Pull-down menus

When you select a choice from the menu bar and a pull-down menu is displayed. The pull-down menu overlays a part of the panel under the choice.

This figure shows the Utilities pull-down menu from the CICS VR VSAM sphere list panel:

Figure 1. An Example of a pull-down menu
   Administrate  Utilities  Tools  List  View  Help                              
               ___________________________________
 --------------|                                 |--------------------------------
               |   1. Reorganization...      F4  | ist           Row 1 to 12 of 33
               |   2. Forward Recovery...    F5  | 
 Select one or |   3. Backup...              F6  |  action.
               |_________________________________| 
   N  Use default parameters for selected spheres 
                                                     
   S  VSAM sphere                                    Scan time(Local) RR bit
   _  CICS10.ACCOUNT1.BASE                           08.159 12:34.56  Y
   _  CICS10.ACCOUNT2.BASE                           08.159 12:43.56  Y
   _  CICS10.ACCOUNT3.BASE                           08.159 12:34.56  Y
   _  PAYROLL.PROD1.BASE                             08.159 12:34.56  N
   _  PAYROLL.PROD2.BASE                             08.159 12:34.56  N
   _  PAYROLL.PROD3.BASE                             08.159 12:34.56  N
   _  CICS10.PROD1.BASE                              08.159 12:34.56  N
   _  CICS10.PROD2.BASE                              08.159 12:34.56  N
   _  CICS10.PROD3.BASE                              08.159 12:34.56  N
   _  CICS10.PROD4.BASE                              08.159 12:34.56  N
   _  CICS10.PROD5.BASE                              08.159 12:34.56  N
   _  TEST.SMERRY.RLS                                08.159 12:34.56  Y

 Command ===> __________________________________________________________________  
 F1=Help     F3=Exit       F4=Reorg      F5=FwdRec     F6=Backup    F7=Bkwd
 F8=Fwd      F10=Menu bar  F11=Dereg     F12=Cancel
You can select these menus from the CICS VR panels:
Administrate
Manage VSAM spheres and logs. This pull-down menu is available on these panels:
  • CICS VR VSAM sphere list
  • CICS VR log of logs list
  • CICS VR list of log streams
  • CICS VR Settings
Utilities
Specify the CICS VR utility or backup utility that you want to run, CICS VR VSAM sphere list, or scan the log of logs, CICS VR log of logs list. This pull-down menu is available on these panels:
  • CICS VR VSAM sphere list
  • CICS VR log of logs list
Tools
Run VSAM record level sharing (RLS) and set the scan option. This pull-down menu is available on the CICS VR VSAM sphere list panel.
List
List different objects that are relevant to the panel from which you select it.
View
Restrict or sort the list of objects that are displayed.
Help
Relevant help information from the following sources:
  • CICS VR main menu
  • CICS VR VSAM sphere list
  • CICS VR log of logs list
  • CICS VR log streams list
  • CICS VR settings