Administering the TSO/E Information Center Facility

The Information Center Facility contains two conversational, panel-driven interfaces. One enables users to access products and services and the other enables administrators to maintain the Information Center Facility. Each interface begins with a main menu panel that displays a list of options with descriptions and characters for selecting the options. If your installation has not customized the Information Center Facility, your main menu panel for administrator tasks will look something like the panel shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Main Menu Panel For Administrator Tasks

              TSO/E Information Center Facility Administration
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Select one of the following options.  To scroll, press UP or DOWN.

    0 DESCRIBE    - Read a short description of the options on this panel
    1 NEWS        - Maintain System News
    2 NAMES       - Maintain the name/phone directory
    3 ENROLL      - Enroll users in the Information Center Facility
    4 USERTYPE    - Set defaults for user types
    5 SYSDEF      - Set system defaults
    6 ICFUSER     - Use Information Center Facility user services
    7 COURSES     - Maintain education services
    8 PDF         - Use ISPF/PDF services
    9 PROBLEM     - Use problem reporting services
    I INTRO       - Learn to use the Information Center Facility
    T TUTORIAL    - Read detailed descriptions of options on this panel
    X EXIT        - Exit


To view PF key definitions, type KEYS on COMMAND or OPTION line of any panel.

In the figure above, options 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 describe the six major administrative tasks. When you select one of those options, the main menu leads to panels on which you can perform the specific task. The following sections describe the six major tasks that you would perform as an Information Center Facility administrator.