Specifying a CICS® resource

Many File Manager panels and batch functions allow you to specify the name of a CICS® resource that you wish to use for the current process.

To specify a CICS® resource from the File Manager Base component or Eclipse plug-in (not from FM/CICS), use the notation shown here.

The same notation applies to both panel and keyword fields. You can only specify generic values on panels.

rt:applid:rname

Where:

rt

Resource type. Valid values are:

FI: For a CICS® file.
TD: For a Transient Data Queue.
TS: For a Temporary Storage Queue.

applid

The VTAM® applid of the CICS® system. You can specify a generic name to display a list of CICS® systems if an FMNCICS DD describing CICS® applids has been allocated to the ISPF session. See the File Manager Customization Guide for details.^¹

rname

The name of the resource. You can specify a generic name to select from a list.

Patterns (only usable on panels) can contain a percent sign (%) to represent a single character, and an asterisk (*) to represent any number of characters within one qualifier. Two asterisks (**) represent any number of characters within any number of qualifiers.

For a list of functions that allow you to access CICS® resources from ISPF using the File Manager editor or browser, see Functions allowing access to CICS resources.