The channel definition panels

The four channel Settings panels for defining channels (one for each of sender, receiver, server, and requester) have a menu bar with choices you can pull down to reveal various options you can select for these choices. See Table 37.

The menu-bar choices are:

Table 37. Menu-bar choices on channel panels

The work area of the panels is used to present the fields of attributes or settings for the channel.

The function keys control the use of the panels to:

• Call help panels
• Move the cursor to the menu bar
• Refresh the panel
• Cancel a pull-down menu or a secondary window
• Exit from the panel
• Scroll forward and backward through settings

The method of using the panels is:

• For new channels, fill in the data fields, then select Channel from the menu bar, and select the Save option from the pull-down menu.

  Note:

  Default values supplied by WebSphere MQ for z/OS are presented in some fields. The defaults cannot be changed, but the values presented can be changed.

• For existing channels, type over the data presented in the fields with new data. Then select Channel from the menu bar, and select the Save option from the pull-down menu.

Channel menu-bar choice

The Channel menu-bar choice enables you to save any changes you have made to channel definitions, and to return to the Message Channel List panel.

Saving changes

If there are no errors, selecting the Save option from the Channel pull-down menu saves any changes you have made to channel definitions. You are returned to the Message Channel List panel.

If there are errors, you are returned to the Settings panel with an error message, and all fields containing errors are highlighted. The cursor is positioned on the first field in error. The changes are not saved.

Exit from the panel

Selecting the Save option from the Channel pull-down menu saves the changes you have made and returns you to the Message Channel List panel.

Selecting the Exit option from the Channel pull-down menu, or pressing F3 or F12, returns you to the Message Channel List panel.

However, if you have not saved the changes you made, a secondary window requesting confirmation of your intention to exit without saving the data is presented; see Figure 61. If you want to save the changes you have made, select Save and exit. If you have had second thoughts about the changes you have made, select Exit without saving.

Help menu-bar choice

The Help pull-down menu is shown in Figure 69.

Figure 69. The Help choice pull-down menu

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