HORIZONT 1 XINFO ® The IT Information System HORIZONT Software for Datacenters Garmischer Str. 8 D München Tel ++49(0)89 / XINFO How to use XINFO

HORIZONT 2 XINFO ® How to use XINFO Introduction Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 If you don’t like to use this training in sequential order: An index before each chapter allows you to navigate... Click on this field everywhere in the training to go back to the main index This training should be done in sequential order. It helps you to understand the basic ideas of XINFO. But the best way to learn about XINFO: Just use it! Previous slide

HORIZONT 3 XINFO ® Chapter 3 How to access data from different sources like Schedulers, JCL, DB2, SMF etc. Chapter 2 Learn about the XINFO client you prefer to use Chapter 1 A brief introduction and a technical overview to XINFO How to use XINFO ISPF Dialog BasicsPC Client Basics The Modules of XINFO What is XINFO? If the file cannot be opened...

HORIZONT 4 XINFO ® What is XINFO? XINFO analyses JCL, DB2, IMS, SMF, TWS, RMM, Cobol, PL1, DLI, Control-M, Control-D, CA-7, CA-1, CA-Delivery, CA-Scheduler, Zeke, Beta93... XINFO loads the result of the analysis into DB2 or Oracle XINFO has an integrated PC client or ISPF dialog XINFO has powerful graphic functions XINFO is a complete cross reference for various IT systems.

HORIZONT 5 XINFO ® A Technical Overview Data Analysis (Batch) RDBM (DB2 or Oracle) Access from outside ISPF PC Client

HORIZONT 6 XINFO ® What is XINFO good for ? Which jobs use file A.B.C? Which jobs use program PGM1? When was file A.B.C used in which jobs? Which DB2 tables are used in which jobs? Which jobs were active last Monday at 3.30? Which programs are calling sub program XYZ?... XINFO enables you to answer questions like:

HORIZONT 7 XINFO ® PC Client

HORIZONT 8 XINFO ® PC Client - Basic Functions Logon Display List Selection Panel Select Display Table Display Sort Column Line Commands Search Graphics More client functions…

HORIZONT 9 XINFO ® PC Client - Main Window The PC Client is a typical Windows Application

HORIZONT 10 XINFO ® PC Client - Logon You have to LOGON first...

HORIZONT 11 XINFO ® PC Client - Logon Specify Userid and your Password...

HORIZONT 12 XINFO ® PC Client - Logon...and select the desired configuration. (ask your Administrator if more than one configuration is shown in the list)

HORIZONT 13 XINFO ® PC Client - Display List The Displays!

HORIZONT 14 XINFO ® PC Client - Select Display After selecting the desired Display with a double mouse click or the OK button...

HORIZONT 15 XINFO ® PC Client - Selection Panel...you get a Selection Panel (which is very similar to the ISPF panel)

HORIZONT 16 XINFO ® PC Client - Selection Panel... enter selection criteria......specify operators......and start the query

HORIZONT 17 XINFO ® PC Client - Table Display...and get the result of your query in a table display

HORIZONT 18 XINFO ® PC Client - Table Display Double Click on a line to display the data row...

HORIZONT 19 XINFO ® Click on a header to sort the row... PC Client - Sort Column

HORIZONT 20 XINFO ® PC Client - Line Commands...or use the right mouse to activate line commands!

HORIZONT 21 XINFO ® PC Client - Search Use SEARCH to locate rows in the table...

HORIZONT 22 XINFO ® PC Client - Search 1) Select the field which you like to search for 2) Enter the expression you like to search for

HORIZONT 23 XINFO ® PC Client - Search 4) Go to the next occurrence… 3) First occurrence of *ftp*

HORIZONT 24 XINFO ® PC Client - Search …or mark all lines with *ftp*

HORIZONT 25 XINFO ® PC Client - Search …and select "view"…

HORIZONT 26 XINFO ® PC Client - Search …Sub-Table…

HORIZONT 27 XINFO ® PC Client - Search …to create a new table with all datasets *FTP*

HORIZONT 28 XINFO ® PC Client - Do you have any questions about the basic functions of the PC Client? Yes?

HORIZONT 29 XINFO ® PC Client - Graphics The XINFO client enables you to create Graphics: Dataset Flowcharts Job Netplans JCL Explorer SMF Barchart

HORIZONT 30 XINFO ® PC Client - Graphics Graphic Displays Selection Criteria Print Graphics Dataset Flowchart Job Netplan JCL Explorer SMF Barchart More Client Functions…

HORIZONT 31 XINFO ® PC Client - Graphic Displays The GRAPH - Displays are grouped at the end of the list Let’s select a display...

HORIZONT 32 XINFO ® PC Client - Selection Criteria...start the query......specify selection criteria...  Please note: Graphics like “all jobs in my system” don’t make any sense!

HORIZONT 33 XINFO ® PC Client - Resulting Graphics...and get the Graphics!

HORIZONT 34 XINFO ® PC Client - Print Graphics With the print function of XINFO you can print or plot on every device!

HORIZONT 35 XINFO ® PC Client - Print Preview XINFO always gives you a preview before starting the printout

HORIZONT 36 XINFO ® PC Client - Page Settings Click on the “Page Setup” button to reduce the maximal number of pages you like to print, the margins and much more parameters PS.: If that factor is below 25%, you couldn’t read the fonts. Increase the scaling factor by specifying a higher percent rate.

HORIZONT 37 XINFO ® PC Client - Dataset Flowchart Jobs Joblibs Steps Programs DD DSN A Dataset Flowchart displays the JCL graphically. Following information is taken into account: HORIZONT is working on a version which also displays DB2 tables and IMS databases, but currently DBs are not visible in the Dataset Flowchart!

HORIZONT 38 XINFO ® PC Client - Dataset Flowchart – Select Display First we have to select the Display for the Dataset Flowchart...

HORIZONT 39 XINFO ® PC Client - Dataset Flowchart – Selection Criteria...start the query......specify selection criteria...

HORIZONT 40 XINFO ® PC Client - Dataset Flowchart Overview DD DSN PGM Job anothe r Job...and get the Dataset Flowchart!

HORIZONT 41 XINFO ® PC Client - Dataset Flowchart Line Commands A right mouse click on a dataset symbol (yellow box) activates the menu with Line Commands...

HORIZONT 42 XINFO ® PC Client - Dataset Flowchart JCL A right mouse click on a program symbol (white box) activates another menu, where you can display the complete JCL......or ask for the “JCL with Procedures”, which gives you the JCL as it will be submitted, that means including all procedures and symbolic parameters

HORIZONT 43 XINFO ® PC Client - Dataset Flowchart Preds and Succs The “Pred” or “Succ” functions are listing all direct predecessors and successors...

HORIZONT 44 XINFO ® PC Client - Dataset Flowchart Preds and Succs A simple click on an entry......marks the Dataset in the Graphic!

HORIZONT 45 XINFO ® PC Client - Job Netplan Jobs Predecessors Successors Triggers (CA7) Conditions (Control-M, ZEKE) Datasets (CA7, ZEKE, TWS) Prompts (TWS) A Job Netplan displays the Jobs which are defined in the Scheduler (TWS, CA7, TWS...) graphically:

HORIZONT 46 XINFO ® PC Client – Graphic Displays All displays for graphics are at the end of the Display List

HORIZONT 47 XINFO ® PC Client – Graphic Displays Just a hint: XINFO merges graphics into the corresponding group, an example: The display for “CA7 Jobnetplan” is also in the CA7 group

HORIZONT 48 XINFO ® PC Client – Selection Startjob Number of predecessor and successor levels XXRJJUP  Important Hint: Selections like “all jobs” are not very useful!

HORIZONT 49 XINFO ® PC Client – Result for Pred/Succ = 1 Pred/Succ = 1 results in: Selected jobs plus one level to the left and one level to the right Startjob

HORIZONT 50 XINFO ® PC Client - Result Pred/Succ = 2 Startjob Predecessor, 1. Level Successor, 1. Level Successor, 2. Level

HORIZONT 51 XINFO ® XXRJANF An example: New selection PC Client – Successors and Predecessors (1/4)

HORIZONT 52 XINFO ® Question: Which jobs are succeeding XXRJJUP? PC Client - Successors and Predecessors (2/4)

HORIZONT 53 XINFO ® Right mouseclick to XXRJJUP... PC Client - Successors and Predecessors (3/4) Specify levels...

HORIZONT 54 XINFO ® PC Client - Successors and Predecessors (4/4) These jobs are successors to XXRJJUP! Startjob

HORIZONT 55 XINFO ® PC Client – Critical Path Specify 99 predecessors Critical job

HORIZONT 56 XINFO ® PC Client – Critical Path all predecessors Critical job

HORIZONT 57 XINFO ® PC Client - More Commands (1/7) Do you need a list of all direct predecessors and successors? Right mouse click to XXRJJUP

HORIZONT 58 XINFO ® PC Client - More Commands (2/7) …a left mouseclick in the list highlites the corresponding job Startjob

HORIZONT 59 XINFO ® PC Client - More Commands (3/7) Do you want to see the JCL? Right mouseclick to the job...

HORIZONT 60 XINFO ® PC Client - More Commands (4/7) The JCL

HORIZONT 61 XINFO ® PC Client - More Commands (5/7) Procedure?

HORIZONT 62 XINFO ® PC Client - More Commands (6/7) JCL with Procedures

HORIZONT 63 XINFO ® PC Client - More Commands (7/7) JCL including resolved procedures...

HORIZONT 64 XINFO ® PC Client - JCL Explorer The JCL Explorer displays the JCL (and the called procedures) in a tree containing: Jobs Joblibs Steps Steplibs Programs DD DSN

HORIZONT 65 XINFO ® PC Client - JCL Explorer Overview Job PGM DD DSN Click on the job symbol...

HORIZONT 66 XINFO ® PC Client - JCL Explorer Dataset Flowchart Click on the joblib......and get a dataset flowchart for the selected job...

HORIZONT 67 XINFO ® PC Client - JCL Explorer Jobnetplan... and get the job netplan for your scheduler (here TWS)!

HORIZONT 68 XINFO ® PC Client - SMF Barchart Jobnames Starttime Endtime Waittime Errorjobs Summary Curve A SMF Barchart displays SMF Information graphically:

HORIZONT 69 XINFO ® PC Client - SMF Barchart Overview Job with wait s Total number of jobs Time Axis Jobs with waits Jobs with error Jobnames Job with error

HORIZONT 70 XINFO ® PC Client - SMF Barchart Line Commands And again: All XINFO Graphics have Line Commands which can be activated with a right mouse click!

HORIZONT 71 XINFO ® PC Client - More Client functions History - Job Run Times Command ===> Top : Legend SAVE SORT Find STAT LIBS BATCH Arrange EXit Bottom: ? List all Line Commands S Select A Appl. R Run Cycles B Browse Job JT Job/Table Q PGM/PSB CP TWS-CP SI SYSIN... Application ID ON Jobname Job Start Time Job End Time ,20: ,20:02.. ACW500010A 003 #DB2IMS ,06: ,06:01.. ACW500010A 003 #DB2IMS ,06: ,06:01.. ACW500020A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:10.. ACW500020A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:03.. ACW500020A 004 #DB2IMS ,03: ,03:17.. ACW500020A 004 #DB2IMS ,01: ,01:32.. ACW500020A 005 #DB2IMS ,03: ,03:18 like ISPF Dialog Only available with the PC client Arrange All Fix Statistics Group Line commands for multiple lines Sub Table Export / Import Save / Load Selection Cut and Paste Sort

HORIZONT 72 XINFO ® PC Client - SORT (1) As an example a SPACE table Is it possible to sort by multiple columns, for example VOLSER and Alloc?

HORIZONT 73 XINFO ® PC Client - SORT (2) 2. Modify the sequence 3. Ascending or descending 1. Select SORT

HORIZONT 74 XINFO ® PC Client - SORT (3) The sorted table But: The order of the columns is different, and some of the columns are missing. Why?

HORIZONT 75 XINFO ® PC Client - ARRANGE The layout was modified by using the arrange function: The user can modify the layout locally

HORIZONT 76 XINFO ® PC Client - FIX (1) You are scrolling horizontally, and you like to fix..

HORIZONT 77 XINFO ® PC Client - FIX (2)... more than one column...

HORIZONT 78 XINFO ® PC Client - FIX (3)...and specify the desired number in the dialog...select FIX...

HORIZONT 79 XINFO ® PC Client - FIX (4) Result: The first two columns are fixed

HORIZONT 80 XINFO ® PC Client - STATISTICS Another function: STATISTICS Total = 250 MB

HORIZONT 81 XINFO ® PC Client - GROUP (1) and another function: GROUP e.g. group CA-1 data by CREATION DATE

HORIZONT 82 XINFO ® PC Client - GROUP (2) The result: Number of used tapes per day

HORIZONT 83 XINFO ® PC Client - ALL (1) Line commands are applied to the selected record......e.g. all EXEC statements for job XXRJDBL0...

HORIZONT 84 XINFO ® PC Client - ALL (2) But if you like to see all EXEC statements for all jobs...

HORIZONT 85 XINFO ® PC Client - ALL (3)...than you should use the ALL command......for EXEC statements...

HORIZONT 86 XINFO ® PC Client - ALL (4)...and you'll get a table with all EXEC statements.

HORIZONT 87 XINFO ® PC Client - Line commands for multiple lines (1) Select multiple lines (like MS-Explorer)...

HORIZONT 88 XINFO ® PC Client - Line commands for multiple lines (2)...and apply a line command based on the selected lines...

HORIZONT 89 XINFO ® PC Client - TOGGLE Function TOGGLE toggles marked lines...

HORIZONT 90 XINFO ® PC Client - Mark ALL rows...ALL marks all lines...

HORIZONT 91 XINFO ® PC Client - REMOVE all marks...whereas REMOVE removes all marks

HORIZONT 92 XINFO ® PC Client - Sub-table (1) Use SUB TABLE to create a new table...

HORIZONT 93 XINFO ® PC Client - Sub-table (2)...which includes exactly the selected lines

HORIZONT 94 XINFO ® PC Client - EXPORT (1) Overview for all VOLUMES Graphics?

HORIZONT 95 XINFO ® PC Client - EXPORT (2) We’re sorry, XINFO has no “built-in” VOLUME graphics, but...

HORIZONT 96 XINFO ® PC Client - EXPORT (3) You can create the graphics with XINFO and EXCEL:

HORIZONT 97 XINFO ® PC Client - EXPORT (4)...and specify the desired sequence (for experts: You can do that later within EXCEL) 1. Step: Select columns with ARRANGE...

HORIZONT 98 XINFO ® PC Client - IMPORT into EXCEL (1) 2. Step: Select SAVE AS......and filetype „Export File (*.CSV)“

HORIZONT 99 XINFO ® PC Client - IMPORT into EXCEL (2) 3. Step: File open: Note: Filetype must be „all files“

HORIZONT 100 XINFO ® PC Client - IMPORT into EXCEL (3)...and confirm 4. Step: Select “Separated”

HORIZONT 101 XINFO ® PC Client - IMPORT into EXCEL (4) 5. Step: Select INSERT DIAGRAM

HORIZONT 102 XINFO ® PC Client - Select diagram in EXCEL 6. Step: Select the appropriate diagram type...confirm...

HORIZONT 103 XINFO ® PC Client - Volume Overview The result: An overview for all VOLUMES

HORIZONT 104 XINFO ® PC Client - Export format, Overview Tables – HTML – CSV for Excel – TXT (plain ASCII Text) – DAT for XINFO PC Client Graphics – VMF for the WebViewer – WMF, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TIF etc.

HORIZONT 105 XINFO ® PC Client - XINFO table in HTML XINFO HTML table, displayed with the Explorer...

HORIZONT 106 XINFO ® PC Client - GIF Graphics XINFO netplan as a GIF file in the Explorer...

HORIZONT 107 XINFO ® PC Client - BMP Graphics..or as a BMP file in MS-Paint

HORIZONT 108 XINFO ® PC Client - Graphics, Filesize But: WMF results in perfect quality, and it saves resources

HORIZONT 109 XINFO ® PC Client - Save and load selection (1) If you like to repeat a complex selection...

HORIZONT 110 XINFO ® PC Client - Save and load selection (2)...use SAVE SELECTION to save it for later usage...

HORIZONT 111 XINFO ® PC Client - Save and load selection (3)...and reload it later with LOAD SELECTION

HORIZONT 112 XINFO ® PC Client - Save and load SQL (1) If you like to see (and modify) SQL generated by XINFO

HORIZONT 113 XINFO ® PC Client - Save and load SQL (2)...modify the WHERE statement...

HORIZONT 114 XINFO ® PC Client - Save and load SQL (3) …save the SQL to a file…

HORIZONT 115 XINFO ® PC Client - Save and load SQL (4)...and reload it later with READ SQL FROM FILE

HORIZONT 116 XINFO ® PC Client –Save and load Summary Please note: There are two different file types: SELECTION and SQL!

HORIZONT 117 XINFO ® PC Client - Cut and Paste (1) If you like to copy that value into the clipboard...

HORIZONT 118 XINFO ® PC Client - Cut and Paste (2)...than mark the value with the left mouse and press SHIFT-INS

HORIZONT 119 XINFO ® The ISPF Dialog JCL - DSN Command ===> Top : Legend SAVE SORT Find STAT LIBS BATCH Arrange Bottom: ? List all Line Commands S Select BD Browse DSN DH Jobname Program DD-Name DSN.. DSNUPROC *.. #DB2IMS X843 EXB &&SYSUT2.. #DB2IMS X843 AXB &&X843.. #DB2IMS IDCAMS SYSIN *.. #DB2IMS IDCAMS SYSIN P03.KK.ZWBE.DAI96S2.$.. #DB2IMS DSNUTILB STEPLIB RZR.DB21.DSNLOAD.. #DB2IMS DSNUTILB SYSIN *.. #DB2IMS K892 STEPLIB RZR.IMS.USERDC.. #DB2IMS K892 STEPLIB RZR.IMS.RESLIB.. #DB2IMS K892 STEPLIB RZR.IMS.DYNALIB.. #DB2IMS K892 STEPLIB RZR.IMS.USERLIB History - Job Run Times Command ===> Top : Legend SAVE SORT Find STAT LIBS BATCH Arrange EXit Bottom: ? List all Line Commands S Select A Appl. R Run Cycles B Browse Job JT Job/Table Q PGM/PSB CP TWS-CP SI SYSIN... Application ID ON Jobname Job Start Time Job End Time.. ACW500000A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:00.. ACW500000A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:00.. ACW500000A 004 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:06.. ACW500000A 004 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:02.. ACW500010A 003 #DB2IMS ,06: ,06:01.. ACW500010A 003 #DB2IMS ,06: ,06:01 B. ACW500020A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:10.. ACW500020A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:03.. ACW500020A 004 #DB2IMS ,03: ,03:17.. ACW500020A 004 #DB2IMS ,01: ,01:32.. ACW500020A 005 #DB2IMS ,03: ,03: Search Arguments JCL JOB Statements Command ===> Top : BATCH Build JCL END Leave OPT Options Reset Clear Jobname ===> EQ #DB2*____ Account ===> EQ ________________ Programmers Name ===> EQ ________________ CLASS ===> EQ ________ MSGCLASS ===> EQ ________ NOTIFY ===> EQ ________ PRIORITY ===> EQ _ REGION ===> EQ ________ RESTART ===> EQ ________ TYPRUN ===> EQ ________ USER ===> EQ ________ Library Key ===> EQ ___ Member Name ===> EQ ________

HORIZONT 120 XINFO ® The ISPF dialog of XINFO is started by a REXX procedure. The specific method of access is based on your installation. If you have questions regarding how to access the system, ask your XINFO administrator. As an example we can start it with a TSO Command: Command ==> TSO XINFO ISPF Dialog - Start

HORIZONT 121 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Main Menu Line Commands Primary Commands Start Panel Search Arguments Comparison Operators

HORIZONT 122 XINFO ® This is the startpanel of XINFO. All available displays are listed in sequence. Select the desired display by specifying the number... What is a display? ISPF Dialog - Startpanel

HORIZONT 123 XINFO ® A display is the combination of INPUT......and OUTPUT panels ISPF Dialog - What is a Display?

HORIZONT 124 XINFO ® Alternate Startpanel...if the Startpanel is too confusing for you, XINFO offers an alternative... ISPF Dialog - Alternate Startpanel

HORIZONT 125 XINFO ® Select 0 for Options... How can I activate that style? ISPF Dialog - Alternate Startpanel

HORIZONT 126 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Options Introduction

HORIZONT 127 XINFO ® The best idea to learn about XINFO is to go through the different displays, for example “JCL - DSN”... ISPF Dialog - Selecting a Display

HORIZONT 128 XINFO ® Specify your selection criteria, for example all programs “I*” which have a DD Statement “SYS*” You may use comparison operators like EQ, NE, GT, LT, LE, GE, NB... ISPF Dialog - Search Arguments

HORIZONT 129 XINFO ® The results... ISPF Dialog - Query Results

HORIZONT 130 XINFO ® Use standard keys PF7, PF8, PF10 and PF11 for scrolling Please note that the first column is fixed ISPF Dialog - Scrolling in Query Results

HORIZONT 131 XINFO ® XINFO displays only the first 999 records, but you can change that in the Options panel... “Too may rows” What does that mean? ISPF Dialog - Too Many Rows

HORIZONT 132 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Options

HORIZONT 133 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Comparison Operators XINFO allows you to specify all operators which are available in DB2...

HORIZONT 134 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Comparison Operators Press PF1 to get an overview about operators...

HORIZONT 135 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Operator 99 But let’s talk about a very special operator, the 99...

HORIZONT 136 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Operator 99 The 99 operator brings up a new panel where you can use multiple search criteria for the selected field (here “Jobname”) “&” means AND “!” means OR

HORIZONT 137 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Operator 99 For example all jobs with have a jobname GREATER EQUAL “A” and LOWER “C” (means all A-B) or which starts with “XXR”

HORIZONT 138 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Do you have any questions about displays? Yes? Ok, just let us know your question:

HORIZONT 139 XINFO ® Job The line commands of XINFO are connecting data fields to related information Jobnam e Resource DSN PGM Plannam e Table SMF History ISPF Dialog - Line Commands

HORIZONT 140 XINFO ® Internal Line Commands are activating other XINFO displays, for example SMF Histories, Table Information, etc... External Line Commands are activating ISPF tools like the Browser, Editor or any other Utility program XINFO has two different types of Line Commands: Every Line Command can be added or removed by the XINFO Administrator! ISPF Dialog - Line Commands

HORIZONT 141 XINFO ® The Line Commands are listed here... ISPF Dialog - Line Commands

HORIZONT 142 XINFO ® Let us try a Line Command, for example “S” (SELECT) to display a complete record ISPF Dialog - SELECT

HORIZONT 143 XINFO ® The result are all data of the selected record on one screen! ISPF Dialog - SELECT

HORIZONT 144 XINFO ®...type “?” to get a complete list with all Line Commands... If you do not understand the meaning of all Commands... ISPF Dialog - Line Commands

HORIZONT 145 XINFO ® Select the “B” to Browse the JCL... ISPF Dialog - Line Commands

HORIZONT 146 XINFO ® Get the JCL! ISPF Dialog - Line Commands

HORIZONT 147 XINFO ®...and “Internal Commands” which are calling other XINFO displays... “External Commands” like Select, Browse, Edit... ISPF Dialog - Line Commands

HORIZONT 148 XINFO ® The result of an “External Command”......and the result of an “Internal Command”... ISPF Dialog - Line Commands

HORIZONT 149 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Do you have any questions about Line Commands? Yes? Don’t forget:

HORIZONT 150 XINFO ® LEGEND SAVE SORT FIND STAT LIBS BATCH ARRANGE EXIT HELP FIX SHOW INFO TABLES GROUP ALL ISPF Dialog - Primary Commands

HORIZONT 151 XINFO ® Commands like SORT, ARRANGE and FIX are modifying the style of the Output Table Commands like STATS, SAVE or SHOW are calling XINFO functions which are based on all selected data Commands like LEGEND, TABLES and LIBS are displaying additional information XINFO has Primary Commands, which are working on all lines. ISPF Dialog - Primary Commands

HORIZONT 152 XINFO ® The Primary Commands are listed here... ISPF Dialog - Primary Commands

HORIZONT 153 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - HELP Use HELP to get an overview about all Primary Commands!

HORIZONT 154 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - SORT Use the SORT Command......to display the table in a sorted order

HORIZONT 155 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - SORT SORT together with the column name......sorts all rows according to the selected column

HORIZONT 156 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - SORT SORT (without parameter) sorts according to the first column SORT n sorts according to the nth column (from the left). SORT Header sorts according to the column “Header”. If a heading contains blanks, it has to be entered in apostrophes, e.g., SORT 'Valid Form'. SORT 1 DESC sorts according to the first column, in descending order. SORT 1 d, 3 a sorts in descending order according to the first column, and in de-scending order according to the third.

HORIZONT 157 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - FIND Use FIND......to locate the desired expression in column 1...

HORIZONT 158 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - FIND...or use the FIND Command together with the column name......to locate the desired expression in any column

HORIZONT 159 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - FIND PS.: If you like to search always all columns (instead of column 1), than go to OPTIONS...

HORIZONT 160 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - FIND FIND string> searches for FIND string n searches for in the column FIND string * to search all columns FIND string First|Last|Next|Prev searches for in the specified direction or position FIND string ALL counts the number of rows in which was found RFIND continues to search in the same direction for the previously specified string

HORIZONT 161 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - FIX FIX helps you while scrolling left and right...

HORIZONT 162 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - FIX The first 2 columns are fixed! Scrolled area

HORIZONT 163 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - ARRANGE The ARRANGE Command enables you to modify the display (for your eyes only!)

HORIZONT 164 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - ARRANGE RESET restores the original sequence Primary Commands

HORIZONT 165 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - ALL Normally a Line Command like “SM” lists all SMF records for the job in the selected line (here XXRJCPL)...

HORIZONT 166 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - ALL Here we have all SMF records for the selected Job XXRJCPL

HORIZONT 167 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - ALL The combination of the Primary Command “ALL” with the Line Command “SM”...

HORIZONT 168 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - ALL... results in all SMF records for all previously selected Jobs

HORIZONT 169 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - STAT The STAT Command is useful for numeric or time fields, for example the Job Duration...

HORIZONT 170 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - STAT...if you like statistics...

HORIZONT 171 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - STAT PS.: Instead of the column name you can also specify the column number......to get for example the Statistics for “Job Start Time”

HORIZONT 172 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - GROUP GROUP counts the number of occurences in every column (default is column 1)...

HORIZONT 173 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - GROUP An Example: How often is every Account used in your JCL?

HORIZONT 174 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - GROUP

HORIZONT 175 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - LIBS...and use the LIBS Command... Lib J01 J02J02 J0 J02 If you like to know the DSN of the job libraries,......locate the column “Lib”...

HORIZONT 176 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - LIBS The LIBS command shows you real DSN of your JCL- and PROC libraries

HORIZONT 177 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - SAVE SAVE stores the result of the query to a file... PS.: type XBROWSE or XEDIT to see the file... XBROWSE

HORIZONT 178 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - SAVE...here is the resulting file, at the beginning with some additional information like the SQL... Scroll down...

HORIZONT 179 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - SAVE...and get the data!

HORIZONT 180 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - SAVE The maximum number of lines defined for the dialog (999) is not used here, the only limit is the size of the output data set. Columns displayed in an abbreviated form in the panel are displayed in full length. If the display has been sorted by a certain column, this order is maintained. Any arrangement of the columns specified using the ARRANGE command will be maintained.

HORIZONT 181 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - BATCH The BATCH Command generates a JOB which runs the actual query in batch

HORIZONT 182 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - EXIT EXIT brings you back to the START panel

HORIZONT 183 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - LEGEND LEGEND explains all columns of the actual display, for example “Time Since Submit” instead of “Dif.SU”

HORIZONT 184 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - SHOW SHOW simply shows you the SQL behind your actual query...

HORIZONT 185 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - INFO INFO lists information about your XINFO installation, this file can be edited by the XINFO administrator

HORIZONT 186 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - TABLES TABLES shows you all availables tables (plus some additional information)

HORIZONT 187 XINFO ® ISPF Dialog - Do you have any questions about Primary Commands? Yes? Send us an

HORIZONT 188 XINFO ® History - Job Run Times Command ===> Top : Legend SAVE SORT Find STAT LIBS BATCH Arrange EXit Bottom: ? List all Zeilenkommandos S Select A Appl. R Run Cycles B Browse Job JT Job/Table Q PGM/PSB CP TWS-CP SI SYSIN... Application ID ON Jobname Job Start Time Job End Time.. ACW500000A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:00.. ACW500000A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:00.. ACW500000A 004 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:06.. ACW500000A 004 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:02.. ACW500010A 003 #DB2IMS ,06: ,06:01.. ACW500010A 003 #DB2IMS ,06: ,06:01 B. ACW500020A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:10.. ACW500020A 003 #DB2IMS ,20: ,20:03.. ACW500020A 004 #DB2IMS ,03: ,03:17.. ACW500020A 004 #DB2IMS ,01: ,01:32.. ACW500020A 005 #DB2IMS ,03: ,03: Search Arguments JCL JOB Statements Command ===> Top : BATCH Build JCL END Leave OPT Options Reset Clear Jobname ===> EQ #DB2*____ Account ===> EQ ________________ Programmers Name ===> EQ ________________ CLASS ===> EQ ________ MSGCLASS ===> EQ ________ NOTIFY ===> EQ ________ PRIORITY ===> EQ _ REGION ===> EQ ________ RESTART ===> EQ ________ TYPRUN ===> EQ ________ USER ===> EQ ________ Library Key ===> EQ ___ Member Name ===> EQ ________ Do you have any questions about XINFO? Please let us know if this training was useful:

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