Execute ISPF Command

Function:

Executes a procedure or a program in an ISPF environment on the mainframe. In order to correctly interact with the AWM interface, the ISPF tools must implement a specific API. See Attaching ISPF Tools for more information.

Tool Attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
Input Parameter Separator	String	The delimiter to be used for separating input parameters sent to the ISPF tool. Only relevant if two or more input parameters are defined. For better visual identification, double quote characters can be used before and after the delimiter. The quotes are removed at run time. You can specify multi-character delimiters. Standard value: “ “ (blank)
Output Parameter Separator	String	The delimiter to be used for separating output parameters returned by the executed ISPF tool. Only relevant if two or more output parameters are returned. For better visual identification, double quote characters can be used before and after the delimiter. The quotes are removed at run time. You can specify multi-character delimiters. Standard value: “ “ (blank)
Invocation Form [M]	Selection	Specifies how a procedure or program is called in the ISPF environment. Valid values are: REXX Called from AWM as REXX subroutine (REXX call statement) which can only be used for attached REXX procedures. CMD The attached procedure or program is called from AWM using the ISPF command `ISPEXEC SELECT CMD(…)` PGM The attached program is called from AWM using the ISPF command `ISPEXEC SELECT PGM(...)`
Program ID [M]	String	Name of the procedure (REXX, CLIST) or program.
Run_As_Job	Selection	Specifies whether the tool is executed online or as batch job. Valid values are: NO The tool is executed directly in the attached IPSF environment and the UI is blocked until the tool has finished executing. Tool Job The tool is submitted to JES by the attached tool, for example, by the attached REXX procedure. Model Job The attached tool is submitted to JES by AWM. See Batch Execution for more information.
After_Job_Action [O]	ActionDescriptor	Only enabled when "Run As Job" is set to "Tool Job" or "Model Job". References a modeled action which can be executed when the corresponding job has ended. The action is added to the context menu of the job in the Jobs view. See Batch Execution for more information.

Tool Parameter

Tool input and output parameters have to be defined corresponding to the expected input and output parameters of the attached ISPF tool.

Input Parameter Type	Description
String	Adds the value of a property to the parameter string.
File	not supported

Output Parameter Type	Description
String	Maps the returned value to the referenced “Target ID Parm” property of the parameter.
File	Maps the returned value to the referenced “Target ID File” file descriptor, effectively setting the file name (Name Physical) attribute of the descriptor.

ISPF tools support returning so called tool-defined resource operations. See Tool-defined Resource Processing for more information. Every returned value of a resource operation must be mapped to a property in order to be processed correctly. This can be done via “Resource Operation Values”, which are modeled as child elements of the tool descriptor, see the figure below. Resource operation values must be separated by the same delimiter as output parameters.