jump from leader dots Edit PRINTDS Command / Always show split line Terminal Characteristics Screen format 1 1. Data 2. Std 3. Max 4. Part Terminal Type 3 1. 3277 2. 3277A 3. 3278 4. 3278A 5. 3290A 6. 3278T 7. 3278CF 8. 3277KN 9. 3278KN 10. 3278AR 11. 3278CY 12. 3278HN Command ===>

Tips on This Panel

To return the command line to the top of the screen—remove the / in the "Command line at the bottom" (the default).

To change the "Tab to action bar choices" setting—remove the / from the "Tab to action bar choices." The default is presently set to place the curser at the action bar. To get to the option field, you would have to tab down and the default for the "Home" key would be to the action bar instead of the option field.

Having reset the options, your SPF main menu will look like the one below for all future sessions.

Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIT North OS/390 Primary Option Menu Option ===> 0 Settings Terminal and user parameters User ID . : $EBJ 1 View Display source data or listings Time. . . : 14:47 2 Edit Create or change source data Terminal. : 3278 3 Utilities Perform utility functions Screen. . : 1 4 Foreground Interactive language processing Language. : ENGLISH 5 Batch Submit job for language processing Appl ID . : ISP 6 Command Enter TSO or Workstation commands TSO logon : SYSPROC 7 Dialog Test Perform dialog testing TSO prefix: $EBJ 8 LM Facility Library administrator functions System ID : ITST Local Functions MVS acct. : PCC,TSOX V MAX View A ABR Arch/Restore Release . : ISPF 4.4 E MAX Edit BMR Bookmanager Read M MAX PDF IOF Jobs & Sysouts U MAX Utils. P Local Utils. Enter X to Terminate using log/list defaults F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap F10=Actions F12=Cancel

PF Key Values

The OS 390 version of SPF also has an impact on the PF key values. For example, in the previous version of SPF, the F12 or F24 key would return your cursor to the command line or, if set to retrieve, would replay your last command entered. Note that, in the above panel display, F12 is set to "Cancel" your SPF session.

You should review the PF key settings established by the software and reset them to meet your needs. Please also note that since the PF key settings are not necessarily consistent from panel to panel, we recommend a review of the keys for panels you use with some frequency. Users who have customized PF Keys to their own personal features will also have to reset them from the defaults established for OS/390. The command "keys" should be entered at each panel to verify your default settings.

Test the New SPF Now

The CIT staff recognizes the impact that these changes will have on the user community, especially on those systems that use scripted logon procedures to access the system. We are attempting to notify users of these changes as quickly as we become aware of them to allow users time to adjust to them. Users wishing to access the OS/390 system to test the new SPF can do so by signing onto NORTHY2K or TSOITST from the SAMON menu.

The CIT staff is prepared to offer users assistance and guidance in making their systems ready by the March 29 deadline. For help, please call TASC.

Interface 209 - March 15, 1999

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