CICS Term - term_name (group_name)

Click this to display the CICS Group page group_name.

Click this to save changes you have made to the page, and refresh the page and add the new JCT to the group you specify in Grp. You see this button only if you have editing permissions for the group to which the FCT belongs.

Shows the name for this Term.

Specify the description for this Term.

Choose whether or not this terminal definition can be used as a model terminal definition for autoinstall:

• No - can be used only for a specific device that is not autoinstalled.
• Yes - can be used as a model for autoinstall, as well as for a specific device that is not autoinstalled.
• Only - can be used only as a model for autoinstall.

Applicable only if Model is Yes or Only. Specify the name by which the definition is known to the Autoinstall Control Program. Specify a name of up to eight characters in length. Acceptable characters are A through Z, 0 through 9, $, @ and #. Defaults to the name of this Term.

Specify the associated Typerterm definition, which must exist. Mandatory.

Specify the terminal's network name. Mandatory if Model is Yes or No. Specify a name of up to eight characters in length. Acceptable characters are A through Z, 0 through 9, $, @ and #. The first character must be a letter.

Specify the remote name. Applicable only for remote terminals. Necessary only if it differs from the local terminal name.

Specify the remote system ID that holds the terminal definition. Applicable only for remote terminals. This must correspond to either:

• The Local SYSID field in the SIT used to run the related remote MSS region.
• The APPLID of another CICS system.

Specify a transaction name. This specifies the only transaction that users can run from this terminal, apart from print and paging requests. Optional. If not specified, users can run any transaction from this terminal.

Specify the priority for transactions run from this terminal. Defaults to 0 (zero). Terminal priority is one factor in determining a transaction's execution priority, which is the sum of:

• Terminal priority (this field)
• Transaction priority
• Operator priority

The sum cannot be greater than 255.

Check this to specify that this terminal is in service; that is, transactions can be initiated and messages sent.

Specify the printer used for handling print requests. This printer must be owned by the system that owns the terminal. The name can be up to four characters in length.

Check this to specify that the hardware copy feature (using the printer defined for this terminal) is used for print requests issued from this terminal.

Specify the printer used for handling print requests if the printer specified in Main Printer is unavailable. This printer must be owned by the system that owns the terminal. The name can be up to four characters in length.

Check this to specify that the hardware copy feature (using the alternate printer defined for this terminal) is to be used for print requests issued from this terminal.

Specify a user ID to be associated with the terminal. Mandatory if no sign-on takes place on the connection.

Specify the national language in which messages are sent over the connection. You can select English or Kanji.

Specify the security name of the terminal. Required only if the terminal is owned by a remote system and the connection method is APPC. Can be up to eight alphanumeric characters from the set A through Z, 0 through 9, $, @ and #.

Choose the level of security required when a user issues an attach request from this terminal:

• Identify - incoming attach requests must specify a user ID
• Verify - incoming attach requests must specify both a user ID and a password
• Persistent - the first attach request must specify both a user ID and a password, but subsequent attach requests require only a user ID
• Mixed - incoming attach requests may specify either Identify or Persistent
• Local - the authority of the user is taken to be that of the link

Specify an operator ID to be used for routing messages. Specify this for a terminal that cannot be signed on, such as a printer. If you specify an operator ID for a terminal that can be signed on, it is overridden by the operator ID specified in the user's sign-on table entry. Up to three alphanumeric characters.

Specify the operator priority for transactions run from this terminal. Specify this for a terminal that cannot be signed on, such as a printer. If you specify it for a terminal that can be signed on, it is overridden by the operator priority specified in the user's sign-on table entry. Defaults to 0 (zero). Operator priority is one factor in determining a transaction's execution priority, which is the sum of:

• Terminal priority
• Transaction priority
• Operator priority (this field)

The sum cannot be greater than 255.

Choose a setting to apply to all the resource keys:

• On - enables all the resource keys
• Off - disables all the resource keys

Check any of the boxes 1 through 24 to activate that resource key.

Click this to display the currently installed definition of this resource.

Click this to install (make active) this resource.

Click this to delete this Term. You see this button only if you have editing permission for the group to which the Term belongs.

Click this to create a new Term using the entries specified on this page.

Click this to create and view dump information for this Term.