INFO/MAN - IBM Tivoli Information Management for z/OS

Objectives
On successful completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• customize Info/Man to their requirements
• move, delete & create fields
• define Prefix and Structured Words in the Dictionary
• create new search results lists
• diagnose Dialogs
• code Control Panels and make conditionally required fields
• code Terminal Simulator Panels
• define and use Authority Codes
• create and use Data Attribute and Validation Records
• plan for PMF and Web Access.

Who Should Attend
Technicians wishing to customize and maintain the Info/Man panel interface.
Prerequisites
Experience in using Info/Man will be useful to participants.
Duration
4 days
Course Code
INFO
Contents
Info/Man Overview
Info/Man: what it is, what it does and how it does it.
This segment describes Info/Man, its components and how they work together.

Panel Modification Facility Introduction
What PMF is and what it can do.
Demonstrates how to use PMF, what it can do and the panel library system.. Followed by laboratory session.

The Dictionary
Structured and Prefix Words.
How to define structured words (s-words) and prefix words (p-words) in the dictionary, how Info/Man uses them, and how to apply them. Followed by laboratory session.

Table Panels
Table Panels.
Searches are displayed on a Table Panel search result list and this topic shows how to create them and how to sort the output. Followed by laboratory session.

Dialogs
Managing Dialogs.
Dialogs control what happens when the user issues the End & Cancel commands. This topic explains how to identify dialogs, and diagnose dialog errors.

Control Panels
Users never see Control Panels which are used to automate and provide logic. This topic explains what they do and how to use them. Followed by laboratory session.
Users never see Control Panels which are used to automate and provide logic. This topic explains what they do and how to use them. Followed by laboratory session.

Automating data entry
Terminal Simulator Panels (TSP).
Terminal simulator panels are Info/Man programs.. This topic introduces them and shows how to code them to automate data entry. Followed by laboratory session.

Conditionally Required Fields

If you''ve ever wondered how to make a field required only in certain conditions this topic will shown how. Followed by laboratory session.

Data Model Records
Validation & Data Attribute Records.
Data Attribute and Validation Records can be used display a selectable list of valid responses to a field and replace assisted entry panels. They offer a number of advantages, not least that they are used by Info/Man''s web-access interface. This topic explains how to create and use them. Followed by laboratory session.

Authorization
Authority Codes.
Everything a user does in Info/Man is controlled by authorisation code. In this topic we create new ones and apply them to fields and validation patterns. Followed by laboratory session.

Planning for PMF
What next?
This topic looks at the considerations needed when starting to customise Info/Man disclosing shortcuts hints and tips. Followed by laboratory session where skills learned throughout the class are utilised.