Use this page to create a new FCT.
If you displayed this page by clicking
COPY on a previous page, the values on the previous page are used as the basis for the new FCT.
To display the currently installed definition of this resource, click
ACTIVE.
To install and make this resource active, click
INSTALL.
To delete this FCT, click
DELETE.
To create a new FCT, using the values set on this page as the basis for the new FCT, click
COPY.
To create and view dump information for this FCT, click
DUMP.
- Name
- The name for this resource.
- Group
- The group to which this FCT will belong. The list of groups from which you can choose includes only those which can be edited
by you.
- Description
- A description of the resource, which can be up to 60 characters long.
- Status
- Specifies whether the file is accessible to transactions at system startup:
- Enable
- The file is accessible to transactions at system startup.
- Disable
- The file is not accessible to transactions at system startup. A disabled file returns the reference "DISABLED". This can cause
problems for some applications; if this is true for your application, set
Unenable instead.
- Unenable
- The file is not accessible to transactions at system startup. An unenabled file returns a reference "NOTOPEN", which can be
handled by those applications that cannot handle a "DISABLED" reference.
The value set by this control is ignored if the file resides on a remote system.
- Read Access
- If checked, enables applications to read records from the file.
- Add Access
- If checked, enables applications to add records to the file.
- Browse Access
- If checked, enables applications to browse the file.
- Delete Access
- If checked, enables applications to delete records from the file.
- Update Access
- If checked, enables applications to update records in the file.
- Exclusive Access
- If checked, the CICS Exclusive Control enables the application to gain exclusive control of a record within a file.
- Start Open
- Check this to indicate that the file is to be opened at system startup. If you want the file to be opened at system startup
and accessible to transactions, you must also select
Enabled in the
Status select box.
- Start Empty
- Check this to indicate that the current contents of the file are to be deleted at system startup.
- Allow Duplicate Keys
- Check this if the file can have duplicate keys. The file must be an alternate index (Type set to Alt index) and you must have
unchecked
Use Catalog, because if you use the catalog this information is stored there, not in the FCT entry.
- Backward Recovery
- Check this to indicate that the file is a protected resource, changes to which can be backed out. The file must be accessed
through a Fileshare server.
- Forward Recovery
- Check this to indicate that journals are to be used to record changes to the file to enable forward recovery. The file must
be accessed through a Fileshare server.
- EBCDIC Collating Sequence
- Check this to indicate that the EBCDIC collating sequence is to be used for this file. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can check this, because if you use the catalog this information is stored there, not in the FCT entry.
- Use Catalog
- Check this if you want to use the catalog to store information about the file. If you check this, certain options on this
page become irrelevant; the description for each parameter indicates whether
Use Catalog affects that parameter.
- Remote SysID
- The system ID of the remote system on which the file resides, specify the 4-character, remote system identifier (as defined
in the TCT). If the program resides in the local region, leave this field blank. The name specified must be the same as that
given in Name in the SysC or Sys62 definition. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can specify a system ID for the remote system, this is because the catalog is used only for storing information
about files held locally.
- Remote File
- The name of the file on the remote system. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can specify a name for a remote file, this is because the catalog is used only for storing information about files
held locally.
- FCT Type
- The file type:
- KSDS
- Key sequence data set.
- ESDS
- Entry sequence data set.
- RRDS
- Relative record data set.
- Alt Index
- Alternate index.
- HTTP
-
- Undefined
- Remote file (Specify the System ID on the Remote page).
- Base Name
- The base filename for an alternate index. CICS references alternate indexes by a user-assigned name. This connects the alternate
index definition to the base file.
- File Path
- The path of the physical file if you want to override the default. Do not include the filename or file extension. This can
be up to 255 characters long. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can specify a path, this is because if you use the catalog this information is stored there, not in the FCT entry.
- File Name Override
- The filename of the physical file if you want to override the default. Do not include the file extension. Can be up to 255
characters. If you do not specify this entry, the physical file name defaults to the name of the FCT entry. You cannot use
this default if you specify a Fileshare server; you must specify a physical file name. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can specify a filename, this is because if you use the catalog this information is stored there, not in the FCT
entry.
- Path Extension
- The file extension of the physical file if you want to override the default. Can be up to 3 characters. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can specify an extension, this is because if you use the catalog this information is not required.
- Format
- The format for the file. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can choose a file format, this is because if you use the catalog this information is stored there, not in the
FCT entry.
- LRECL Min
- The minimum logical record length of the file, in bytes, in the range 1 through 32767. This must not be greater than the value
of
LRECL Max. For fixed length records, set this value equal to
LRECL Max. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can specify a minimum logical record length, this is because if you use the catalog this information is stored
there, not in the FCT entry.
- LRECL Max
- The maximum logical record length of the file, in bytes in the range 1 through 32767. This must not be less than the value
of
LRECL Min. For fixed length records, set this value equal to
LRECL Min.
- Key Position
- For files of type KSDS or ALT, specify the byte number at which the record key begins in the range 1 through 32767. Bytes
are numbered from 1.
- Key Length
- For files of type KSDS or ALT, specify the length of the record key in bytes (within the range 1 through 32767). The value
Key Position +
Key Length -1 must not be greater than
LRECL Min.
- Fileshare Server
- The ID of the Fileshare server on which the file resides. This can be up to 16 characters long. You must uncheck
Use Catalog before you can specify a Fileshare server, this is because if you use the catalog this information is stored there, not in
the FCT entry.
- Resource Keys
-
- All
- Check this to activate all the resource keys.
- 1 - 24
- Check any of the boxes
1 through
24 to activate that resource key.