Specifying resource names in File Manager for z/OS® ("base")

The following functions in File Manager for z/OS® (option "FM" on the Primary Options Menu panel within FM/CICS) also accept a CICS resource name in the primary data set field as well as the supported MVS data set names.

Note: The options below are from the File Manager for z/OS® ("base") main menu, not the FM/CICS main menu.


Functon	Option
View	1
Edit	2
Data create	3.1
Print	3.2
Copy	3.3
Find/Change	3.6
Compare	3.11

To distinguish the CICS resource name from an MVS data set name, the following prefixes (including the colon character) are used:

FI:: CICS file
TS:: CICS temporary storage queue
TD:: CICS transient data queue

The name following the resource follows the same rules as the resource names described above. For example, you could specify FI:CICSFI01.

Note: File Manager for z/OS® ("base") functions can only be used with local CICS resources (resources owned by the CICS region running FM/CICS).

A resource selection list is produced when a generic resource name is entered.