>>-KEYLIST--+---------+----------------------------------------><
            +-PRIVATE-+   
            +-SHARED--+   
            +-OFF-----+   
            '-ON------'   

The parameters on this command determine where, or if, ISPF looks for keylists. The default setting for KEYLIST is equivalent to issuing the KEYLIST PRIVATE command, which means that the program looks in the user's profile table for the keylist specified on a panel before looking in the xxxxKEYS table allocated in ISPTLIB.

The KEYLIST SHARED command means that ISPF looks only in the xxxxKEYS table allocated in ISPTLIB for the keylist.

Using either the PRIVATE or SHARED parameter performs an implicit KEYLIST ON command. Both of the parameters are local to each application, so setting PRIVATE for application X does not affect application Y, which might be using SHARED.

By specifying KEYLIST OFF, you cause ISPF to ignore the keylist on all logical screens and use the ZPF variables for controlling function keys. This is in effect only for the application for which you enter the command.

The KEYLIST ON command causes ISPF to recognize keylists again, with the parameter (SHARED or PRIVATE) that was in effect immediately before the KEYLIST OFF command. KEYLIST ON and OFF are equivalent to the Enable and Disable keylist choices on the Function keys pull-down. Keylist Settings are discussed in the Settings (Option 0) topic of the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II. SHARED and PRIVATE also appear on the Function keys pull-down in "Keylist Settings".

The KEYLIST command with no parameters causes the Keylist utility to start.