Panel field descriptions for the Keyword Display panel
Help information for the IMS Syntax Checker is provided. This topic describes the fields on the Keyword Display panel.
- Field
- Description
- Panel Title
- The IMS release and control region.
- Data Set Name
- The IMS PROCLIB data set and member name.
- IMS Release
- The release of the IMS system to which the parameters apply.
- Sel
- An input field that allows you to:
- Select with an I to insert a keyword. The insert panel pops up.
- Select with a C to process the keyword using the Comments command.
- Select with a D to process the keyword using the Delete command.
- Select with a P to interrupt the processing of the current member and begin processing the member identified by the selected parameter. For more information about this option, see Interrupting processing to process other members on the Keyword Display panel.
- Select with a / (slash) to process the keyword using the Action pull-down option.
- Select with a + (plus) displays the keyword on multiple lines. When a keyword is expanded, the subparameters are displayed in a predefined order.
- Select with a - (minus) displays the keywords on one line. As
much of the keyword as fits on one line is displayed followed by
...
.
- Keyword
- The name of the keyword. The keywords are color-highlighted as follows:
- Green
- Normal color for a keyword with a value.
- Blue
- A new keyword in this release.
- Yellow
- Warning: Read the help text.
- Red
- Keyword Error
- Turquoise
- Keyword is a template. The keyword has no value and is not saved. These keywords are only displayed in the DISPLAY ALL panel.
- Value
- The modifiable field which contains the value assigned to the
keyword parameter. You can position the cursor on the input field
and press the help key to get more information about the keyword parameter.
The keywords are color-highlighted as follows:
- Turquoise
- Value is correct.
- Red
- Value error.
- Description/Comment
- Provides a short description of the keyword parameter or a user-provided
comment. You can modify both the description and the comment. A modified
description becomes a user comment. If the user comment is set to
all blanks, the description is displayed. The user comment is written
to the member when the member is saved, but the description provided
by the Syntax Checker is not.
The user-provided comment can be a maximum of 42 characters, but sometimes it is much shorter than 42 characters because the keyword and values take more spaces than usual. Therefore, the maximum characters the user can provide depends upon the keyword. Comments are not supported by all members. See Specifying comments in IMS PROCLIB data set members processed by the Syntax Checker for information about specific members that support comments.
Note: For the DFSPBxxx members, an equal sign (=) is not allowed in a user-provided comment. If an equal sign is found in a user-provided comment, the Syntax Checker changes it to a dash (-) and displays messageDFSI937I Equal sign in same line comment changed to dash.