SDF  (Screen Definition Facility)

Duration:   1 day

Participants:   Application developers and screen designers.

Objectives:   Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to: -  Create CICS MAPSETs and MAPs using SDF. -  Contrast BMS macros with SDF. -  Generate symbolic and physical maps using SDF. -  Use the menus and commands of SDF to create and design user screens.

Overview:   This course is designed to be part of a beginning CICS course. However, it can be presented as a stand-alone course if participants are already familiar with CICS command language programming.

Prerequisites:   Basic understanding of CICS.

Format:   Lecture and hands-on workshop. Access to a CICS test region and to SDF from within TSO are required for the workshops.

Topic Outline:   -  Basics of SDF         Menus         Function keys         Starting SDF         Steps to develop and test maps -  Creating Maps         Map identification         Map characteristics         Field definition         Group items         Table items         Field attribute definition         Field initialization         Application structures         Testing maps in SDF         Customizing defaults -  Creating Mapsets         Mapset identification         Program structure         Device characteristics -  Library Management         Terminology         Manipulating objects         Directory List -  Generating Mapsets and Maps         BMS generator         Specification selection         Customizing and submitting JCL         Verifying generation from SDSF or option 3.8 -  Testing Mapsets and Maps         Starting CICS         CEMT SET PROG(name) NEWCOPY         CECI SEND MAP

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