Appendix E. PSP ONLINE PANEL FLOW AND DIALOG › E.1 Overview of PSP Online Services
E.1 Overview of PSP Online Services
PSP Online is a hierarchy of ISPF dialogs that perform CA
MICS maintenance functions. The hierarchical dialog map in
Figure E-1 illustrates the functions of PSP Online.
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| |
| PSP ONLINE |
| MENU |
| |
+-------+-------+
|
0 1 2 | 3 4
+-----------+-----------+-----+-----+-------------+
| | | | |
+--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +---+------+ +---+----+
| PSP | |PROBLEM | | APPLY | |LOAD THE | | PSP |
|OPTIONS | |ANALYSIS| | PRODUCT| | PSP | |UTILITY |
| MENU | | MENU | | CHANGES| |LIBRARIES | | MENU |
+--------+ +--------+ +--------+ | MENU | +--------+
| | | +----------+ |
+-BATCH +-CA MICS +-SELECT | +-RECEIVE
| JOB INFO | LIBS CHANGES +-DEFINE | NEW TABLES
| | | | PSP LIBS |
+-BROWSE/ +-SELECT | | +-VERIFY
PRINT | CHANGES GENERATE +-SUBMIT PSP | CHANGES
| APPLY JOB | LOAD JOB |
+-ALL | W DYNAM. +-PRINT PSP
| CHANGES | ALLOCATION | TABLES
| | |
+--------+ +-SUBMIT PSP +-UNLOCK
| STATUS | | LOAD JOB UNITGEN
| MENU | | W/O DYNAM. CHECKLIST
+--------+ | ALLOCATION
| |
+-STATUS OF +-SELECT AND LOAD
| COMPONENT NEW PRODUCTS
|
+-STATUS OF
| PRODUCT CHANGE
|
+-PRINT STATUS
| TABLE
|
+-PRINT PSP STATUS
REPORT
Figure E-1. PSP Online Menu Functions
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Option ===> _
0 - PSP Options
Define batch job, browse, and print options.
1 - Problem Analysis
Browse descriptions of product changes, select product changes,
and browse CA MICS libraries.
2 - Apply Product Changes
Apply product changes to CA MICS libraries.
3 - Load the PSP Libraries
Prepare the PSP libraries, load product changes and new products.
4 - PSP Utilities
General PSP utility programs and online functions.
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PSP Online Services panel (PSP@PRIM)
PSP ONLINE MENU SELECTIONS
PSP Online provides an interactive panel-driven application
for reviewing, preparing, and applying product changes to the
CA MICS system. PSP Online provides facilities for reviewing
available product changes, applying product changes, and
reviewing the status of your CA MICS system maintenance.
PSP Online automatically identifies prerequisite and
corequisite product changes to ensure proper maintenance
installation. It also provides a complete audit trail of all
changes. PSP Online reduces product change recognition and
installation time, as well as the possibility of error.
OPTION 0: PSP OPTIONS
PSP Options establishes default parameter values for browsing
and printing PSP information. It also defines default batch
job specifications.
OPTION 1: PROBLEM ANALYSIS
Problem Analysis identifies and selects product changes for
installation on your CA MICS system. It provides facilities
for reviewing available product changes and identifying
current maintenance status.
OPTION 2: APPLY PRODUCT CHANGES
Apply Product Changes applies selected product changes to
your CA MICS system. When this option is selected, the
product changes you have selected for application are
displayed. Once you have reviewed and verified that these
changes are to be installed, the Apply Product Changes
process generates appropriate documentation and batch job
streams for implementing your specifications.
OPTION 3: LOAD THE PSP Libraries
Load the PSP Libraries is used to define the PSP libraries
and load the PSP information from the PSP distribution.
OPTION 4: PSP UTILITIES
PSP Utilities provides general utility functions in support
of CA MICS maintenance activities. These include
building/updating the inventory of CA MICS maintenance and
printing the contents of the ISPF tables used by PSP Online.
