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List Description Panel

The CAS : List Description panel, shown below, is the first panel that appears.

 PROD---------------------- CAS : List Description -----------------Page 1 of 4
 Command ===>                                                       Function=Add

 Appl ID ..............+ ___
 List Type ............. _______   (PUBLIC or PRIVATE)
 Userid ................ ________  (Userid if PRIVATE)
 List Name ............. ________
 Description ........... ________________________________
 Title ................. __________________________________________________
 Status ................ ACTIVE__        Group ..............+ ____________
 Service Procedure ..... ________        Data Source ......... ____________
 Get All Entries? ...... YES             Exit Name ........... ________
 Add Allowed? .......... YES             Help Name ........... ____________
 Default Mnemonic ...... B__             Select Mnemonic ..... S__
 Entry Msg Position .... 2__             Entry Msg Length .... ___
 Present Empty List? ... YES             Auto Refresh Rate ... _____
                                         Heading Sub Char .... ___
 Comments .............. __________________________________________________
                         __________________________________________________
                         __________________________________________________
                         __________________________________________________

  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=File      F4=Save
               F8=Forward   F9=Swap                               F12=Cancel

The list description panel is used to specify identifying information about the list and its behavior.

You can specify whether a list is active or inactive. Inactive list definitions cannot be used and do not appear on a list of lists. A list can also be defined as private to a specific user—unlike a public list that is available to all users.

Lists can, optionally, be defined as belonging to a group. A group is a logical collection of lists and represents a convenient way of displaying only those lists that are relevant when a list of lists is displayed. For example, you could assign all lists relating to problem management to a group.

The list service procedure retrieves list items and processes requests to perform actions against list items. A list service procedure is dependent on the list’s data source.

You can specify the identifier of the help definition to be used when help is requested in the list panel. In addition you can specify the name of a list exit procedure to perform application specific processing.

For information about the fields and options displayed, press F1 (Help).