FCT Entry (fct_name)

Click this to save changes you have made to the page and refresh the page. This button is displayed only if you have permission to edit the FCT.

Shows the name of this FCT. If you click Apply, the message "Update complete" is also displayed when any changes you have made to the FCT have been saved and the FCT updated. Click Refresh to remove this message.

Shows the data set name for this file as used on the mainframe.

Shows information about the current state of the file. This includes not only the current setting of Status as shown on the CICS FCT page and the CICS FCT - fct_name (grp_name) page, but also the Access fields and a subset of the Set fields.

The first item of information is the open/closed status. This is a transient state a transient state controlled by the system. Possible values are:

• Open
• Closed
• Opening
• Closing
• CloseRequest - a request to close the file has been issued by an application

Enabled/Disabled/Unenabled

Indicates whether the file is currently accessible to transactions:

• Enabled - the file is currently accessible to transactions.
• Disabled - the file is not currently accessible to transactions. A disabled file returns the reference "DISABLED". This can cause problems for some applications; if this is true for your application, set Unenabled instead.
• Unenabled - the file is not currently accessible to transactions. An unenabled file returns a reference "NOTOPEN", which can be handled by those applications that cannot handle a "DISABLED" reference.

You can change this setting on this page.

Disabling

Yes indicates that the file is currently being disabled. Disabling is a transient state controlled by the system.

Start Empty

Yes indicates that the current contents of the file are deleted at system startup.

Recoverable

Yes indicates that the file is a protected resource, changes to which can be backed out.

The file must be accessed through a Fileshare server.

Forward Recoverable

Yes indicates that journals are used to record changes to the file to enable forward recovery.

The file must be accessed through a Fileshare server.

Readable

If checked, indicates that users can read records from the file. You can change this setting.

Addable

If checked, indicates that users can add records to the file. You can change this setting.

Browsable

If checked, indicates that users can browse the file. You can change this setting.

Deletable

If checked, indicates that users can delete records from the file. You can change this setting.

Updatable

If checked, indicates that users can update records in the file. You can change this setting.

Exclusive

If checked, indicates that the file cannot be read by other transactions while an update is in progress. You can change this setting.

Shows the file type. This can be one of:

• KSDS Variable ASCII - Key sequence data set
• ESDS - Entry sequence data set
• RRDS - Relative record data set
• Alternate to fct_name type - Alternate index. fct_name tells you the FCT for which this is an alternate index, and type describes the type of file represented by fct_name.
• Undefined - Remote file

Shows the maximum and minimum lengths possible for a record.

Shows the length and starting position of the key.

Shows which resource group this FCT belongs to.

Shows the number of times this FCT has been used.

Click this to create and view a dump of this FCT.