PF Keys

Once a function has been selected on the menu and the function panel is displayed, program function key 3 (PF3) is temporarily set to return to the QM menu panel. In native CA Workload Automation SE VTAM mode, any value that was previously assigned to PF3, by either the user or CA Workload Automation SE, is temporarily ignored as long as the function panel is being used and reverts back to the original value after it is used once or after a top line command is entered.

PF7 and PF8 are similarly temporarily overridden to /PAGE-1 and /PAGE+1 respectively until PF3 is pressed or a top line command is issued.

Special considerations apply when using CA Workload Automation SE under TSO-ISPF.

PF key interrupts are not processed by CA Workload Automation SE, unless PASSTHRU is the ISPF application command table value associated with the ISPF command that is assigned to the PF key in question.
If PF3 is assigned the END command in ISPF, PF3 ends the CA Workload Automation SE TSO-ISPF session unless END is assigned a value of PASSTHRU in the ISPF application command table.