Creating a CLIST for invoking MainView products

If you have only MainView FOCAL POINT installed, it uses TSCLIST. To manually customize TSCLIST, you can use BBSAMP member TSCLIST.

You can use BBILIB member BAIMAINV as a model to help you create a CLIST for accessing all MainView products.

To create the CLIST

1. In hlq.UBBSAMP, create a member and give it a name such as MainView.

   Warning

   Note

   You can specify a name other than MainView for the CLIST. However, the remainder of this procedure uses MainView.

2. Copy the sample CLIST from BBILIB member BAIMAINV to the newly created member in UBBSAMP.
3. Edit the CLIST as follows:
   1. In the PREFIX('xxxxx') parameter, replace xxxxx with the high-level qualifier for your target libraries.
   2. In the PREFIX('bbbbb') parameter, replace bbbbb with the hlq.BBLINK name for your target libraries.

   3. (Optional) If you have installed any MainView products that run in the BBI-SS PAS, use the SS( ) parameter to specify the subsystem ID for that PAS.If you want to automatically discover the running BBI-SS PASs on a system and present a list to users during startup, specify SS(????).

      This feature allows users to:

      • Select the PAS to which they want to connect at startup
      • Set a personal default connection for future sessions

      Warning

      Note

      When a user selects a PAS, the target PAS must be at the same release and maintenance level as the code running in the CLIST.

4. (Optional) If you require support for GDDM high-resolution graphics, use the ADMSYMBL ddname to add a TSO ALLOCATE statement for the GDDM symbol library.If your level of GDDM supports printing, use the ADMPRINT ddname to add a TSO ALLOCATE statement for an optional GDDM PRINT data set. For more information about how to allocate the GDDM PRINT data set, refer to the GDDM member SYS1.GDDMSAM(ADMQFMT).

5. To invoke the CLIST to access MainView products, perform one of the following tasks:

   • Issue a TSO command from any ISPF COMMAND line.
   • Add a menu item to an ISPF menu to execute the MainView CLIST:

     • In the )BODY section of the ISPF menu panel, add the following statement:

       % MV +MainView - Invoke MainView Products

     • In the )PROC section of the menu panel, add the following selection command for the MV option:

       MV,'CMD(EX 'hlq.UBBSAMP(MainView)')'

   • Activate a MainView Alternate Access VTAM or EXCP session that displays the Selection Menu.

     All MainView products include a component called MainView Alternate Access that provides EXCP and VTAM communication to the products through ISPF without requiring a TSO subsystem to be active. MainView Alternate Access fully supports:

     • EXCP or VTAM terminal sessions (including the MainView AutoOPERATOR CSM application and RxD2)
     • All supported releases of MainView products

   Warning

   Note

   MainView Alternate Access requires ISPF. If ISPF is not available in your environment, MainView Alternate Access cannot be used.

   BMC recommends that you use the configuration during installation to configure MainView Alternate Access. The required tasks in configuration show BBV as the product code. If you decide not to use the configuration during installation, see Using-MainView-Alternative-Access for manual customization instructions.

   Warning

   Note

   Changes made to the CLIST support the MainView Alternate Access AUTOLOGON feature. Following configuration of the CLIST, review and replace any copies of TSCLIST that you have already made.