Remote panels and program interface applications

ISPF panels and program interface (PIF) applications can run in a different z/OS® system from the one where the engine is running. Dialogs and PIF applications send requests to and receive data from an IBM® Z Workload Scheduler server that is running on the same z/OS system where the target engine is running, using advanced program-to-program communications (APPC). The server communicates with the engine to perform the requested actions.

The server is a separate address space, started and stopped either automatically by the engine or by the user through the z/OS start command. There can be more than one server for an engine.

If the dialogs or the PIF applications run on the same z/OS system where the target engine is running, the server might not be involved.