When you select one of the choices in the Status pull-down on the
ISPF Primary Option Menu action bar (shown in Figure 1),
you specify what you want to display in the status area on the Primary
Option Menu panel.
Figure 1. Status pull-down on the ISPF
Primary Option Menu (ISR@PRIM) Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help
──────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ ──────────
ISPF Prim │ *. Session │
│ 2. Function keys │
0 Settings Terminal and user p │ 3. Calendar │ USERID
1 View Display source data │ 4. User status │ 16:04
2 Edit Create or change so │ 5. User point and shoot │ 3278
3 Utilities Perform utility fun │ 6. None │ 1
4 Foreground Interactive languag └────────────────────────────┘ ENGLISH
5 Batch Submit job for language processing Appl ID . : ISR
6 Command Enter TSO or Workstation commands TSO logon : ISPF
7 Dialog Test Perform dialog testing TSO prefix: USERID
9 IBM Products IBM program development products System ID : ISD1
10 SCLM SW Configuration Library Manager MVS acct. : IBMGSA
11 Workplace ISPF Object/Action Workplace Release . : ISPF 5.9
12 z/OS System z/OS system programmer applications
13 z/OS User z/OS user applications
Enter X to Terminate using Log/List defaults
Option ===>
F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap
F10=Actions F12=Cancel
Note: The current setting is shown as an unavailable choice; that
is, displays in blue (the default) with an asterisk as the first digit
of the selection number. If you are running in GUI mode the choice
is grayed.