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Panel Libraries

Panels are stored in VSAM data sets for fast retrieval and update. A VSAM data set containing panel definitions is called a panel library. Multiple panel libraries are applied.

Individual panel definitions are referred to as library members. A library can be used as the sole source of panel definitions, or it can be concatenated with other libraries defined to the system. A concatenation of libraries is called a panel path. Each user can be defined to use a different path. The default path is called PANELS. The PANELLIBS parameter group specifies the libraries and the paths.

For information about panel paths, see the Administration Guide for your product.