OMEGAVIEW User's Guide, V300

User's GuideOMEGAVIEW

Version 300

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August 1999

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Contents

Read This First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Adobe Portable Document Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Documentation Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 1. Understanding the Common User Interface . . . . . . . 13Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

| Learning About Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Selectable Panel Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Learning About Pull-down Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Learning About Pop-up Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Quick Navigation in OMEGAVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Using Mnemonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Using Action Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

| Using Multiple Mnemonics to Create a Fast Path. . . . . . . . 27Using Pushbuttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Obtaining Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Obtaining Help About Input Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Using Extended Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Looking up a Technical Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Other Help Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chapter 2. Understanding the OMEGAVIEW User Interface . . . . 37Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Learning About the File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Learning About the Switch Pull-down Menu. . . . . . . . . . . 41

| Learning About the Tools Pull-down Menu. . . . . . . . . . . 42Learning About the Samples Pull-down Menu. . . . . . . . . . 45Learning About the Options Pull-down Menu. . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 3. Creating Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Creating a Systems Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Creating a Storage Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Creating a Network Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Creating an Onlines Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Creating an Overview Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Creating a Software Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Creating a Connectivity Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Creating an Index Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Copying and Editing Existing Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Linking and Cross Referencing Status Items. . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Chapter 4. Creating and Using Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Accessing the Template Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Creating a New Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Saving a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Exiting the Template Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Positioning a Template on a New Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Chapter 5. Learning About the Panel Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Using Line and Box Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Using LongTerm History Status Bars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Adding Session Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Adding Action Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Adding an Instruction Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Adding Status and Transient Text Objects. . . . . . . . . . . 116

Chapter 6. Setting OMEGAVIEW Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Setting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Setting Status Display Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Setting Panel Editor keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Setting Switch/Zoom Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Session Logon Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Chapter 7. Defining and Maintaining Status Items . . . . . . . . . . 135Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136Adding a Status Item or Rollup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Changing a Status Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Deleting a Status Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Linking Status Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Using the Cross Reference Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Chapter 8. Overriding the Profile Synchronization Default . . . . 151Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Overriding the Profile Synchronization Default. . . . . . . . 153

Chapter 9. Providing Logon Information for Zooming andSwitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Using the Maintain Session Logon Data Option. . . . . . . . 161Starting or Stopping Prompting for User ID. . . . . . . . . . 171

Chapter 10. Transplex Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for CICS 176Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for DB2 180

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Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for IMS 184Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II forDBCTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Chapter 11. Switching Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Switching Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Navigating to OSM/MVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

| Chapter 12. Using the Zoom Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Using the Zoom to Session Confirmation Option. . . . . . . 195Zooming to the Default Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Zooming to an Alternate Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

| Valid Zoom Destinations for OMEGAMONs . . . . . . . . . 201

Chapter 13. Problem Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Problem Management Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Viewing a Problem Management Record. . . . . . . . . . . . 219Adding a Problem Management Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Changing a Problem Management Record. . . . . . . . . . . 224Deleting a Problem Management Record. . . . . . . . . . . . 226

| Appendix A. Status Item Qualifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON for| CICS/ESA CUA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for CICS. . . . 232| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for DB2 . . . . 234| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for DBCTL. . 236| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for IMS . . . . 237| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for MVS. . . . 239| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for SMS. . . . 241| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON for VM . . . . . . 242| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for VTAM . . 244

Appendix B. Using a Mouse With OMEGAVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Appendix C. Enhanced Logging Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Appendix D. Enhanced Action Code Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . 253Selecting an Action Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Appendix E. Candle Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Customer Support Phone Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261


Read This First

Preface

About this document

This manual describes the use of OMEGAVIEW to monitor and manageyour computing enterprise. It assumes that you are familiar with IBMmainframe computer system operation and Candle's OMEGAMONproducts. If not, consult the documentation supplied with the OMEGAMONproducts.

This user's guide contains the following information:

Note: If you are already familiar with the OMEGAVIEW user interface, werecommend that you begin using OMEGAVIEW by following theinstructions in the chapter “Creating Panels” on page 49. This chapterfamiliarizes you with all the aspects of building a monitoring enterprise.

Product OverviewThe first two chapters present an overview of OMEGAVIEW'spurpose, features, and use. They also show how to select, view, andnavigate through status display panels.

Using OMEGAVIEWThe remaining chapters of this guide describe how to editOMEGAVIEW status display panels, how to create new panels foraccessing data, how to add entries to the status database, and how touse OMEGAVIEW for problem management.

AppendixesThe appendixes present status item names and other helpfulinformation.

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Adobe Portable Document Format

Introduction

Candle supplies documentation in the Adobe Portable Document Format(PDF). The Adobe Acrobat Reader prints PDF documents with the fonts,formatting, and graphics in the original document. To print a Candledocument, do the following:

1. Specify the print options for your system. From the Acrobat ReaderMenu bar, select File > Print Setup... and make your selections. Asetting of 300 dpi is highly recommended as is duplex printing if yourprinter supports it.

2. To start printing, select File > Print on the Acrobat Reader Menu bar.

3. On the Print popup, select one of the Print Range options for

Á a single pageÁ a range of pagesÁ all of the document

4. (Optional) To fit oversize pages to the paper size currently loaded onyour printer, select the Shrink to Fit option.

Printing problems?

Your printer ultimately determines the print quality of your output.Sometimes printing problems can occur. If you experience printingproblems, potential areas to check are:

Á settings for your printer and printer driver. (The dpi settings for bothyour driver and printer should be the same. A setting of 300 dpi isrecommended.)

Á the printer driver you are using. (You may need a different printer driveror the Universal Printer driver from Adobe. This free printer driver isavailable at www.adobe.com.)

Á the halftone/graphics color adjustment for printing color on black andwhite printers. (Check the printer properties underStart > Settings >Printer. For more information, see the online help for the AcrobatReader.)

Á the amount of available memory in your printer. (Insufficient memorycan cause a document or graphics to fail to print.)

For additional information on printing problems, refer to the documentationfor your printer or contact your printer manufacturer.


Documentation Conventions

Introduction

Candle documentation adheres to accepted typographical conventions forcommand syntax. Conventions specific to Candle documentation arediscussed in the following sections.

Panels and figures

The panels and figures in this document are representations. Actual productpanels may differ.

Revision bars

Revision bars (|) may appear in the left margin to identify new or updatedmaterial.

Variables and literals

In examples of command syntax, uppercase letters are actual values (literals)that the user should type; lowercase letters are used for variables thatrepresent data supplied by the user. Default values are underscored.

LOGON APPLID(cccccccc)

In the above example, you type LOGON APPLID followed by an applicationidentifier (represented bycccccccc) within parentheses. The number ofcharacters indicates the maximum allowable length of the variable.

Note: In ordinary text, variable names appear in italics.

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Symbols

The following symbols may appear in command syntax.

Symbol Usage

| The 'or' symbol is used to denote a choice. Eitherthe argument on the left or the argument on the rightmay be used. Example:

YES | NO

In this example, YES or NO may be specified.

[ ] Denotes optional arguments. Those arguments notenclosed in square brackets are required. Example:

APPLDEST DEST [ALTDEST]

In this example, DEST is a required argument andALTDEST is optional.

{ } Some documents use braces to denote requiredarguments, or to group arguments for clarity.Example:

COMPARE {workload} -REPORT={SUMMARY | HISTOGRAM}

The workload variable is required. The REPORTkeyword must be specified with a value ofSUMMARY or HISTOGRAM.

_ Default values are underscored. Example:

COPY infile outfile -[COMPRESS={YES | NO}]

In this example, the COMPRESS keyword isoptional. If specified, the only valid values are YESor NO. If omitted, the default is YES.

␣ The symbol ␣ indicates a blank space, when neededfor clarity.


Documentation Set

Introduction

Candle provides a complete set of documentation for OMEGAVIEW. Eachmanual in this documentation set contains a specific type of information tohelp you use the product.

Candle welcomes your comments and suggestions for changes or additions tothe documentation set. A user comment form, located at the back of eachmanual, provides simple instructions for communicating with Candle'sInformation Development department. You can also send email [email protected]. Please include the product name, version, and booktitle in the subject line. To order additional manuals, contact CandleCustomer Support.

Table 1. OMEGAVIEW Documentation

DocumentNumber

Document Name Description

MV60-5643 OMEGAVIEW Version 300Release Guide

Summarizes the newfeatures and enhancementsin this latest version ofOMEGAVIEW.

IC51-5811 Installing Candle Productson MVS

Provides explicit instructionsfor installing OMEGAVIEWand applying maintenance.

MV51-5644 OMEGAVIEWConfiguration andCustomization Guide

Provides procedures forconfiguring and customizingOMEGAVIEW to meetyour site's requirements.

MV54-5645 OMEGAVIEW User's Guide Explains how to useOMEGAVIEW to monitoryour enterprise service levelmanagement.

MV52-5646 OMEGAVIEW MessagesManual

Describes the CT/Engine,Status Data Manager, and3270 Interface messages thatmay be generated byOMEGAVIEW.

MV99-5647 3270 Interface to the CandleCommand Center UsingOMEGAVIEW

Summarizes the CandleCommand Center 3270interface to view alerts,access reports, access aconsole, and edit situations.

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Chapter 1.Understanding the Common User Interface

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14| Learning About Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Selectable Panel Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Learning About Pull-down Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Learning About Pop-up Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Quick Navigation in OMEGAVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Using Mnemonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Using Action Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

| Using Multiple Mnemonics to Create a Fast Path. . . . . . . . 27Using Pushbuttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Obtaining Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Obtaining Help About Input Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Using Extended Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Looking up a Technical Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Other Help Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Chapter Overview

Introduction

OMEGAVIEW uses a common set of features throughout its panels. Thesefeatures, based on IBM's Common User Access (CUA) standards, aredesigned to facilitate ease of learning and use. Once you are familiar withthe basics of an OMEGAVIEW panel, you can use OMEGAVIEW tomonitor the health of your enterprise.

In this chapter

In this chapter we cover the following topics:

To... See page...

Learn about panels and panel objects 15

Learn about selectable items 19

Learn about pull-down menus 20

Learn about pop-up windows 22

Learn product navigation techniques 24

Learn about mnemonics 25

Learn about action codes 26

Create fast paths 27

Use pushbuttons 29

Obtain online Help 30


| Learning About Panels

Introduction

Although OMEGAVIEW allows you to design and customize your panels(see “Creating Panels” on page 49 for more information), there are severalCUA standard panel elements. Panels typically consist of three parts:

Part Name Position on the Panel

.1/ Action bar Top line of the panel

.2/ Panel body Everything between the top line andthe bottom line of the panel

.3/ Function keys Bottom line(s) of the panel

Typical panel layout

The following figure shows a typical OMEGAVIEW status display panel toillustrate the three parts of the panel.

| à| ð| .1/ ___ File CCC-Reports Switch Tools Samples Options Help

| --------------------------------------------------------- ð9/11/98 12:ð9:ð9 AM

| .2/ KMVPNRUN/$DFLT1 OMEGAVIEW Version 3ðð

| Type one or more action codes, then press Enter. > Forward <

| S=Show details P=Problem management I=Information C=Change G=GoTo E=Events

| +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| | Session Name | Workload Status | Resource Status | Alert Status |

| +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| | CMSCON | | | _ ________ _ |

| | Enterprise | | | _ ________ _ |

| | C25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | DF5ððG | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | D2CLASYG | _ ________ _ | | _ ________ _ |

| | D2CLCONN | _ ________ _ | | _ ________ _ |

| | D2CUASYG | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | D2CUCONN | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | D24ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | D25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | ON5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | IMS5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | M25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| | SMS5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| .3/ F1=Help F2=Keys F3=Exit F5=Refresh F1ð=Action Bar **=Top Panel

| á| ñ

The sections that immediately follow discuss in detail the elements of thepanel.


Action bar

The action bar is the top line of the panel. It has an input field on the leftside and available pull-down menu selections spread across the length of theline. Each word on the action bar is the name of a pull-down menu, whichoffers you further selections and allows you to take shortcuts to other panels,or gives you access to Help.

The same basic action bar menu choices appear throughout OMEGAVIEW.However, if you have authorization as a system administrator to use it, theConfiguration Manager has additional action bar choices as does the PanelEditor.

Using the action bar

There are two ways to make selections from the action bar, as the followingtable shows.

Actions Result

5 Type the mnemonic (highlighted) letter of theaction choice in the action bar input field(upper left corner of the screen), and pressEnter. For example, for Help, type h andpress Enter; for Switch Samples, type w andpress Enter.

OR

5 Press the tab key to move the cursor to theaction bar choice, then press Enter.

A pull-down menuappears from whichyou can make aselection.

Panel body

OMEGAVIEW displays data in the panel body. The format varies dependingon the user's own design and on the type of data presented, including statusindicators and graphic representations.


Scrolling on panels

You can scroll from one screen of data to the next by using the function keysor by using the forward/backward pushbutton located at the top right sectionof the panel body.

Use the following function keys to scroll.

To scroll on a panel using the forward/backward pushbutton:

5 Move your cursor to the field marked >Forward...< or >Backward...<and press Enter.

Use... To...

F7 Scroll backward one screen at a time

F8 Scroll forward one screen at a time

Function keys

Function keys cause a predefined operation to occur. Many of the tasks youperform with OMEGAVIEW use function keys. These keys are labelled asthe Fn keys, such as F1, F2, and F3. Function keys are found on the bottomlines of the panel. Each panel lists the available function keys and theirassignments for the current panel. If your panel does not display functionkeys at the bottom, press F2 to turn on the display. (See the F2 function keydescription in the following table.)

FunctionKey

Name Assignment

F1 Help Displays a Help window for the current panel,pull-down menu, pop-up window, or field.

F2 Keys Turns on (or off) the display of the function keyarea at the bottom of the panel.

F3 Exit Exits the current panel, saving all changes andadditions made in any of the fields. From theOMEGAVIEW default panel, you can exit theproduct or return to the previous panel. Frommost other panels, you are returned to a previouspanel.

F4 Prompt Displays a list of valid selections for an inputfield. Selections denoted with a plus sign (+)can be prompted. If there are only two validselections, such as on or off, F4 switchesbetween the two.


FunctionKey

Name Assignment

F5 Refresh In a panel display, F5 clears and updates thepanel.

Filter In Status Item Manager, F5 shows and/orchanges the selection filter.

F6 Delete In Problem Management, F6 deletes the currentrecord.

DerivationRule

In Status Information, F6 shows the derivationrule.

F7 Backward Scrolls backward if there is more informationthan can fit on the current screen. If you cannotscroll backward, two asterisks display instead ofthe function key. For example, **=Bkwd.

F8 Forward Scrolls forward if there is more information thancan be displayed on the current screen. If youcannot scroll forward, two asterisks displayinstead of the function key. For example,**=Fwd.

F9 Functionkeys help

Displays online Help describing the assignmentsfor each function key.

F10 Action bar Moves the cursor back and forth between theaction bar at the top of the panel and the panelbody.

F12 Cancel Cancels the current panel, and erases all changesand additions made in any of the fields since youlast pressed Enter. Lets you back up one panelat a time.

F15 Top panel Returns to the top level in the panel hierarchy

PA1 SwitchSession

Issues a pop-up menu of OMEGAMON sessions.From any OMEGAMON you can zoom toanother OMEGAMON by selecting it from thispop-up.

PA2 ZoomReturn

Returns to OMEGAVIEW from anOMEGAMON monitoring session.


Selectable Panel Items

Introduction

OMEGAVIEW uses colors, highlighting, underlining, and other characters toindicate items that are available for you to select.

Color terminals

On color terminals, items available for selection appear in white; items notavailable for selection appear in blue. Fields that accept input are underlinedand green. Emphasized fields appear in yellow.

The mnemonic letter, a one letter abbreviation for a selectable menu item, ishighlighted. For example, for Configuration Manager, the C is highlightedand underlined.

Non-color and other terminal types

On non-color terminals, fields that accept input are underlined. On someterminal types (such as 3290s), emphasized fields appear in reverse video.

Consideration

If you are using 3270 emulation hardware and software on a PC, variousscreen attributes, such as color, highlight, underline, reverse video, shape oflines and corners, may appear significantly different from the way they wouldappear on a native 3279 display. You may have to change definitions inyour 3270 emulator to achieve the desired results. Refer to the appropriatemanuals or consult your system administrator.


Learning About Pull-down Menus

Introduction

A pull-down menu appears after you choose an action on the action bar.This menu provides a list of further selections to help you indicate the exactaction you would like to take.

Using a pull-down menu

To use a pull-down menu, follow the steps below.

Step Action Result

1 Type the mnemonic(highlighted) letter of an actionchoice (example t for tools) inthe action bar input field, andpress Enter.

OR

Use the tab key to go to achoice on the action bar, andpress Enter.

The pull-down menu for thatselection appears.

2 On the pull-down menu, enterthe number or underlined letterof the selection you want, andpress Enter.

OR

Move the cursor to your choiceand press Enter.

The information you requestedappears on a panel or (ifadditional information isrequired), a pop-up windowappears.

3 To close a pull-down menu,press F12.

OMEGAVIEW returns you tothe action bar.


Ellipsis

Often a pull-down menu selection is followed by an ellipsis (...). Thisindicates that further information is required. After you make the selection,you may need to choose from another menu or add data to complete the task.

Example of a pull-down menu

The following figure shows the Options pull-down menu which appears whenyou selectOptions from the action bar. Although part of the underlyingpanel is visible on your terminal, it is not available for use while thepull-down remains visible. If you move the cursor outside the pull-downmenu area and press a key, the cursor will return to the pull-down menu.

à ð

1. Preferences...

2. Status display options...

3. Panel editor keys...

4. Switch/Zoom options...

5. Session logon data...

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Learning About Pop-up Windows

Introduction

Pop-up windows appear superimposed over the body of the panel in responseto selections a user makes on a menu or on the panel body. OMEGAVIEWmay display a pop-up window when you:

Á make a selection from a pull-down menuÁ press a function keyÁ type an action code (such as S for Show details)

In general, pop-up windows:

Á present further selectionsÁ provide alerts for possible error conditionsÁ display helpÁ solicit inputÁ display security information

Function keys

Available function keys for a pop-up are displayed at the bottom of itswindow.

Considerations

The pop-up window appears to lie on top of the current panel or menu.However, you cannot use the options of the underlying panel while thepop-up window is displayed.

More than one pop-up window may be visible at the same time, and thewindows can overlap. However, only the last pop-up displayed will acceptdata.


Example of a pop-up window

The panel below shows the Status Item Manager pop-up window that isavailable from the Tools menu of the Action Bar.

à ðKMVSIMNT Status Item Manager

Select one of the following, then press Enter.

1. Add status item...

2. Display status item...

3. Change status item...

4. Delete status item...

5. Link status items...

6. Cross reference status items...

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Promptable fields

Certain fields have a plus sign (+) after them. The plus sign indicates thatthere are more choices available for this field. In some cases, there are twochoices for each field. To toggle between the two choices:

5 Move your cursor to the field and press F4.

Result: The field choice changes.

Note: If there are more than two choices for a field, pressing F4 will presentyou with a list of possible choices.


Quick Navigation in OMEGAVIEW

Overview

Using the object/action technique and conventional keys to navigate, you caneasily move anywhere in OMEGAVIEW. However, as you become morecomfortable with the product, you may want to use these powerful navigationtools.

Á mnemonicsÁ action codesÁ fast pathsÁ pushbuttons

In this section

In this section we cover the following topics:

To... See page...

Use mnemonics 25

Use action codes 26

Create fast paths 27

Use pushbuttons 29


Using Mnemonics

Introduction

We have designated certain letters as mnemonics (one letter abbreviations)for selections you make. Mnemonics are identified with highlighting,underlining, or parentheses. Once you learn the mnemonics, you can usethem to make selections quickly. You will see later how several mnemonicsstrung together can create an even quicker way of navigating, called fastpaths.

Examples of mnemonics

The following table lists several mnemonics from a variety of panels.

Action Mnemonic Description

Edit panel E Allows user to edit the current panel

Preferences P Brings up a pop-up window forsetting user preferences

Switch w Brings up a pop-up that lets youchoose another session from aselection list

Exit x Exits the product

Using a mnemonic

To use a mnemonic:

5 Type the mnemonic in the input field and press Enter.


Using Action Codes

Introduction

Action codes are mnemonics with special characteristics. Unlike othermnemonics, action codes have the same meanings across panels, and they areoperable on most (although not all) panels.

Commonly used action codes

The following action codes are shown on the OMEGAVIEW default panel.

Action Mnemonic Description

Show details s Displays a detailed breakdown ofthe status bar which representseither basic or rollup status items.

Problemmanagement

p Allows you to notify other viewersthat a problem is being worked on.

Information i Displays more information about astatus bar's underlying status item.

Change c Used for making changes touser-defined status items.

GoTo g Lets you navigate to a destinationpanel associated with a particularstatus bar.

Using an action code

To use an action code:

5 Type the action code in the input field and press Enter.


| Using Multiple Mnemonics to Create a Fast Path

Introduction

Once you become familiar with the product, you may want to take advantageof the time saving feature known as fast paths. A fast path can let you skipintervening panels to reach the desired level quickly by stringing mnemonicstogether.

Using a fast path

In the input field of the action bar you can enter a string of up to 3mnemonics, taking you down as many as 3 levels. Mnemonics are identifiedon menus by highlighting, underlining, or parentheses.

Examples of common fast paths

The following fast paths are frequently used and may prove helpful to you.

Mnemonics Action Result

fe File, Edit panel Allows you to edit the current panel

tt Tools, Templateeditor

Allows you to create a new template

os Options, SessionLogon Data

Displays the Session Logon Datapanel

tsa Tools, StatusItem Manager,Add Status Item

Displays the Add Status Itempop-up window where you can addand supply values for a new statusitem.

| tc, then oi| Tools,| Configuration| Manager,| Options,| Situation| Administration

| Displays the Candle Command| Center Situation List where you can| stop and restart situations and edit| comparison values.


Enabling fast path mnemonics

If you do not see an input field to the left of File on the action bar, you willbe unable to use fast paths. To display the action bar input field that acceptsmnemonics, perform the following steps.

Step Action

1 Select Options from the action bar.

2 Enter 1 to select Preferences and display the Preferences pop-upwindow.

3 Type On in the Mnemonics field and press Enter.

Result: The OMEGAVIEW default panel appears, with anaction bar input field in the upper left corner of your displayscreen.


Using Pushbuttons

Introduction

Pushbuttons allow you to link panels together with a word or wordsdisplayed in reverse video between angle brackets. For example,>Forward...<.

Pushbuttons offer you a way to navigate to panels that are closely related insubject and level of detail to the current panel. Linked panels are grouped ina way that offers suggestions regarding where to find information related tothe current panel.

For information on how to create pushbuttons for use on your panels, see“Creating pushbuttons” on page 69.

Using a pushbutton

To use a pushbutton:

5 Place your cursor on the phrase or word in brackets < >, and press Enter.

Note: If there is a pushbutton for the current panel, it will appear inparentheses and will not be selectable.


Obtaining Online Help

Introduction

OMEGAVIEW provides context-sensitive help through a complete onlineHelp system. You can easily access the help system from any input field orany panel, as well as from the Help pull-down menu.

Kinds of Help

The following table contains a description of the available kinds of onlinehelp.

Kinds of Help What to expect

Field level Help A short description of the selected field andguidelines for what to enter in the field.

Extended Help A description of an entire panel, how to use thepanel, and how you may proceed.

Glossary A definition of a technical term.

In this section

In this section we cover the following topics:

To... See page...

Obtain help about input fields 31

Obtain help about panels 32

Look up a technical term 33

Obtain other helpful information 35


Obtaining Help About Input Fields

Introduction

Field level Help is available from any input field.

Using field level Help

If you are on an OMEGAVIEW panel and you want to know what a statusbar indicates:

5 Move your cursor to the status bar's input field and press F1.

Result: OMEGAVIEW displays a pop-up window like the one shown in thefollowing figure.

Example of a Help pop-up window

The following figure shows the status bar Help pop-up.

à ð

Status Bar - Help

More: +

A status bar shows the health of your computing

enterprise with a traffic signal-like display.

For further information on status bars or destination

panels, type the following action codes in the status

bar input area:

Action

Code Description

------ -----------------------------------------------

S Show a detailed breakdown of this status bar .

This action also occurs if you press Enter (if

the implied action On is specified) on this

status bar without typing an action code.

F1=Help F3=Exit F5=Glossary **=Bkwd F8=Fwd

F9=Keys F11=Index F12=Cancel

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Using Extended Help

Introduction

Extended Help (panel Help) is available from many field level Help pop-upwindows, as well as from the Help pull-down menu.

Using extended Help

Follow these steps to get extended Help.

Step Action Result

1 Choose Options from theOMEGAVIEW display panelaction bar and press Enter.

The Options pull-down menuappears.

2 Select Preferences from themenu and press Enter.

The Preferences pop-upappears.

3 Move your cursor to any inputfield (such as the mnemonicsfield) and press F1.

The Help panel for themnemonics input field appears.

4 For extended Help press F2(or F1 if your cursor is not onan input field).

An extended Help panelappears providing generalinformation about the featureor panel you are using.

5 When you have finishedviewing the item, press F12.

OMEGAVIEW displays theprevious panel.

6 To exit press F3. OMEGAVIEW exits Help.

More help

In the upper right-hand corner of a Help pop-up window, you may see theword More+, More-, or More-+. They indicate that you can scroll to moreHelp windows on this topic.

Á More+ indicates that scrolling forward with F8 will produce another Helpwindow.

Á More- indicates that scrolling backward with F7 will produce a previousHelp window.

Á More-+ indicates that you may scroll forward or backward in the Helpwindow.


Looking up a Technical Term

Introduction

The glossary, which contains definitions of technical terms found inOMEGAVIEW, is available from any Help pop-up window, as well as anypanel (using the Help pull-down menu).

Getting to the glossary

There are three ways to look up a technical term.

IF you are... THEN...

on the action bar ofany panel

enter fast path hg to bypass the Help pull-downmenu and go straight to the glossary.

in a Help window press F5.

in a Help pop-upwindow containing ahighlighted phrase,

tab to the phrase and press Enter for a definitionof that phrase


Accessing the glossary

To access the glossary, follow these steps:

Step Action Result

1 Select Options from the actionbar and press Enter.

The Options pull-down menuappears.

2 Select Preferences from themenu and press Enter.

The Preferences pop-upappears.

3 Move your cursor to themnemonics input field andpress F1 for Help.

The Mnemonics Help panelappears.

4 Suppose you are not familiarwith the term “fast-path.”Press F5 to access theglossary.

The Glossary pop-up windowappears.

5 Press F6 to start your search. The Search Glossary pop-upwindow appears.

6 Type fast path on the SearchTerm input field and pressEnter.

The search term fast pathopens the glossary to revealthe dictionary item.

7 Select fast path from thispop-up window to access theglossary definition.

The glossary definition of fastpath appears.


Other Help Information

Introduction

You can obtain other helpful information using the Help function keys andthe Help pull-down menu.

Help function keys

The following table describes the Help-specific function keys and theirassignments.

Functionkey

Name Assignment

F1 Help forHelp

Displays information about the Help system.

F2 ExtendedHelp

Provides general information about the contentsof the panel from which help was requested.

F3 Exit Exits the Help system.

F5 Glossary Displays an alphabetic list of glossary terms.

F6 Search Searches the Help index or glossary for specifictopics or terms.

F11 Index Displays an alphabetical list of Help topics.

The Help pull-down menu

The following is an example of the Help pull-down menu, showing all thekinds of help available. You can access the Help pull-down menu byentering h in the action bar input field.

à ð

1. Help for help...

2. Extended help...

3. Keys help...

4. Help index...

5. Glossary...

6. About...

7. User Information...

8. New Features...

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Other help features

The Help pull-down menu has other features: Keys Help, About, UserInformation, and New Features.

Feature Description

Keys Help Describes the function keys used with OMEGAVIEW, aswell as any other special purpose keys.

About Shows logo, copyright, and product version information.

UserInformation

Shows information about your current session such as userID, terminal ID, system ID, VTAM logmode name, andcurrent ACB name.

NewFeatures

Lists and describes new features in the current release ofthe product.


Chapter 2.Understanding the OMEGAVIEW User Interface

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Learning About the File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Learning About the Switch Pull-down Menu. . . . . . . . . . . 41

| Learning About the Tools Pull-down Menu. . . . . . . . . . . 42Learning About the Samples Pull-down Menu. . . . . . . . . . 45Learning About the Options Pull-down Menu. . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 2. Understanding the OMEGAVIEW User Interface 37

Chapter Overview

Introduction

There are many elements of the OMEGAVIEW interface that that are uniqueto the product. This chapter introduces these features and gives a briefdescription of their function.

In this chapter


To learn about the features under the... See page...

File pull-down menu 39

Switch pull-down menu 41

Tools pull-down menu 42

Samples pull-down menu 45

Options pull-down menu 46


Learning About the File Menu

Introduction

This section briefly describes the items that are available under the Filepull-down menu.

The following table describes each menu item and its function.

Menu Item Usage

New Allows you to create a new panel (alsoknown as a file).

Open Allows you to open an existing panel forviewing or editing. The selected panelbecomes your new “top” panel for thesession.

Save Saves the current panel

Save as Saves the current panel under a new nameof your choosing.

Delete Deletes a panel.

Properties Changes the description of the current paneland shows you the date, time, and user IDwhen the panel was first created and lastmodified.

Edit panel Switches into the Panel Editor for thecurrently open panel.

Exit OMEGAVIEW Exits OMEGAVIEW


Example of the file menu

The following figure shows the File pull-down menu

à ð

1. New

2. Open...

3. Save

4. Save as...

5. Delete...

6. Properties...

7. Edit panel

8. Exit OMEGAVIEW F3

F1=Help F12=Cancel

á ñ

More information

For more detailed information on how to use the items under the Filepull-down menu, see “Creating Panels” on page 49.


Learning About the Switch Pull-down Menu

Introduction

Selecting Switch from the action bar brings up the Switch to Sessionpull-down. It allows you to:

Á zoom to an OMEGAMON session without navigating through a statuslight

Á switch among OMEGAMON zoom sessions without returning toOMEGAVIEW

For more information on session switching see “Switching Sessions” onpage 187.

Sample Switch to Session pull-down menu

The following figure shows an example of the Switch to Session pull-downmenu.

à ðKMVSEDIS Switch to Session

Move cursor next to session, then press Enter. More: +

Session Type Description

---------- ----------- -------------------------------------

_ C25ðð OM/II-CICS C2 V5ðð

_ DF5ððG OM/II-SMS Linda's test SMS

_ D2CLASYG OM-DB2 D2 Classic on SYSG

_ D2SLCONN OM-DB2 D2 V4ðð bt CCONN

_ D2CUASYG O2/II D2 CUA on SYSG

_ D2CUCONN O2/II D2 CUA V4ðð CCONN

_ D24ðð O2/II DB2 V4ðð

_ D25ðð O2/II DB2 V5ðð

_ ON5ðð OM-VTAM VTAM V5ðð

_ IMS5ðð OM-IMS DBCTL V5ðð

_ M25ðð OM/II M2 V5ðð

F1=Help **=Bkwd F8=Fwd F12=Cancel F14=Find

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| Learning About the Tools Pull-down Menu

| Introduction

| The following features are available on the Tools pull-down menu, from the| Main Status panel or the Configuration Manager panel:

| Á Template Editor| Á Status Item Manager| Á Configuraton Manager (if authorized)| Á Default Status Panel Builder| Á Alerts Manager

| In additon, the Tools pulldown from the Configuration Manager includes:

| Á Export objects

| See the OMEGAVIEW Configuration and Customization Guide.

| Á Import objects

| See the OMEGAVIEW Configuration and Customization Guide.

| Á Technical support

| Use under the guidance of Candle Customer Support.

| Á OMEGAVIEW users

| Displays current users.

Template Editor

The Template Editor allows you to create background drawings forcustomizing panels. For a more detailed description of how to use thisfeature, see “Creating and Using Templates” on page 91.

Status Item Manager

The Status Item Manager allows you to add, display, change, or delete statusitems for your user-defined status items that are represented byOMEGAVIEW status bars. For a more detailed description of thesefunctions see “Defining and Maintaining Status Items” on page 135.


Configuration Manager

The Configuraton Manager allows your system administrator to define thesessions that OMEGAVIEW monitors and displays. How to use theConfiguration Manager is described in detail in the OMEGAVIEWConfiguration and Customization Guide.

Note: If this option does not appear on your menu, it is because the item'savailability is restricted to the system administrator.

This section briefly describes the pull-down menus that are available underthe Configuration Manager:

Á ActionsÁ EditÁ ToolsÁ ProfilesÁ ViewÁ OptionsÁ Help

Learning about Actions

The options you choose under Actions allow you to start, restart, or stop asession in the Configuration Manager. You can also select to switch to anOMEGAMON session, or exit the Configuration Manager. See theOMEGAVIEW Configuration and Customization Guidefor more informationabout these options.

Learning about Edit

You can use the Edit pull-down as an alternative method to an action code tochange, delete, add, model or rename a session. See the OMEGAVIEWConfiguration and Customization Guidefor more information about theseoptions.

Learning about Profiles

You can use this pull-down to access the customization panels for logonprofiles, DASD profiles, thresholds, and group profiles. See theOMEGAVIEW Configuration and Customization Guidefor information onthese options.


Learning about View

You can use this pull-down to select how you want sessions to appear in theConfiguration Manager. See the OMEGAVIEW Configuration andCustomization Guide for information on this option.

Learning about Options

You can use this pull-down to customize the Configuration Manager.

Learning about Help

See “Understanding the Common User Interface” on page 13 for adescription of the Help pull-down menu.

Default Status Panel Builder

After a system administrator adds or deletes monitoring sessions in theConfiguration Manager, they use the Default Status Panel Builder to rebuildthe default panels that represent the status of all defined sessions. For moreinformation, see the OMEGAVIEW Configuration and Customization Guide.

Note: If this option does not appear on your menu, it is because itsavailability is restricted to the system administrator.

Alerts Manager

Use this option to control OMEGAVIEW's generation of NetView andAF/OPERATOR alerts. Help is available to explain in detail the selectionson the Alerts Manager pull-down. To access help from that panel, press F1with the cursor placed in any area of the panel that is not an input field.


Learning About the Samples Pull-down Menu

Introduction

The following table describes the 2 menu choices available under theSamples pull-down menu.

Menu Item Use

ShowSamplePanels

Displays one or more of the different kinds of panels youcan create with the OMEGAVIEW Panel Editor. You cansave any of these sample panels under a different name andedit them to suit your own applications.

Load SampleLibrary

This option is restricted to the system administrator whouses it to install the sample panels and templates thatCandle provides. These samples are automatically loadedduring OMEGAVIEW installation. If you receive anupdated sample panel from Candle, this option is used toinstall the new samples.

The Samples menu

The following figure shows the Samples pull-down menu.

à ð1. Show Sample Panels

2. Load Sample Library

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Learning About the Options Pull-down Menu

Introduction

This section briefly describes the items that are available under the Optionspull-down menu:

Á PreferencesÁ Status display optionsÁ Panel editor keysÁ Switch/Zoom optionsÁ Session logon data

The Options menu

The following figure shows the Options pull-down menu.

à ð 1. Preferences...

2. Status display options...

3. Panel editor keys...

4. Switch/Zoom options...

5. Session logon data...

F1=Help F12=Cancel

á ñ

Preferences

The options you choose under Preferences affect the appearance of yourpanel. Here you can select panel display options such as:

Á mnemonics

Á a beep alert that detects invald input (such as whenever you press afunction key that is not supported on a panel).

Á panel ID

Á time and date display and format

Á function key area

Á implicit/explicit action

Á exit and delete confirmation

Á national language.

Note: The majority of the panels shown in this guide appear in the expandedformat that includes the panel ID, date and time, and available function keys.


Status display options

The status display options pop-up controls settings such as the:

Á OMEGAVIEW startup panel nameÁ automatic update interval for refreshing panelsÁ beep on critical statusÁ beep on lost sessionÁ action-in-progress indicator

Panel editor keys

The Panel editor keys option allows you to change function key definitions(fast path keys) for the template and panel editors.

Note: Only users with Template/Panel edit authority have access to the Paneleditor keys pop-up. For users without this authority, the option does notappear on the Options pull-down.

Switch/Zoom options

On this pop-up you can set the Switch and Zoom session return keys.

You can also set the Zoomed session timeout interval. This intervaldetermines the amount of time (in minutes) before an OMEGAMON sessionthat you have zoomed or switched into is terminated from lack of use, andyou are returned to OMEGAVIEW.

The setting Start/Stop Prompting for User ID allows you to determinewhether or not the system starts or stops prompting for logon informationduring zoom to session operations.

The Zoom to Session Confirmation feature lets you choose whether or notOMEGAVIEW automatically displays the "Confirm Zoom to Session"pop-up whenever you attempt to zoom from a basic status item. With thisfeature on the Switch/Zoom options pop-up, you can override the defaultzoom destination.

Note: Only users with zoom authority can access the Switch/Zoom Optionspop-up.

Session logon data

This panel allows you to define logon information to be used to establish asession with a monitor product when you switch or zoom.


More information

For information on using the features under the Options pull-down refer tothe following table.

For more information on... See page...

setting preferences 123

setting status display options 127

setting panel editor keys 129

setting switch/zoom options 131

defining session logon data 134 and 161


Chapter 3. Creating Panels

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Creating a Systems Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Creating a Storage Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Creating a Network Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Creating an Onlines Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Creating an Overview Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Creating a Software Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Creating a Connectivity Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Creating an Index Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Copying and Editing Existing Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Linking and Cross Referencing Status Items. . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 3. Creating Panels 49

Chapter Overview

Introduction

OMEGAVIEW status panels provide information about the health of yourenterprise at a glance. Through its color and text attributes, OMEGAVIEWgives both high-level and supporting status information.

When you first log onto OMEGAVIEW, you'll see the OMEGAVIEWCandle default panel. The sessions displayed on this panel are the sessionsthat have already been defined by your system administrator. You may usethis panel as is, or you may copy it under a different name and edit it. Athird option is to use the Panel and Template Editors with their graphicobjects and other data display features to create new panels.

This chapter has been designed to familiarize you with the process ofcreating panels. Here you will learn how to build several related panels thatcombine templates, text, text fields, status bars, pushbuttons, and other paneloptions. These allow you to design custom panels that are useful inmonitoring the systems of your particular enterprise.

The panels in this section are based on actual panels that were built forCandle customers. We use the fictitious company, ACME, to illustrate thesepanels. These panels were chosen because they are easily constructed andprovide details that allow you to see 4 hours of trending and historical statusinformation.

Note: To make panel linking easier, build the panels in the order in whichthey appear in the tutorial.


In this chapter

To learn how to... See page...

Create a Systems panel 53

Create a Storage panel 73

Create a Network panel 75

Create an Onlines panel 77

Create a Software panel 81

Create a Connectivity panel 82

Create an Overview panel 79

Create an Index panel 84

Copy and Edit Existing Panels 86

Link and Cross Reference Panel Status Items 89

Open a new edit panel 55

Create a panel label 56

Create a panel heading 58

Create a single short history status bar 59

Create multiple short history status bars 62

Label your status item columns 66

Create pushbuttons 69

Save a new panel 72

More information

Not all of the Panel and Template Editor options are covered in theprocedures in this chapter. For more information on the specific optionsavailable under the Template Editor see “Creating and Using Templates” onpage 91. To learn more about Panel Editor options see “Learning About thePanel Editor” on page 105.

Prerequisite

In order to use panel and template options you must have Panel/ TemplateEditor authority assigned to you by your system administrator.


Panel editor terminology

Before you procede to the next section and begin building your panels, youmay want to familiarize yourself with a few of the terms used to describe thepanel editor features.

Work Area The panel space where you place objects as you build yourpanel.

Object Any element you place on the work area such as text, lines, abox, status bars, pushbuttons, or any other of the panelelements that are discussed in detail in this chapter and in“Learning About the Panel Editor” on page 105.

Object Class A grouping of similar objects.

Selected objectYou must select any object on which you want to take specificaction. You will learn how to select objects later in thischapter.

Highlight When objects overlap each other in the work area, there maybe some question about what is selected. When you pressEnter on an object, that object will be highlighted for visualconfirmation.

Clipboard A temporary holding place for an object that has been cut orcopied from the work area.

Cut Removes a selected object from the work area. What you cutis placed in the clipboard.

Copy Places a copy of a selected object into the clipboard.

Paste Places the contents of the clipboard at the point where youhave placed your cursor on the work area.

Delete Permanently removes a selected object from the work area. Adeleted object is not placed in the clipboard.

F keys Located at the bottom of the work area and in all pop-upwindows and dialog boxes, F keys allow you to execute thespecific actions designated to particular keys. If an F key isnot available for use, this status is noted by **. For example,if there is nothing in the clipboard, you cannot use F18, the Fkey designated for the clipboard.


Creating a Systems Panel

Introduction

In this section we show you how to build a panel that gives you one screenof status information with four 1-hour histories for multiple OMEGAMON's.Note that the status items we chose for ACME (our fictitious site) are thosestatus items that ACME personnel deemed important to the effectivemonitoring of their systems.

Note: Be sure to build the panel on a display monitor that is compatible withmost of the monitors used at your site. For example, if your terminal is setup to display 24 lines (rows), and you design a panel that requires 35 lines,the last 11 lines of the panel will not be displayed on your screen.


ACME systems panel

Here is an example of ACME Corporation's Systems panel. The calloutsmark different areas of the panel that you will build.

à ðOMEGAVIEW Version 3ðð

.1/ SYSTEMS .2/ACME Corporation .3/ MVS PRA1 MVS PRB1 MVS PRC1 MVS TRZ1

_ Enqueue. QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ GRS..... QQQQ.4/ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ GTF..... ```````` _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ ```````` _

_ HSM..... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ WTO Buff QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Channel. QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ CPU..... qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _ ```````` _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ CSA..... ```````` _ QQQQQQQQ _ ```````` _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ DASD.... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Paging.. QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Storage. QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Tape.... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ All perf qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Batch... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ ```````` _ ```````` _

_ TSO Host QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ TSO ETE. QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ │ > OVERVIEW < │ │ > ONLINES < │ │ > STORAGE < │ │ > NETWORK < │└──────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐

.5/ │ > CONNECTIVITY < │ │ > SOFTWARE < │ └──────────────────┘ └──────────────┘ ┌───────────┐

│ > INDEX < │ └───────────┘

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.1/ Panel label, “Creating a panel label” on page 56.

.2/ Panel heading, “Creating a panel heading” on page 58.

.3/ Column label, “Labeling a column of status items” on page 66.

.4/ Short history status bar, “Short History status bar” on page 59.

.5/ Pushbuttons, “Creating pushbuttons” on page 69.


Procedure prerequisite

When building a panel, make sure it conforms to the height and widthspecifications of your user terminals. If you design a 32-line panel and anyuser at your site is set up with a 24-line terminal, the information will betruncated. To ensure that your panel has the appropriate number of lines inrelation to your user terminals, choose a logmode from the following table:

3270 Device Type Lines Columns VTAM Logmode

Model 2 24 x 80 SNX32702

Model 3 32 x 80 SNX32703

Model 4 43 x 80 SNX32704

Model 5 27 x 132 SNX32705

Open a new edit panel

Follow this procedure to open a new edit panel that you can use to create aSystems panel.

Step Action Result

1 Select File from the mainaction bar and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theFile pull-down menu.

2 Select New from the File menuand press Enter.

A new untitled edit panelappears.

New edit panel

Here is an example of a new edit panel:

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Edit Panel - {Untitled}

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Creating a panel label

Create a panel label for easy panel identification.

Step Action Result

1 Place your cursor in the upperleft-hand corner of the panel;then press the F15 key. (IfPANELID is ON, place thecursor on the third line.)

The Object Class Selectionwindow appears

2 On the Object Class Selectionmenu, choose Text string andpress Enter.

The Literal Text Definitionpop-up appears.

3 On the Literal Text Definitionwindow:

Á Type the panel label,SYSTEMS, on the empty textfield.

Á Change the color of thelabel to white. (To see theother color choices pressF4.)

Á Change the label'shighlighting to Reversefor reverse video. (To seethe other highlightingchoices press F4.)

Á Press Enter when you'vemade your selections.

The new panel label appearsin the upper left-hand cornerof your panel.

Note: If at any time you needto change a text object thatyou've already created andplaced on your panel, simplypress F14, the Change key, tobring up that object'scorresponding pop-up windowon which you can enter anymodifications.


Object Class Selection pop-up

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Object Class Selection


1. Text String - Literal Text Strings

2. Line Drawing - Line and Box Drawing Symbols

3. Push Button - Push Button with Text String

4. Short History - OMEGAVIEW Status - Short Term

5. LongTerm History - OMEGAVIEW Status - Long Term

6. Session Name - OMEGAVIEW Session Name

7. Action Text - OMEGAVIEW Status Action Text

8. Instruction Line - OMEGAVIEW Status Instructions

9. Status Text - OMEGAVIEW User Status Text

1ð. Transient Text - OMEGAVIEW User Transient Text

11. Template - Template (Screen Underlay)

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Literal Text Definition pop-up

The following figure shows the Literal Text Definition pop-up.

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Literal Text Definition

Type Text, then press Enter.

Text . . . . . Type desired text here.

Color. . . . . Turquoise +

Highlight. . . None +

F1=Help F4=Prompt F12=Cancel

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Creating a panel heading

Use the following procedure to create a panel title.

Step Action Result

1 Move your cursor to the topcenter point on your screenand add another text string byselecting F13.

Note: F13, the Add Objectkey, allows you to add anotherone of the currently selectedobject type at the currentcursor position. The paneleditor shows the currentlyselected object type in theupper right corner of thescreen.


2 On the Literal Text Definitionpop-up, type the name of yoursite, for example: ACMECorporation. Select the colorand highlighting options ofyour choice and press Enter.

The heading appears on yourpanel.

3 Center your heading by usingthe cut and paste option.

To cut an object:

5 Place your cursoranywhere on the objectand press F16.

Result: The object is removedand placed in the clipboard.

To paste the object

5 Move your cursor to theposition on your screenwhere you want the objectto appear and press F18.

Result: The object appears atthe point you selected.

The panel heading appearscentered at the top of yourscreen.


Short History status bar

A status bar shows the health of your computing enterprise with a trafficsignal-like display of red, green, or yellow lights, depending on the status ofthe item the bar is linked to.

Note: Most status items are system-derived. As such, they reflect differentkinds of system performance data derived from the status data collectorsessions specified during the OMEGAVIEW installation and setup procedure.To learn about system-derived status items, and for information on how toadd user-defined status items to your status database, see “Defining andMaintaining Status Items” on page 135.

A Short History status bar shows 15 minutes of status information brokeninto 8 segments of approximately 2 minutes each. Each interval displays agreen, yellow or red light based on the predominent status for that itemduring the 2-minute time period. The most recent status time appears on theright.


Creating a Short History status bar

Use the following procedure to create a Short History status bar.

Step Action Result

1 Move your cursor to the spotwhere you want your shorthistory status light to appearand press F15.

Note: Refer to the ACMEsystems panel illustrationearlier in this section to seewhere we've placed the firstcolumn of short history barsand the first row, labelled“Enqueue.”

The Object Class Selectionmenu appears.

2 Select Short History from theobject list and press Enter.

The Status Item Choicespop-up appears. (See “StatusItem Choices pop-up” onpage 61 for an example.)

3 Type “/” next to the statusitem you want to add to yourpanel, and press Enter.

The Status Bar Create pop-upappears. (See “Status BarCreate pop-up” on page 61 foran example.)

4 On the Status Bar Createpop-up, type your status barlabel in the field provided andpress Enter.

Note: Be sure to give eachstatus item label the samenumber of characters so thatall the labels on your panelwill line up evenly. We choseto use 8-character labels forthe ACME panels.

A labelled Short History statusbar appears.


Status Item Choices pop-up

à ðKMVSIPCK Status Item Choices (Unfiltered)

Type '/' to choose one or more items from the list below, then

ress Enter. Press F5 to view or change the filter.

More: - +

Status name Description Type

_ ______________

_ C25ðð.AMAXTASK Max Tasks OC/CUA compatibility BASIC

_ C25ðð.AMROISC MRO/ISC OC/CUA compatibility BASIC

_ C25ðð.ASTGVIOL Storage OC/CUA compatibility BASIC

_ C25ðð.ASTRINGS Strings OC/CUA compatibility BASIC

_ C25ðð.AVSAM VSAM OC/CUA compatibility BASIC

_ C25ðð.AVTAMACB VTAM ACB BASIC

_ C25ðð.AXRF XRF BASIC

_ C25ðð.RALL Resource summary ROLLUP

_ C25ðð.RALLTSKS Tasks OC/CUA compatibility BASIC

_ C25ðð.RCPU CPU BASIC

_ C25ðð.RDASD DASD BASIC

F1=Help F5=Filter F7=Bkwd F8=Fwd F12=Cancel

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Status Bar Create pop-up

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Status Bar Create

Type the requested information. Then press Enter.

Status Name . . . : O2MVS.AWTO

Type. . . . . . . : Short History

Status Label. . . .: WTO Buffer

Goto Destination. . +

Destination Option. Stack + Stack/NoStack

Transient text length. ð ð - 128

Status text length. ð ð - 128

Action text length. ð ð - 2ð


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Creating multiple Short History status bars

Use the following procedure to create multiple Short History status bars.

Step Action Result

1 Line up your cursorunderneath the status item youcreated in the previousprocedure and press F15.


2 Select Short History andpress Enter.

The Status Item Choicespop-up appears.

3 Create a filter to narrow yourstatus item choices:

Á Press F5 to display theStatus Filter Specificationpop-up. (See example onpage 64.)

Á Type the status namemask.

Note: For ACME wechose onlyOMEGAMON II for MVSstatus items. At ACME,the filter forOMEGAMON II for MVSstatus items is M2MVS.*

The Status Item Choicespop-up displays only thosefiltered status items.

4 On the filtered Status ItemChoices pop-up, type a “/”next to each of the status itemsyou want to add to your paneland press Enter.

Note: The maximum numberof status items you can chooseat one time is 15.

Note: For the ACME systemspanel we chose only basicstatus items.

The Status Bar CreationChoices pop-up appears.


Step Action Result

5 Type the length of your statusbar label in the field providedand press Enter.

Note: Give the label 8characters as you did in Step 4of “Short History status bar”on page 59 This will ensurethat all your columns line upevenly.

The Build Tabular Displayscreen appears. (See exampleon page 65.)

6 Set your Tabular DisplayOptions.

Á Choose the same numberof rows as status items (InACME's case, 15).

Á Choose 1 column.

Á Set the Column precedencefield to 1.

Á Press Enter.

The Create Tabular StatusItems screen appears. (Seeexample on page 65.)

7 On the Create Tabular Statusitems screen you can reviewthe arrangement of your statusitems before they are placedon your panel. Press F3 toexit.

Note: If you desire, changethe status label to meet yoursite's particular needs. Therestriction for change is that:The status label text must fitinto the area terminated by the'|<---' marker. (You set thislength on the Status BarCreation panel.)

A column of labelled statusitems appears on your panel.


Status Filter Specification pop-up

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Status Filter Specification

Type values or patterns, then press Enter.

Status name mask . M2SYSA.*

Country. . . . . . +

Region . . . . . . +

State. . . . . . . +

City . . . . . . . +

Data Center. . . . +

System ID. . . . . +

Subsystem. . . . . +

Application. . . . +

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Status Bar Creation Choices pop-up

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Status Bar Creation Choices

Type the requested information, then press Enter.

Number of status elements selected. . : 5

Length of Status Bar Label. . . . . . . 8 ð - 3ð

Action text length. . . . . . . . . . . ð ð - 2ð

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Build Tabular Status Display screen

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Build Tabular Status Display


Number of status items . . . . : 15

Maximum rows available . . . . : 25

Maximum columns available. . . : 1

Number of rows to use. . . . . . 15 1 to 25

Number of columns to use . . . . 1 1 to 1

Row or column precedence . . . . Column +


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Create Tabular Status Items screen

à ðCreate Tabular Status Items

Type the appropriate information. Then press F3 to exit.

Status Rectangle: 15 Row(s) x 1 Column(s)

Status Name Status Bar Label Row Col

-------------------- ------------------------------ --- ---

M2SYSA.ADDR DDR Swap|<-------------------- 1 1

M2SYSA.AENQ Enqueue |<-------------------- 2 1

M2SYSA.AGRS GRS |<-------------------- 3 1

M2SYSA.AGTF GTF |<-------------------- 4 1

M2SYSA.AHSM HSM |<-------------------- 5 1

M2SYSA.AKEYDASD Missing |<-------------------- 6 1

M2SYSA.AKEYTASK Missing |<-------------------- 7 1

M2SYSA.AMAXTASK Max Task|<-------------------- 8 1

M2SYSA.AOLTEP OLTEP |<-------------------- 9 1

M2SYSA.ARMF RMF |<-------------------- 1ð 1

M2SYSA.ASMF SMF |<-------------------- 11 1

M2SYSA.ASYSLOG Syslog |<-------------------- 12 1

M2SYSA.AWTO WTO Buff|<-------------------- 13 1

M2SYSA.AWTORS WTOR |<-------------------- 14 1

M2SYSA.RALL Resource|<-------------------- 15 1

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Labeling a column of status items

Use the following procedure to label your column of status items.

Step Action Result

1 Place your cursor above thecolumn of status items andpress F15.


2 Choose Text String from themenu and press Enter.


3 Á Type the column label ofyour choice.

Note: The status items onthe ACME Systems panel'sfirst column are showingstatus for theOMEGAMON systemwith sysid MVS PRA1.

Á Select the color andhighlighting options youdesire.

Á Press Enter.

The label you chose appearsabove your column of statusitems.


Build additional columns of status bars

Use the following procedure to build additional columns of status bars foryour other systems.

Step Action Result

1 Place your cursor to the rightof your first column. Line upyour cursor with the firststatus bar in the previouscolumn and press F15.


2 Select Short History andpress Enter.

The Status Item Choicespop-up appears.

3 On the Status Item Choicespop-up, type a “/” next to eachof the status items you want toadd to your panel and pressEnter. (Create a filter if youdesire, as shown in Step 3 of“Creating multiple ShortHistory status bars” onpage 62).

Note: Make sure you choosestatus items with the samestatus description as those youselected for the first columnyou created. The maximumnumber of status items youcan choose at one time is 15.

The Status Bar CreationChoices pop-up appears.

4 Type 0 for the length of yourstatus bar label and pressEnter.

Note: This will ensure that allyour columns line up evenly.You do not need to label yourother columns since you arechoosing items with the samestatus descriptions in your firstcolumn. The difference is thatthe items you are choosing forthis column of status lightsshow status for anothersystem.

The Build Tabular Displayscreen appears.


Step Action Result

5 Set your Tabular DisplayOptions.

Á Choose the same numberof rows as status items(15).

Á Choose 1 column.

Á Press Enter.

The Create Tabular StatusItems screen appears.

6 Review the arrangement ofyour status items before theyare placed on your panel.Press F3 to exit.

A new column of unlabelledstatus items appears on yourpanel next to the first columnof labelled status items.

7 Follow the procedure,“Labeling a column of statusitems” on page 66 and labelyour second column of statusitems with the sysid of thesystem for which they showstatus.

The label you chose appearsabove your second column ofstatus items.

8 Repeat Steps 1 through 6 ofthis procedure to create twomore columns of status itemsshowing status for two othersystems in your enterprise.Label those columns with theappropriate system IDs.

Four labelled columns ofstatus lights appear on yourpanel.


Creating pushbuttons

Use the following procedure to create pushbuttons that you will use to linkall the panels you create in this chapter.

Step Action Result

1 Move your cursor to thebottom left-hand portion ofyour panel and press F15.

Note: You will be creatingseven pushbuttons for theSystems panel. Make sure toleave ample room for eachone.


2 Select Push button and pressEnter.

The Pushbutton Definitionpop-up appears.

3 Á Type OVERVIEW in thepushbutton text field.

Á Move the cursor to thecolor field and press F4for the Color SelectionMenu. Select Blue andpress Enter.

Á Move the cursor to theDestination field and typeOVERVIEW (The Destinationfield tells the pushbuttonwhich panel to link to.)

Á Move the cursor to theDestination Option fieldand specify Stack orNoStack (use the F4 keyto change the displayedoption).

Note: Stack returns you tothe previous panel whenyou press F3. NoStackreturns you to the lastpanel on which the Stackoption is specified.

Á Press Enter.

The pushbutton for theOverview panel appears.


Step Action Result

4 Follow Steps 1 through 3 tocreate the followingpushbuttons that will link tothe other panels you willcreate in this chapter. Colorcode your pushbuttons for easyidentification.

Á STORAGE (blue)Á NETWORK (blue)Á ONLINES (blue)Á SOFTWARE (yellow)Á CONNECTIVITY (yellow)Á INDEX (red)

You have finished creating thepushbuttons for this tutorial.

Creating an F15=Top Panel key

On any panel you design, you can create a pushbutton that emulates anF15=Top Panel key.

Step Action Result

1 Move your cursor to the placeon your panel where you wantthe F15=Top Panel key toappear and press F15.


2 Select Push button and pressEnter.

The Pushbutton Definitionpop-up appears.


Step Action Result

3 Á Type F15=Top Panel in thepushbutton text field.

Á Move the cursor to thecolor field and press F4for the Color SelectionMenu. Select the coloryou prefer and press Enter.

Á Move the cursor to theDestination field and type$DFLT1 (The Destinationfield tells the pushbuttonwhich panel to link to.$DFLT1 is the ID for thedefault OMEGAVIEWpanel. If you want the TopPanel key to navigate toanother panel, choose thatpanel's ID.)

Á Move the cursor to theDestination Option fieldand specify Stack orNoStack (use the F4 keyto change the displayedoption).

Note: Stack returns you tothe previous panel whenyou press F3. NoStackreturns you to the lastpanel on which the Stackoption is specified.

Á Press Enter.

The pushbutton for the F=15Top Panel appears.


Saving the panel

Use the following procedure to save the new panel you have created.

Step Action Result

1 Select File from the ActionBar.

The File pull-down menuappears.

2 Select Save and press Enter. The Save as pop-up appears.

3 Type the file name,SYSTEMS, in the Name fieldand press Enter.

The File Properties pop-upappears.

4 Type a description in theDescription field or leave thefield blank. Press Enter.

The panel is saved with thename SYSTEMS.


Creating a Storage Panel

Introduction

A Storage panel allows you to show, in one place, status for multiple storagesystem regions.

The ACME storage panel

When you are finished with this section, you will have built a panel thatlooks similar to this one:

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Edit Panel - STORAGE

STORAGE ACME Corporation Storage

SMS PRA1 SMS PRB1 SMS PRC1 SMS TRZ1

_ HSM..... qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ SMS..... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ RMF..... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ CachePrf ```````` _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Channel. QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ LCU..... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ ```````` _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ SMS Perf QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ SMS Stor qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _ qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ UserPerf QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ UserStor QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Workload qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ │ > OVERVIEW < │ │ > ONLINES < │ │ > SYSTEMS < │ │ > NETWORK < │└──────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐

│ > CONNECTIVITY < │ │ > SOFTWARE < │ └──────────────────┘ └──────────────┘ ┌───────────┐

│ > INDEX < │ └───────────┘

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Storage panel procedure checklist

Use the same procedures you learned in building your systems panel to builda Storage information panel that includes:

Ø The panel label, STORAGE.

Ø The panel title, (for example, “ACME Corporation Storage”).

Ø 4 columns and 15 rows of Short History status bars that show statusinformation for your site's different storage systems.

Ø Column labels, (for example, your sysids like: SMS PRA1, SMS PRB1).

Ø The following pushbuttons, color-coded for easy identification:

– OVERVIEW (blue)– SYSTEMS (blue)– NETWORK (blue)– ONLINES (blue)– SOFTWARE (yellow)– CONNECTIVITY (yellow)– INDEX (red)

Ø When you have completed the panel, save the file under the name“STORAGE.”


Creating a Network Panel

Introduction

A Network panel allows you to show, in one place, status for multiplenetwork regions.

The ACME network panel

When you have completed the procedure below, you will have built a panelthat looks similar to this one:

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OMEGAVIEW Version 3ðð

NETWORK ACME Corporation

VTAM PRA1 VTAM PRB1 VTAM PRC1 VTAM TRZ1

_ Problem. qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ CTC..... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Local... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ NCP..... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Buffer.. QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Routes.. qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Environ. QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

_ Response QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ │ > OVERVIEW < │ │ > ONLINES < │ │ > STORAGE < │ │ > SYSTEMS < │└──────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐


│ > INDEX < │ └───────────┘

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Network panel procedure checklist

Use the same procedures you learned in building your Systems panel to builda Network information panel that includes:

Ø The panel label, NETWORK.

Ø The panel title, (for example, “ACME Corporation Network”).

Ø 4 columns and 15 rows of Short History status bars that show statusinformation for your site's different network product systems.

Ø Column labels, (for example, your sysids like: VTAM PRA1, VTAMPRB1 ).

Ø The following pushbuttons:

– OVERVIEW (blue)– SYSTEMS (blue)– STORAGE (blue)– ONLINES (blue)– SOFTWARE (yellow)– CONNECTIVITY (yellow)– INDEX (red)

Ø When you have completed the panel, save the file under the name“NETWORK.”


Creating an Onlines Panel

Introduction

The ACME Onlines panel presents all eight of ACME's OMEGAMON II forCICS systems and gives short history status data onrollup status items.Rollup status items represent a status summary that displays “worst case”status for certain system performance data.

Note: OMEGAMON creates these rollups automatically. For information onsystem-defined rollups or to learn how to create your own status item rollupssee “Adding a Status Item or Rollup” on page 138.

The ACME onlines panel

Here is an example of ACME's Onlines panel:

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ONLINES ACME Corporation

CICSTOR CICSAOR1 CICSAOR2 CICSAOR3

Alert... QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

Resource QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

Workload QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

CICSAOR4 CICSAOR5 CICSAOR6 CICSAOR7

Alert... qqqqqqqq _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

Resource QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

Workload QQQQQQQQ _ ```````` _ QQQQQQQQ _ QQQQQQQQ _

┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ │ > OVERVIEW < │ │ > SYSTEMS < │ │ > STORAGE < │ │ > NETWORK < │└──────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐


│ > INDEX < │ └───────────┘

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Onlines panel procedure checklist

To build an Onlines panel, refer to the procedures earlier in this chapter on“Creating a Systems Panel” on page 53. Include on your Onlines panel:

Ø The panel label, ONLINES.

Ø The panel heading, (for example, ACME Corporation).

Ø The following pushbuttons, color-coded for easy identification.

– OVERVIEW (blue)– SYSTEMS (blue)– STORAGE (blue)– NETWORK (blue)– CONNECTIVITY (yellow)– SOFTWARE (yellow)– INDEX (red)

Ø Several Short History status bar rollups representing alert status, resourcestatus and workload status for multiple system regions. Refer to thefollowing checklist for information on Creating your rollup status bars:

Ø Create your Short History status bars as you did in “Creatingmultiple Short History status bars” on page 62.

Ø Choose rollup status items (instead of basic status items) from theStatus Item Choices menu.

Ø Decide which system regions you want to show status for. (ACMEchose to show status information for all 8 of their OMEGAMON IIfor CICS regions.)

Ø For each of the system regions you want to show status for, buildmultiple status item columns using three status categories:

Á AlertÁ ResourceÁ Workload

Ø Refer to the figure The ACME onlines panel, on page 77 to see howACME designed the layout of 8 multiple status item columns.

Ø When you have completed the panel, save the file under the nameONLINES.


Creating an Overview Panel

Introduction

On an Overview panel, you can create short history status bars that containrollup status items for each one of your product or system sessions. ForACME Corporation, we built a panel that includes rollup status bars for eachOMEGAMON II for MVS, each OMEGAMON II for CICS, eachOMEGAMON II for VTAM, and each OMEGAMON II for SMS running attheir site. Rollups like these can give you “worst case” information that takesinto account all the status items defined for a particular session.

In addition, an Overview panel, like ACME's should include pushbuttons thatdirectly lead to the more detailed panels with their columns of single statusitem information.

The ACME overview panel

Here is an example of ACME's Overview panel:

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OVERVIEW ACME Corporation

┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐│ > SYSTEMS < │ │ > ONLINES < │

└─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘

MVS PRA1 QQQQQQQQ _ CICSTOR. QQQQQQQQ _

MVS PRB1 QQQQQQQQ _ CICSAOR1 ```````` _

MVS PRC1 ```````` _ CICSAOR3 ```````` _

MVS TRZ1 QQQQQQQQ _ CICSAOR4 QQQQQQQQ _

CICSAOR5 QQQQQQQQ _

CICSAOR6 QQQQQQQQ _

CICSAOR7 qqqqqqqq _

CICSAOR8 QQQQQQQQ _

┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐│ > STORAGE < │ │ > NETWORK< │

└─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘

SMS PRA1 QQQQQQQQ _ VTAMPRA1 QQQQQQQQ _

SMS PRB1 ```````` _ VTAMPRB1 qqqqqqqq _

SMS PRC1 QQQQQQQQ _ VTAMPRC1 QQQQQQQQ _

SMS TRZ1 ```````` _ VTAMTRZ1 qqqqqqqq _

┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐│ > CONNECTIVITY < │ │ > SOFTWARE < │

└──────────────────┘ └──────────────┘ ┌───────────┐

│ > INDEX < │ └───────────┘

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Overview panel procedure checklist

Use the techniques you learned in building the Systems panel to create anOverview panel. Include on your panel:

Ø The panel label, OVERVIEW.

Ø The panel heading (for example, ACME Corporation)

Ø Several sets of status item rollups. Each group of rollups should reflectstatus information about the sessions of a particular OMEGAMONproduct running at your site. Note how the ACME Overview panelincludes rollups for each one of the system regions that the other panels(SYSTEMS, STORAGE, NETWORK, ONLINES) show the details for.ACME's overview rollup MVS PRA1, for example, shows a compositestatus that takes into account all the individual status items defined forthe system, MVS PRA1.

Ø The following pushbuttons, color-coded for easy identification and placedlike labels above their corresponding group of rollups.

– SYSTEMS (blue)– STORAGE (blue)– NETWORK (blue)– ONLINES (blue)– SOFTWARE (yellow)– CONNECTIVITY (yellow)– INDEX (red)

Ø When you have completed the panel, save the file under the name“OVERVIEW.”


Creating a Software Panel

Introduction

A Software panel is helpful to many enterprises. This kind of panel mightinclude information such as product names, codes, and versions. It might alsogive the telephone numbers and names of people to contact for moreinformation on your site's system software.

Sample software panel

Here is an example of a software panel:

à ðOMEGAVIEW Version 3ðð

SOFTWARE

ACME Data Center Software Support

Product Description Product Version Responsible

OS/VS2 (MVS) 5752-VS2 4.1.ð RN 31ð-123-4567 ML 31ð-234-5678

MVS/SP V4 JES2 5695-ð47 4.1.ð RN 31ð-123-4567 ML 31ð-234-5678

ETC.

┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐│ > CONNECTIVITY < │ │ > SOFTWARE < │ │ > INDEX< │└──────────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └─────────────┘

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Software panel procedure checklist

Refer to “Creating a Systems Panel” on page 53 for procedures on placingthe different panel objects on the panel. Include the following elements onyour Software panel:

Ø The panel label, SOFTWARE.

Ø The panel heading, (for example, ACME Data Center Software Support)

Ø The following pushbuttons:

– OVERVIEW (blue)– INDEX (red)

Ø Literal text listing the product names, descriptions, versions, telephonenumbers, and so forth of your choice.

Ø When you have completed the panel, save the file under the name“SOFTWARE.”


Creating a Connectivity Panel

Introduction

A connectivity panel can be helpful to certain system users such as customersupport staff, system management, or field sales. You can create a map andadd status item rollups that include information determined to be pertinent toyour site. For example, you can create a status item rollup for Colorado thatcompiles several types of system information that is helpful to an agent whois monitoring that location.

Note: For more information on creating status items and status item rollupssee “Adding a Status Item or Rollup” on page 138.

Sample connectivity panel

Here is the ACME Connectivity panel:

à ðEdit Panel - Connectivity

CONNECTIVITY ACME Corporation

Agents Map

_____________________________

> \__

\ WA QQQQQQQQ_ _ \____--_ __

( --___ / \

/ OR QQQQQQQQ_ _ /_/ \ _-___/ |

| /\ / __/ /-->

| / / _) / (

) SF, CA ````````_ _ - ---- __-_-

\ __/

\ \\

> \)

\ >

\__ LA, CA qqqqqqqq_ _ /

\ /-->

\_--_ __ /

------ \ --_ ___ (

\-/\ / \___> -( \

\ / ( \

\_) \ |

\_/ ┌───────────┐

│ > INDEX < │ └───────────┘

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Procedure

First, use the following procedure to place a template map of the UnitedStates on your panel.

Next follow the procedure “Short History status bar” on page 59 to add basicor rollup status items to your panel. ACME chose to create status bar rollupswith status information that ACME field agents deemed relevant to particulargeographic areas of the United States.

Step Action Result

1 Select File from the action barand choose New from the Filepull-down menu.

OMEGAVIEW displays a newEdit panel.

2 Move your cursor to the placeon your screen where youwant the Connectivity map toappear and press F15.


3 Choose Template. from theobject list.

The Template Name pop-upwindow appears.

4 Press F4 on the TemplateName input field.

OMEGAVIEW displays a listof available templates

5 Select the template labelledZZ_TMUSA

OMEGAVIEW displays anoutline map of the USA onyour Edit Template panel inthe spot you indicated withyour cursor position.

6 Use F16 (cut key) and F18(paste key) to reposition thetemplate if you should need to.

The map appears on the panelin the place you specified.


Creating an Index Panel

Introduction

On an index panel, you create numerous pushbuttons that allow you toquickly navigate to any of the panels in your OMEGAVIEW system.

Sample index panel

Here is the ACME Corporation Index panel:

Note: In our example there are very few screens available. However, mostsites have many panels and so find the index to be an extremely helpfulnavigation tool.

à ð


ACME Panel Index

System Services: Other:

┌──────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐│ > OVERVIEW < │ │ > SOFTWARE < │

└──────────────┘ └───────────────┘ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐

│ > SYSTEMS < │ │ > CONNECTIVITY < │ └──────────────┘ └──────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┐

│ > STORAGE < │ └──────────────┘ ┌──────────────┐

│ > NETWORK < │ └──────────────┘ ┌──────────────┐

│ > ONLINES < │ └──────────────┘

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Index panel procedure checklist

Include the following panel elements on your index panel.

Ø The panel label, INDEX.

Ø The panel heading, (for example, ACME Panel Index).

Ø The following pushbuttons, color-coded for easy identification.

– OVERVIEW (blue)– SYSTEMS (blue)– STORAGE (blue)– NETWORK (blue)– ONLINES (blue)– SOFTWARE (yellow)– CONNECTIVITY (yellow)

Ø Literal text labels for your two (or more, if you have them) pushbuttoncategories.


Copying and Editing Existing Panels

Introduction

In addition to creating your own panels, you can also copy and edit existingpanels.

Example of the Candle OMEGAVIEW default panel

The following figure shows the Candle OMEGAVIEW default panel.

à ð____ File CCC-Reports Switch Tools Samples Options Help

--------------------------------------------------------- ð9/11/98 12:41:ð9 PM

KMVPNRUN/$DFLT1 OMEGAVIEW Version 3ðð

Type one or more action codes, then press Enter. > Forward <

S=Show details P=Problem management I=Information C=Change G=GoTo E=Events

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Session Name | Workload Status | Resource Status | Alert Status |

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| CMSCON | | | _ ________ _ |

| Enterprise | | | _ ________ _ |

| C25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| DF5ððG | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| D2CLASYG | _ ________ _ | | _ ________ _ |

| D2CLCONN | _ ________ _ | | _ ________ _ |

| D2CUASYG | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| D2CUCONN | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| D24ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| D25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| ON5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| IMS5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| M25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| SMS5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

F1=Help F2=Keys F3=Exit F5=Refresh F1ð=Action Bar **=Top Panel

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Copying the Candle default panel

To copy and edit the default panel follow these steps.

Step Action Result

1 Select File from the action barand press Enter.


2 Select Save as and pressEnter.

The Save as pop-up windowappears.

3 Enter the panel name in thefield provided and press Enter.

The File Properties panelappears.

4 Enter a description of yourpanel in the field provided andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays acopied and renamed defaultpanel that you can edit.


Copying sample panels

There are several sample panels under the Samples pull-down menu of theaction bar. You can copy any one of these panels and edit it for your ownuse. To copy a sample panel refer to the following procedure.

Step Action Result

1 Select Samples from the actionbar and press Enter.

The Samples pull-down menuappears.

2 Type S, Show samples, andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theWelcome to Sample Panelsscreen.

3 To view sample panels, pressEnter while the cursor is onthe “Continue” pushbutton.

An overview screen with a listof sample panels appears.

4 Choose one of the samplepanels by pressing Enter whilethe cursor is on one of thepushbuttons.

OMEGAVIEW displays thesample panel you've chosen.

5 To copy this panel:

Á Choose File from theaction bar and press Enter.

Á Select Save as from theFile menu, rename thepanel you've chosen on theSave as pop-up window,and press Enter.

Á On the File Propertiespop-up window type thepanel description and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays acopied and renamed version ofyour chosen sample panel thatyou can edit.


Linking and Cross Referencing Status Items

Introduction

Once you have created your panels, you can:

Á Use the Cross Referencing option to specify a cross reference list ofstatus items and panels.

Á Use the Linking Status Item option to link one or more panels that youhave created to a specific OMEGAMON session

For more information

To... See page...

Learn about the cross referencing option 148

Learn about linking status items 146



Chapter 4.Creating and Using Templates

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Accessing the Template Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Creating a New Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Saving a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Exiting the Template Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Positioning a Template on a New Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Chapter 4. Creating and Using Templates 91

Chapter Overview

Introduction

Templates are drawings that lie beneath objects you draw on a panel.Templates allow you to enhance the visual impact of your panel. A templatecan be a map, an outline of your data center, or anything you considervisually pleasing, like a blue background. Once you create a template, youcan save it and use it on multiple panels without having to recreate it eachtime.

Note: Refer to the panels in Samples for ideas on how to use templates. Anexcellent example is the map of the world.

User authority

In order to access and use the Template Editor, you must have TemplateEditor authority assigned to you by your system administrator.

Prerequisite

Before you can add or place a template on a panel, you must first create itusing the Template Editor. If you plan to use a template, we recommendthat you place the finished template on the work area using the Panel Editorbefore you add any other objects to the work area. Templates always appearbehind Panel Editor objects; that is, if you try to place a template on top ofan existing panel, that panel's existing objects may hide portions of yourtemplate.

Note: The Panel Editor cannot be used to make changes to a template.Templates may only be modified in the Template Editor.

Template editor keys

There are two function keys that are specific to the Template Editor.

Á The Line/Box Draw key (F9) allows you to initiate the line and boxdrawing operation in the Template Editor.

Á The Delete Box key (F19) functions in exactly the same way as thestandard delete function key by removing a selected object from yourpanel.

Note: There is no option that allows you to change template editor's line/boxdraw key (F9). However, you can change the Delete Box key (F19) bychanging the Delete Object key on the Panel Editor keys pop-up under themain Options pull-down menu. For more information on setting the PanelEditor function keys see “Setting Panel Editor keys” on page 129.


In this chapter


To learn about... See page...

Accessing the Template Editor 94

Creating a New Template 95

Saving a Template 99

Exiting the Template Editor 101

Positioning a Template on a New Panel 102


Accessing the Template Editor

Procedure

Refer to the following procedure to access the template editor.

Once you are in the template editor you can either access an existingtemplate or create a new one. To access an existing template:

Step Action Result

1 Select Tools from the actionbar and press Enter.

The Tools pull-down menuappears.

2 Select Template editor fromthe Tools menu and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays ablank panel entitledEditTemplate - {Untitled}

Step Action Result

1 Select File from the TemplateEditor action bar.


2 SelectOpen from the Filemenu.

The Open pop-up windowappears.

3 Type the existing template'sname and press Enter, or pressF4 for a list of templates andpress Enter.

You have accessed an existingtemplate.


Creating a New Template

Introduction

There are three basic methods you can use to create templates.

Á line drawingÁ box drawingÁ freehand drawing

Drawing lines

The Line/Box Draw option allows you to draw vertical and horizontal linesthat, when placed on a panel, become background objects on that panel.

Follow these instructions to draw horizontal or vertical lines:

Step Action Result

1 Select Tools from the actionbar and press Enter.

The Tools pulldown panelappears.

2 Select Template editor fromthe Tools pulldown and pressEnter.

An untitled template editorpanel appears.

3 Position your cursor at thepoint on your panel where youwant your line to start andpress F9.

A plus sign (+) appears in thelocation you've chosen.

4 Move your cursor to the pointon the panel where you wantyour line to end and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theLine/Box Attributes windowon which you can specifycolor and highlightinformation.


Step Action Result

5 To change the color of a line,type the new color in theLine/Box Color field. For alist of available colors pressF4.

Note: If your 327x terminalhas a character selectkeyboard, you can build yourtemplate with the various colorand highlight capabilities ofthat terminal. You can tell ifyour terminal supports thisoption by the appearance of'a> O>' in the operatorinformation area at the bottomof your display.

To change the highlightingattributes of a line, move yourcursor to the Line/BoxHighlight field and type thenew highlight attribute. For alist of available highlightspress F4.

After you have chosen bothcolor and highlightingattributes for your box, pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW draws the linebetween the two cursorpositions you specified withcolor and highlightingattributes you chose.


Drawing boxes

The Line/Box Draw function also allows you to draw boxes. Use thefollowing procedure to draw boxes that you can later place on your panels asbackground objects.

Step Action Result

1 Position your cursor at thepoint on the panel where youwant your box to begin andpress F9, Line/Box Draw

A plus sign (+) appears at thelocation you've chosen.

2 Move your cursor to theopposite (diagonal) cornerfrom the plus sign on thepanel and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theLine/Box Attributes windowfrom which you can selectcolor and highlight attributes.

3 To change the color of yourbox, type the new color in theLine/Box Color field. PressF4 for a list of availablecolors.

To change the highlightingattributes of your box, moveyour cursor to the Line/BoxHighlight field and type thenew highlight attribute. PressF4 for a list of availablehighlights.

Note: If your 327x terminalhas a character selectkeyboard, you can build yourtemplate with the various colorand highlight capabilities ofthat terminal. You can tell ifyour terminal supports thisoption by the appearance of'a> O>' in the operatorinformation area at the bottomof your display.

After you have chosen bothcolor and highlightingattributes for your box, pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW draws the boxbetween the two cursorpositions you chose with thecolor and highlight attributesyou specified.


Freehand drawing

You can also create a template by typing characters by hand on the workarea. With this method you can create pictures, maps, or any other drawingyou desire. You are limited only by the type of characters on your keyboardand by your drawing skills.

The outline map of the United States that appears under theSamples actionbar item was created using freehand drawing.

The only restriction for creating a template in freehand style applies todeleting characters. To delete a character, use the space bar to blank out thecharacter. Or simply type over the character with another character.Do notuse the delete key or the Erase EOF key to make corrections. These keyswill clear your screen only temporarily and won't actually delete any of thecharacters of your template.


Saving a Template

Procedure

After drawing your template using “freehand” drawings, lines, and boxes,follow these steps to save the template.

Step Action Result

1 Select File from the Actionbar.


2 Select Save or Save as fromthe File pull-down menu andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theSave as panel.

3 Type the name of yourtemplate and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theSave As panel, which promptsyou to assign a template name.

4 Type the template name andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theTemplate Properties panel.

5 Type the template descriptionand press Enter.

Note: The date, time, andyour user ID have beenalready been entered under theTemplate Created section onthis panel. If you modify thisparticular template,OMEGAVIEW willautomatically record the newinformation under theTemplate Created section.

OMEGAVIEW displays amessage telling you that yourtemplate has been saved andthen returns you to your newlytitled template in edit mode.


Figure—Template Properties panel

The following figure shows the Template Properties panel.

à ð Template Properties

Change description if desired. Then press Enter.

Template . . . . : World View

Version. . . . . : 1

Description. . . .

Template Created

Date . . . . : ð7/26/94

Time . . . . : 11:18:33

User ID. . . : TDTD89

Template Last Modified

Date . . . . :

Time . . . . :

User ID. . . :

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Exiting the Template Editor

Procedure

To exit the Template Editor, follow these steps:

Step Action Result

1 Press F3. If you have already saved yourtemplate, OMEGAVIEW exitsthe Template Editorimmediately. If you have notsaved your template,OMEGAVIEW displays theSave Confirmation panel.

2 To save your template beforeexiting select the S, Save WorkArea and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theSave As panel, which promptsyou to assign a panel (file)name.

3 Type the name of yourtemplate in the field providedand press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theTemplate Properties panel.

4 Your cursor should already bepositioned on the descriptionfield. Type the desireddescription of your templateand press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays amessage indicating that yourtemplate has been saved andthen returns you to your toppanel.

Note: To exit Template Editorwithout saving your templatedesign, select theAbandonTemplate option and pressEnter to return to your toppanel.


Positioning a Template on a New Panel

Procedure

Refer to the following instructions to place a template on your work areabefore designing a new panel.

Note: Remember, you cannot edit the template while you are in the PanelEditor. You can only edit a template while in the Template Editor. You can,however, cut, copy, or delete a template while in the Panel Editor.

Step Action Result

1 After exiting the TemplateEditor, enter the Panel Editorby selecting File from theaction bar on the main panel.


2 Select New. OMEGAVIEW displays ablank Edit Panel -{Untitled} screen.

3 Position your cursor at thepoint on the panel where youwant the upper left corner ofthe template to appear, andpress F15.

OMEGAVIEW displays theObject Class Selection pop-upwindow.

4 Select Template. The Template Name panelappears.

5 Type the name of the templateyou want to use as backgroundfor this panel and press Enter.If you are not sure of thetemplate name, press F4 for alist of names, then select thetemplate you want to use fromthat list.

The template appears on thework area. A blue borderidentifies the outer edge of thetemplate.


Using other template options

OMEGAVIEW allows you to edit your template, copy and save templatesunder a different name, and delete templates that you no longer want to use.To access these options, select the File pull-down menu from the action barwhile in Template Editor and select the function.

Example

Here is an example of the Template Editor file pull-down menu.

à ð

1. New

2. Open...

3. Save

4. Save as...

5. Delete...

6. Properties...

7. Exit Template Editor F3

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Chapter 5.Learning About the Panel Editor

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Using Line and Box Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Using LongTerm History Status Bars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Adding Session Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Adding Action Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Adding an Instruction Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Adding Status and Transient Text Objects. . . . . . . . . . . 116

Chapter 5. Learning About the Panel Editor 105

Chapter Overview

Introduction

This section defines and explains how to use the different objects andfeatures in the Panel Editor. Many of the procedures for adding these objectsto your panels are included in the previous chapter “Creating Panels” onpage 49. You will find the following panel edit features explained in“Creating Panels” on page 49:

Á literal text strings

Á pushbuttons

Á short history status bars

Á templates

(For additional information on templates, see also “Creating and UsingTemplates” on page 91.)

In this chapter

Refer to the following table for a list of topics covered in this chapter.


Editing objects 107

Panel Editor function keys 108

Line/box drawings 109

LongTerm History status bars 112

Adding a session name 113

Adding action text 114

Adding an instruction line 115

Adding status and transient text items 116


Object Class Selection pop-up

The Object Class Selection pop-up menu includes all the options available toyou under the Panel Editor.

à ðObject Class Selection


1. Text String - Literal Text Strings

2. Line Drawing - Line and Box Drawing Symbols

3. Push Button - Push Button with Text String

4. Short History - OMEGAVIEW Status - Short Term

5. LongTerm History - OMEGAVIEW Status - Long Term

6. Session Name - OMEGAVIEW Session Name

7. Action Text - OMEGAVIEW Status Action Text

8. Instruction Line - OMEGAVIEW Status Instructions

9. Status Text - OMEGAVIEW User Status Text

1ð. Transient Text - OMEGAVIEW User Transient Text

11. Template - Template (Screen Underlay)

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Prerequisite

To use the panel editor features you must have panel edit authority assignedto you by your system administrator.

Editing objects on the work area

To edit an object on the work area, follow these steps:

Step Action Result

1 Place the cursor on the objectand press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW highlights theobject.

2 Select the option from the Editpull-down menu, or use one ofthe function keys listed acrossthe bottom of your panel.

The Panel Editor prompts youthrough the procedure.

Note: See the followingsection on function keys for alist of available options.


Panel editor function keys

The following function keys apply only in the panel editor:

Note: For more information about the Panel Editor function keys see“Setting Panel Editor keys” on page 129.

FunctionKey

Name Assignment

F13 Add Provides windows that allow you to add thecurrent object type to a panel.

F14 Change Changes the contents of the selected panel object.

F15 New Initiates a dialog to select a new object type tobe drawn on the panel.

F16 Cut Removes the selected object from the panel andplaces it on the clipboard.

F17 Copy Places a copy of the selected object on theclipboard.

F18 Paste Places the contents of the clipboard on the panelat the current cursor location.

F19 Delete Removes the selected object from the panel.


Using Line and Box Drawings

Introduction

The line and box drawing options allow you to emphasize and delineate areaswithin the panel. This can be helpful in creating boxes, columns or rows foryour displayed status items.

Note: Line and box drawings designed in the Panel Editor are different fromline and box drawings created in template editor. Templates are backgroundobjects. So, when you superimpose a Panel Editor object over a template, thepanel editor object will cover the template drawing.


Procedure—Adding line drawings

Follow this procedure to add line drawings.

Step Action Result

1 Position your cursor at thelocation on your panel whereyou want the line to start andpress F15.


2 Select Line Drawing from themenu and press Enter.

A plus (+) appears at thecursor location.

3 Move the cursor to the endingline location and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theLine/Box Attributes windowon which you specify colorand highlight information.

4 To change the color andhighlight information of theline:

Á Type the new color namein the Line/Box Colorfield, or press F4 andselect a color from a list.

Á Type the new highlightoption in the Line/BoxHighlight field, or pressF4 and select a highlightoption from a list.

Á Press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW draws the line(with the color andhighlighting options youchose) between the two cursorpositions.


Drawing a box

Use the following procedure to draw a box.

Step Action Result

1 Position your cursor on thepanel where you want a cornerof the box to begin and pressF15.


2 Select Line Drawing. A plus (+) sign appears at thecursor location.

3 Move the cursor to theopposite (diagonal) corner onthe panel and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theLine/Box Attributes windowfrom which you select colorand highlight attributes.

4 Select the color and highlightattributesyou want and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays thebox with the color andhighlight attributes you choseat the place on the panel youspecified.

Line/Box Attributes pop-up

à ð Line/Box Attributes


Line/Box Color. . . . . . Turquoise +

Line/Box Highlight. . . . None +


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Using LongTerm History Status Bars

Introduction

A status bar shows the health of your computing enterprise with a trafficsignal-like display of red, green, or yellow lights, depending on the status ofthe item the bar is linked to.

Note: Most status items are system-derived. As such, they reflect differentkinds of system performance data derived from the status data collectorsessions specified during the OMEGAVIEW installation and setup procedure.To learn about system-derived status items, and for information on how toadd user-defined status items to your status database, see “Defining andMaintaining Status Items” on page 135.

A Longterm History barshows four hours of status information. The bar isbroken into four status bars each representing one hour of status. The fourbars are further divided into 15 minute segments. Each of these segmentsdisplays a green, yellow, or red light based on the "worst case" status for theitem during that 15 minutes. The most recent time appears on the right.

Adding LongTerm History status

To add a LongTerm History status bar to a panel, follow the procedure foradding Short History status bars on page 59, but select LongTerm Historyfrom the Object Class Selection list instead.


Adding Session Names

Introduction

Session names are text strings that identify the OMEGAVIEW status datacollector sessions. The session names are defined by your systemadministrator during the installation process. Status data collector sessionsare displayed as the Session Name in the status bars which are painted onyour panel and which must be named so that you and any other viewer canidentify the status bar(s).

Procedure for adding session names

To add a session name to the work area, follow these steps:

Step Action Result

1 Place your cursor at thelocation on the work areawhere you want the sessionname to appear and Press F15.

The Object Class Selectionpop-up appears.

2 Select Session Name and pressEnter.

The Session Name Entrypop-up appears.

3 Press F4 to display a list ofavailable sessions defined byyour system manager.

OMEGAVIEW redisplays theSession Name window.

4 Press Enter to accept thesession name.

This places the name on thepanel at the cursor position.


Adding Action Text

Introduction

Action text areas provide space for status bar descriptions and problemmanagement text to the right of the action bar. When you define statushistory (short or long-term) you have the option of creating an action textarea that appears to the right of the status bar. You can also create specialfree-standing action text areas that are not physically associated with a statusbar. These may appear above or below a status bar.

Procedure

Use the following procedure to create a free-standing action text area on apanel.

Step Action Result

1 Position the cursor on thework area where you want theaction text displayed and pressF15.


2 Select Action Text and pressEnter.

The Status Item Choices panelappears.

3 Locate the item you want toassociate action text with andpress Enter.

The Action Text CREATEpanel appears.

4 Specify the length of the text,from 1 to 20 characters, andpress Enter.

The panel on which youplaced the action text areaappears showing the actiontext area in the current cursorlocation.


Adding an Instruction Line

Introduction

When designing a panel, you may want to include a set of instructions forthe viewer; that is, you may want to provide a list of action choices fromwhich your viewer can select. For example, the list of choices on theOMEGAVIEW default panel are:

S Show detailsP Problem managementI InformationC ChangeG GoTo

To add an instruction line:

Step Action Result

1 Place the cursor where youwant the instruction line toappear on the work area.Typically you would want it toappear close to the top of thepanel. Press F15.


2 Select Instruction Line andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theinstruction line at the cursorlocation.


Adding Status and Transient Text Objects

Introduction

This section explains and gives the procedures for usingstatus text andtransient text, two Panel Editor objects that allow the display of variable usertext on OMEGAVIEW panels.

User access and authority

In order to implement these features, you must be connected toOMEGAVIEW through AF/OPERATOR or OMEGACENTER Gatewayfor MVS, and you must have Panel Edit authority.

Terminology

Á Transient text refers to variable text that is maintained in storage only. Atransient text value remains on display until the session terminates ornew information is emitted from AF/OPERATOR or OG/MVS.

Á Status text refers to variable text that is stored and maintained in theSDM database. A static text value remains on display until a usermodifies it.

Performance consideration

We recommend you use transient text objects for information that requiresfrequent updates. A transient text object presents data but does not save it,and thus provides better performance and significantly lower CPU utilizationthan a status text object. Because functions that use status text objects aresaved, they require more system resources.

You can select a status or transient text object in conjunction with eithershort-term or long-term history status bars. This gives you a convenient wayto create panels that display both types of information.


Adding a status or transient text object

Refer to the following procedure to individually place a status or transienttext object on a panel.

Step Action Result

1 Access the panel you want tomodify, move your cursor to theplace on the panel where youwant the new text to appear,then press F15.

OMEGAVIEW displays theObject Class Selection pop-up.

2 From the Object Class Selectionpop-up, you can add eitherstatus text or transient text

Á To add status text, select 9and press Enter.

Á To add transient text, select1ð and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theStatus Item Choices pop-up.

3 On the Status Item Choicespop-up, position your cursornext to an item on the list andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theStatus Text Create pop-up orthe Transient Text Createpop-up.

Note: See “Sample panels” onpage 118 for examples of thenew panels, Status Text Createand Transient Text Create.

4 On the Status Text Create orTransient Text Create pop-up,specify a text length (incharacters) and press Enter.

Note: The text field length canbe 0 to 28 characters. Specifyyour text length carefully; thetext must fit on the panel andthe field should be long enoughfor all of the information. Ifyour field is not long enough,the text will be truncated.

The new object, Status Text orTransient Text, appears on yourpanel.


Sample panels

The following figures show the panels, Status Text Create and Transient TextCreate.

à ðStatus Text CREATE


Status Name . . . :

Description . . . :

Status text length. 128 ð - 128

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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à ðTransient Text CREATE


Status Name . . . :

Description . . . :

Transient text length. 128 ð - 128

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Annotating a history bar with status or transient text

Use the following procedure to add status text or transient text to an existingpanel in conjunction with either the short-term or long-term status historybar.

Step Action Result

1 Access the panel you want tomodify, move your cursor to theplace on the panel where youwant the new text to appear,then press F15.

OMEGAVIEW displays theObject Class Selection pop-up.


Step Action Result

2 From the Object Class Selectionpop-up you can choose eitherShort History or LongTermHistory.

Á To add a Short Historystatus bar, select 4 and pressEnter.

Á To add LongTerm Historystatus bar, select 5 and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theStatus Item Choices pop-up.

3 On the Status Item Choicespop-up, position your cursornext to an item on the list, typea slash (/), and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theStatus Bar Create pop-up

Note: See “Sample panels” onpage 120 for examples of themodified panels, Status BarCreate and Status Bar Change.

4 On the Status Bar Createpop-up you can specify bothstatus text and/or transient text

Á To add a status text field,specify text length (incharacters) next to the statustext length option and pressEnter.

Á To add a transient text field,specify text length (incharacters) next to thetransient text length optionand press Enter.

Note: The text field length canbe 0 to 128 characters. Specifyyour text length carefully; thetext must fit on the panel andthe field should be long enoughfor all of the information. Ifyour field is not long enough,the text will be truncated.

A short or long-term historystatus bar appears with a statusand/or transient text field besideit.


Sample panels

The following figures show the Status Bar Create and Status Bar Changepanels.

à ðStatus Bar Create


Status Name . . . : $$A1.ITEM1

Type. . . . . . . : Short History

Status Label. . . .







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à ðStatus Bar Change


Status Name . . . : $$A1.ITEM1

Type. . . . . . . : LongTerm History

Status Label. . . .







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Chapter 6.Setting OMEGAVIEW Options

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Setting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Setting Status Display Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Setting Panel Editor keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Setting Switch/Zoom Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Session Logon Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Chapter 6. Setting OMEGAVIEW Options 121

Chapter Overview

Introduction

This chapter explains the different options available to you so that you cancustomize your OMEGAVIEW system.

In this chapter



Setting Preferences 123

Setting Status Display Options 127

Setting Panel Editor Keys 129

Setting Switch/Zoom Options 131

Defining Session Logon Data 134


Setting Preferences

Introduction

One of the ways to customize your system is by setting preferences. Thepreference options affect the appearance of your OMEGAVIEW panels anddetermine things like where the function keys appear or the format of thedate/time information. The settings you choose are saved in a permanentprofile and retrieved each time you log onto the application. There are 14different preference options that you have the capability to change. To learnhow to choose between the different preference settings, refer to the tablethat follows. The sections that follow the table describe each feature indetail.

Procedure

To set your preferences, refer to the following procedure.

Step Action Result

1 Select Options from the action barand press Enter.

The Options pull-downmenu appears.

2 Select Preferences from the menuand press Enter.

The Preferences panelappears.

3 Place your cursor on the field of theoption you wish to change and pressF4.

OMEGAVIEW togglesbetween the twoavailable choices, ordisplays a list of validoptions.

4 Type any desired changes and thenpress Enter to save the new values.

OMEGAVIEW savesyour settings in apermanent profile.


Example of the Preferences pop-up

The following figure shows the Preferences panel.

à ð Preferences

Type any changes, then press Enter.

Mnemonics . . . . . . . On + (On/Off)

Beep. . . . . . . . . . On + (On/Off)

Panel ID. . . . . . . . Off+ (On/Off)

Time/Date Display . . . On + (On/Off)

Function Key Area . . . On + (On/Off)

Implicit Action . . . . On + (On/Off)

Exit Confirmation . . . On + (On/Off)

Delete Confirmation . . On + (On/Off)

National Language . . . English +

Date Format . . . . . . mm/dd/yy+

Time

Format. . . . . . . . 24 (12/24 hour)

Separator character . :

Morning indicator . . AM

Afternoon indicator . PM


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Setting the Mnemonics

If you choose to leave the mnemonics ON, OMEGAVIEW will display amnemonic input area to the left of the action bar. This input area allows youfast-path access to the menus and submenus of the action bar choices.

Note: For information on fast-pathing see “Using Multiple Mnemonics toCreate a Fast Path” on page 27.

If you set the Mnemonic option to OFF, the input area will not appear. Toselect an action bar choice, you will have to Tab to the choice and pressEnter.

The default setting for mnemonics is ON.

Setting the Beep option

If you set the Beep option to ON, OMEGAVIEW will sound the terminalalarm when invalid input is detected. For instance, your terminal would beepwhenever you pressed an unavailable function key. If you set the Beepoption to OFF, OMEGAVIEW will not sound the terminal alarm, and youwill not hear a beep.


The default setting for this option is ON.

Setting the Panel ID option

If you set the Panel ID option to ON, OMEGAVIEW will display the panelID for the current panel in the upper-left corner of that panel. If you do notwish to see the panel ID, set this option to OFF.

Note: You might need to provide the panel ID if you contact Candle SupportServices to report any problems with a panel.

The default setting for this option is OFF.

Setting the Time/Date Display

If you set the Time/Date Display option to ON, OMEGAVIEW displays thecurrent time and date on the right side of the action bar separator line. Setthe option to OFF if you do not want the current time and date to appear.

The default setting is ON.

Setting the Function Key Area

To display the currently available function keys on the bottom one or twolines of the display panel, set the Function Key Area option to ON. If youturn the option OFF, OMEGAVIEW does not display the function key area.In some cases, you may want to set the option to OFF to allow for thedisplay of different information.

The default setting for this option is ON.

Setting Implicit Action

If you set the Implicit Action option to ON, OMEGAVIEW allows implicitaction for selectable items on a display panel. This means that when youpress Enter with the cursor on an entry field, a predefined action occurs.

If you turn this option OFF, you will be required to type an action code intothe entry field on a display panel item in order for an action to occur.

The default setting for this feature is ON.

Setting Exit Confirmation

Set the Exit Confirmation option to ON and OMEGAVIEW provides aprompt to confirm an exit from the current application.



Setting Delete Confirmation

If you set the Delete Confirmation option to ON, OMEGAVIEW provides aprompt to confirm any delete action that you select.


Choosing the Date Format

To select the date format, type the format you wish to use for your session inthe field provided. Or, you may press F4 (Prompt) for a list of the validformats and then select one from that display.

Choosing the Time Format

Specify either the 12-hour or 24-hour time format by selecting 12 or 24 forthis option. You can press F4 (Prompt) to toggle to your choice. Thedefault setting is 24.

Choosing the Time Separator character

This option allows you to specify a character that will be inserted betweenthe hours, minutes, and seconds portion of the time stamp. The default valueis a colon (:), which will display as hh:mm:ss. However, any character isvalid.

Specifying the Time Morning indicator

This option allows you to specify two characters that OMEGAVIEW willdisplay during the morning hours when the 12-hour Time Format is selected.The default value is AM. However, any two characters are valid.

Specifying the Time Afternoon indicator

This option lets you specify two characters that OMEGAVIEW will displayduring afternoon hours when the 12-hour Time Format is selected. Thedefault value is PM. However, any two characters are valid.


Setting Status Display Options

Introduction

The status display options dialog box, under the main Options pull-downmenu, allows you to customize these OMEGAVIEW terminal displayoptions:

Á Startup panel nameÁ Panel automatic update intervalÁ Beep on critical statusÁ Beep on lost sessionÁ Change default show details to GoToÁ Action-in-progress indicator

Example of Status Display Options dialog box

The following figure shows the Status Display Options pop-up window.

à ðStatus Display Options


Startup panel name . . . . . . . . . . _$DFLT1_________+

Panel automatic update interval . . . . 6ð ð, 15-999 sec.

Beep on critical status . . . . . . . . No + Yes/No

Beep on lost session . . . . . . . . . No + Yes/No

Change default Show details to GoTo . . No + Yes/No

Action-in-progress indicator . . . . . !


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In the sections that follow, we describe each of these application options indetail.

Choosing the startup panel name

OMEGAVIEW provides a default system status panel, named $DFLT1. Bydefault, when users log on to OMEGAVIEW, they see this default systemstatus panel. The startup panel name field allows you to specify the name ofthe panel you want displayed when you log onto OMEGAVIEW. Forexample, you can choose to display a panel that has been custom designedfor your site. Simply specify the desired name in the entry field. If youchoose not to specify a startup panel name, OMEGAVIEW, displays thedefault panel for your installation.


To see a list of all the panels that are available in your installation, press theF4 (Prompt) key.

Setting the Panel Automatic Update Interval

While you are viewing any OMEGAVIEW panel, the panel is in automaticupdate mode. This means that the information shown is updated periodicallywithout any action on your part.

The Panel Automatic Update Interval on the Status Display Options pop-upallows you to specify the automatic update interval for your terminal. To setthe value, specify any number between 15 and 999. This value determinesthe number of seconds between automatic panel refreshes. To turn off theautomatic update, specify 0.

The default value for this field is 60 seconds.

Setting Beep on Critical Status

This field lets you choose whether or not you want to hear a beep when thereare any critical status indicators on the current panel. This is a Yes/Nooption. Specify Yes if you want to hear a beep. The default value is Yes.

Setting Beep on Lost Session

Specify Yes if you want a beep tone to sound when any of the statusindicators on your current panel are based on a status data collection sessionthat is no longer responding to requests for data.

The default setting for this field is Yes.

Changing the default action code

This option allows you to change the default action code from S=ShowDetails to G=GoTo on your startup panel. This is a Yes/No option. Thedefault setting for this field is No.

Setting the Action-in-progress Indicator

This option allows you to specify the character that will appear inside astatus bar to indicate that corrective action is being taken.

The default setting for this field is the exclamation point (!). However, anycharacter is valid.


Setting Panel Editor keys

Introduction

The Panel Editor Keys dialog box (option K , Panel editor keys) under theOptions action bar pull-down menu lets you change the settings for the paneleditor fast-path keys.

Note: For more information on the Panel Editor see “Creating Panels” onpage 49 and “Learning About the Panel Editor” on page 105.

User authority required

Only users with Panel/Template edit authority can view and access the PanelEditor Key pop-up shown in this section

Example of Panel Editor Keys pop-up

à ðPanel Editor Keys


Add object key . . . . . . . F13 F13-F24

Change object key . . . . . F14 "

New object key . . . . . . . F15 "

Cut object key . . . . . . . F16 "

Copy object key . . . . . . F17 "

Paste object key . . . . . . F18 "

Delete object key . . . . . F19 "

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Procedure

To change the name of an existing key:

5 Type the name change over the existing key; then press Enter.

Add object key

This Panel Editor key lets you create another of the currently selected objecttype. The Panel Editor adds this object to the work area at the cursor locationwhen you press the Add key.

The default setting for this key is F13.


Change object key

This Panel Editor key allows you to change the information that was usedwhen an object was created and placed on the work area.


New object key

This Panel Editor key allows you to specify the type of object that you wishdraw on the work area. The Panel Editor presents you with a list of validobject types. After you have selected an object type, the Panel Editor drawsthat object on the work area at the current cursor position.


Cut object key

This Panel Editor key allows you to cut (remove from the work area) anyobject under the cursor. The Panel Editor places the cut object in theclipboard.


Copy object key

This Panel Editor key lets you place a copy of the object under the cursor onthe clipboard.


Paste object key

This Panel Editor key lets you place a copy of the clipboard object onto thework area at the current cursor position.


Delete object key

This Panel Editor key lets you delete the object at the current cursor position.The Panel Editor does not place a copy of this object on the clipboard.



Setting Switch/Zoom Options

Introduction

The switch/zoom pop-up allows you to set the following OMEGAVIEWzooming and switching options:

Á Prompt for User ID

Á Zoom to session confirmation

Á Zoom session timeout interval

Á Switch session key

Á Switch/Zoom return key

Á Use default logmode

User authority

Only users with zoom authority can view and access the Switch/Zoompop-up shown in this section.

Example of Switch/Zoom Options pop-up

à ð Switch/Zoom Options


Prompt for User ID . . . . . . . . . No + Yes/No

Zoom to session confirmation . . . . Yes + Yes/No

Zoom session timeout interval . . . 999 ð, 5-998, 999 mins.

Switch session key . . . . . . . . . PA1 PA1-PA3, F13-F24

Switch/Zoom return key . . . . . . . PA2 PA1-PA3, F13-F24

Use default logmode . . . . . . . . Yes + Yes/No


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Prompt for User ID

The Prompt for User ID option causes OMEGAVIEW to display the GetLogon Information pop-up whenever you attempt to switch or zoom into anOMEGAMON session. This pop-up prompts you to provide logoninformation that OMEGAVIEW immediately uses as it attempts to logon tothe OMEGAMON product. Select Yes to start prompting for User ID. Thedefault setting for this feature is No.

Note: For information about this feature see “Starting or Stopping Promptingfor User ID” on page 171.

Zoom to session confirmation

This field lets you choose whether or not you want to see a prompt beforeOMEGAVIEW zooms you to the session that controls the status bar you areanalyzing. The prompt is the “Zoom to Session” pop-up that provides akeyboard input area where you can override the default zoom destinationfrom a list of supported destinations.

This is a Yes/No option. Specify Yes if you want to be prompted. Thedefault value is No.

Note: For more information on zoomed sessions see “Using the ZoomFeature” on page 193. For specific information on the zoom to sessionconfirmation feature see “Using the Zoom to Session Confirmation Option”on page 195.

Setting the Zoom Session Timeout Interval

This field allows you to specify the maximum amount of time (in minutes)after which the sessions that you have zoomed into are logged off.

To set the timeout interval for logging off unused zoom sessions, specify anyvalue from 5 to 998 minutes.

If you do not wish your sessions to timeout, choose the default value for thisfield, which is 999. Or, if you wish to terminate the zoomed session as soonas you return to OMEGAVIEW (using the PA2 key), specify 0.

Note: You may not have the authority to change the default value for thistimeout interval. Your system administrator sets the default. Contact yoursystem administrator if the default does not meet your requirements and youdo not have the authority to change the default values.


Switch session key

This key issues a pop-up menu of sessions currently defined in theConfiguration Manager. You can switch to any session on this menu withouthaving to first return to OMEGAVIEW. The Switch Session Key functionsfrom any OMEGAMON panel, and from the OMEGAVIEW System Statuspanel.

The default setting for this key is PA1.

Switch/Zoom Return key

This key lets you return to OMEGAVIEW after you have switched orzoomed into an OMEGAMON session. Apart from ending yourOMEGAMON session, it is the only way you can return to OMEGAVIEWafter switching or zooming to an OMEGAMON session.

The default setting for this key is PA2.

Use default logmode

When zooming or switching, OMEGAVIEW establishes a VTAM LU-2session with the OMEGAMON product you select. During that switch orzoom process, OMEGAVIEW provides a logon mode table name (logmode)that matches the physical characteristics of your terminal (e.g. number ofdisplay lines) to the OMEGAMON application you are switching or zoomingto. The OMEGAMON products can then create and send display panels thatmatch the particular terminal device type you are using.

This feature is a Yes/No option. Specify Yes if you want to useOMEGAVIEW's default logmode table entry name (e.g. SNX32702) for yourdevice type. Specify No if you want to use the logmode table entry namedefined for your terminal by your data center (e.g. D4A32782).

Candle recommends you use the default setting, Yes, at your site.

Note: If you specify a VTAM logmode when you logon to OMEGAVIEW,that specified logmode is used regardless of whether the use default logmodeoption is set to Yes or No.


Session Logon Data

Introduction

The Session Logon Data feature on the Options pull-down allows you todefine logon information for use when zooming or switching into anOMEGAMON session.

The logon information you specify on the Session Logon Data panel appliesonly to your session. It does not effect other users. Your session logon datais saved in a permanent profile and is used whenever you first zoom orswitch into a session with an OMEGAMON product.

For more information about this feature see “Using the Maintain SessionLogon Data Option” on page 161.

Sample Session Logon Data panel

The following is an example of the Session Logon Data panel

à ðFile Edit Options Help

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Session Logon Data for Userid

Type one or more action codes, then press Enter.

A=Add C=Change D=Delete

Action Session Logon user ID

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Chapter 7.Defining and Maintaining Status Items

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136Adding a Status Item or Rollup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Changing a Status Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Deleting a Status Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Linking Status Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Using the Cross Reference Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Chapter 7. Defining and Maintaining Status Items 135

Chapter Overview

Introduction

Most entries in the status database are system-derived. That is, differentstatus items reflect different kinds of system performance data derived fromthe status data collector sessions specified during the installation and setupprocedure. These items, converted to status values, are displayed as statusbars on panels. The status bars are assigned colors based on threshold valuesset by your system administrator. As these values change, so can the colorof the status bar.

You can define a status item as either abasic (single) or a rollup. A rollupcontains more than one status item, either basic or other rollups, or both. Arollup shows the "worst case" status of its combined basic and rollup statusitem components. If even one of its components shows a red or yellowstatus light, break down the rollup to determine the severity of the status itemcondition.

Status item types

There are two types of status items:system-derived and user-defined. Thereis an important difference between system-derived status items anduser-defined basic status items: system-derived status items are created andupdated automatically by the system. The status information is accumulatedby the status data collector and is reflected in the status bars displayed onpanels. User-defined status items, however, represent someentity or unit thatyou may want to display on a panel as a status bar.


Status item usage scenario

You might want to display a panel of numbered status bars that represents anoperations bulletin board. Each status bar (status item) can have an actiontext area to the right of the bar into which the operator types information.Next to one status bar, the operator types printer down - 1 hr. and next toanother status bar, the message Maint. at 22:ðð. These items, unlikesessions, are not sampled by a status data collector. Since these user-definedstatus items are not sampled, the status bar color does not changeautomatically. There is no system-derived data corresponding to a severitylevel.

For each user-defined status bar, you manually assign a color thatcorresponds to a severity level. When its status changes, you must manuallychange the severity level in order to change the color of the status bar.Using the example of the operations bulletin board, you might assign acritical severity level to the printer status bar during the time the printer isout of service, changing it to OK when it becomes available and at the sametime, changing the message. Until maintenance begins on the system, youcan assign a warning severity level to the associated status item, manuallychanging the severity level and the status item message minutes beforemaintenance occurs. When you place these status items on the panel, theywill be displayed in the color for that severity level. The severity levelschange only when you manually change them using the Change function onthe Candle default startup panel's instruction line.

In this chapter

This chapter covers the following topics.

To See page

Add a basic or rollup status item to the statusdatabase

138

Change a status item 144

Delete a status item 145

Use the Cross reference option to list status items 148


Adding a Status Item or Rollup

Introduction

Your system administrator defined sessions during OMEGAVIEW'sinstallation and setup procedure. When you sign onto OMEGAVIEW, thesesessions display on your top panel.

The sessions selected for monitoring are associated with Candle-suppliedstatus items on which performance data is reported. These predefined statusitems may not necessarily be those on which you want information, or theymay not include items you want to monitor. You can define individual(basic) status items to the status database, or you can add rollups, statusitems that are comprised of several other status items.

Status item naming conventions

User-defined status items can be assigned any name as long as it does notexceed the 20-character Status Name field.

Each system-derived status item name must consist of a high-level qualifierand a low-level qualifier, separated by a period. The name can be up to 20characters long.

Note: Status item format hilev._lowlev is reserved for Transplex navigation.Status items using this format are invalid.


High-level qualifier description

The high-level qualifier, assigned by your system administrator, is the sessionname established by the status data collectors for all system-derived statuses.The high-level qualifier foruser-defined status items can be any name youassign, such as the name of the application, region, or data center. Thehigh-level qualifier is optional, but the name you use must not containblanks.

The high-level, user-defined qualifier should be determined by configurationtype and should not contain variable information, such as system ID orsubsystem type. For mainframes, a name composed of region, data center,and application is appropriate. For example:

WEBUNDPAYRL

where:

WE (WEst) is the regionBUND (BUNDy) is the data centerPAYRL is the application

For networked minicomputers, the VTAM node ID or a geographic address ismore suitable:

V1234567 VTAM node ID

or

WELA1999

where:

WE (WEst) is the regionLA is the city1999 is the first 4 numbers of the street address

Low-level qualifier description

The low-level qualifier for the system-derived status items is defined by thestatus data collector and its measurements. It can be from 1 to 8 charactersbeginning with one of the following letters:

W Workload (response time, batch throughput)R Resource (DASD, tape, CPU, storage)A Alert (exceptional conditions)


“Status Item Qualifiers” on page 229 contains tables that list low-levelqualifiers and their associated descriptions for OMEGAMON products.

Sample panel

The Add Status Item panel is shown below.

à ð

Add Status Item


Status name. . . .

Description. . . .

Status type. . . . ROLLUP +

Alert generation . DISABLED +

Supply values for the following if applicable:

Country. . . . . . +

Region . . . . . . +

State. . . . . . . +

City . . . . . . . +

Data Center. . . . +

System ID. . . . . +

Subsystem. . . . . +

Application. . . . +


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Field descriptions

The table below describes the available fields on the Add Status Item panel.

For information on the remaining optional fields, press F1.

Status ItemField

Description

Status name A 1 to 20 character name for the status item. You can usethe status item naming conventions or you can use anyname you choose. The name appears in the list when youDisplay Status Items. This is a required entry. The namealso appears in the list of rollup status items that you breakdown when you use Show details.

Note: It is possible to use characters A–Z, numbers 0–9,and special characters #, _, @, and $ when adding statusnames, session names, or when specifying filters.

Description A 1–30 character description for the status item. Thisdescription can appear when the status item isdrawn on apanel.

Status type OMEGAVIEW automatically displays ROLLUP in thisfield. Press F4 if you want BASIC to appear.

Alerts If you have Administrator authority, you can generate alertsfor NetView and OMEGACENTER Gateway for MVS.Any user can display the alert generation status on thestatus information panel.

Note: The Alerts field on the Add or Change Status Itemspanels is unprotected for users with Administrator authority.If the field is unprotected, you can toggle between the twoavailable settings:ENABLED or DISABLED.

For more information on NetView or OMEGACENTERGateway for MVS alerts, see the OMEGAVIEWConfiguration and Customization Guide.


Procedure

To add a status item to OMEGAVIEW, follow these steps:

Step Action Result

1 Select Tools from the ActionBar. Then select the StatusItem Manager option and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theStatus Item Manager.

2 From the Status Item Manager,selectAdd status item andpress Enter.

Note: You can fastpath throughthe first 2 steps by typingTSAon the Action Bar input field,and pressing Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theAdd Status Item panel.

3 Complete the fields on the AddStatus Item panel. When youare finished, press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW processes thepanel and displays the NextStatus Item Actions panel if youare adding a BASIC status item.To add ROLLUP status items,complete Step 4.


Step Action Result

4 If you are adding a ROLLUPstatus item, OMEGAVIEWdisplays the Rollup ItemChoices panel. From this panel,you can

Á Choose items from a list.This choice displays anextensive list of status itemsthat you can then filterusing F5. From the list,select as many status itemsas you wish and pressEnter.

Á Match items to a pattern.Choose this option to godirectly to the Status FilterSpecification panel,bypassing the extensive listof status items. From thispanel, you can specify apattern that occurs in all thestatus items you want toselect. You can press F4 ineach field to display a listof existing entries for thatattribute. When youcomplete the entries youwant, press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theChange Status Item List panelthat shows the items in a rollupand allows you to add, change,or delete items.

Two types of entries appear onthe list: status item entry andItemsWhere(...). A status itementry includes status name,description, and type (basic orrollup). The ItemsWhere(...)entry consists of all status itemsthat matched the pattern youspecified when you selected theMatch items to a patternoption.

If the entries are correct, pressEnter. OMEGAVIEW savesthe new status item and displaysthe Status Item Manager.


Changing a Status Item

Introduction

You can change a user-defined status item. You cannot changesystem-derived status items.

Procedure

To change an existing status item, follow these steps:

Step Action Result



2 SelectChange status item andpress Enter.

Note: You can fastpath throughthe first 2 steps by typingTSCon the Action Bar input field,and pressing Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays the listof status item choices.

3 Select the status item you wishto change and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theChange Status Item panel.

4 Make any changes by typingover the existing entries. Whenyou are finished, press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW processes thepanel and returns to the StatusItem Manager panel.


Deleting a Status Item

Introduction

You can delete a user-defined status item. You cannot delete system-derivedstatus items.

Procedure

To delete an existing status item, follow these steps:

Step Action Result



2 SelectDelete status item andpress Enter.

Note: You can fastpath throughthe first 2 steps by typingTSDon the Action Bar input field,and pressing Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays the listof status item choices.

3 Select the status item you wishto delete and press Enter. Todelete multiple status items,select all the items beforepressing Enter.

If the Delete Confirmationoption is set to on,OMEGAVIEW allows you toverify the name of the statusitem you want to delete beforedisplaying the Maintain StatusItems panel. If the DeleteConfirmation option is set tooff, OMEGAVIEW deletes theitem(s) and displays the StatusItem Manager panel.


Linking Status Items

Introduction

You can link one or more panels that you have created to a specificOMEGAMON session. This feature is especially helpful when you upgradeto a new version of a product; now you can easily change all the status itemsand panel references associated with that product.


You must have administrator or panel replace authority to use this option.

Link Status Items panel

The Link Status Items pop-up is shown below.

à ð

Link Status Items


_ 1. Link all panels(A)...

2. Link a specific panel(S)...

3. Link panels created by userid(U)...

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Link Panel options

The following list describes the options shown in the panel above:

Á Link all panels. This option changes every occurrence of anOMEGAMON status item name in every panel from the existing sessionname to the new session name you enter.

Á Link a specific panel. With panel replace authority or in a panel youcreated, this option changes every occurrence of an OMEGAMON statusitem session name in a specific panel from the existing name to the newname you enter.

Á Link panels by userid. With panel replace authority or in panels youcreated, this option changes every occurrence of an OMEGAMON statusitem name in a specific user ID's set of panels from the existing sessionname to the new session name you enter.


Procedure

To link status items, follow these steps:

Step Action Result

1 From the ConfigurationManager, Select Tools and pressEnter. Then selectStatus ItemManager and press Enter.


2 From the Status Item Manager,selectLink status items andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theLink Status Items pop-up.

3 From the Link Status Itemspop-up, you can choose one ofthe following:

Á To choose to link all panels,selectLink all panels andpress Enter. Complete thefields as indicated and pressEnter.

Á To choose to link a specificpanel, select Link specificpanel and press Enter.Complete the fields asindicated and press Enter.

Á To choose to link panels byuserid, select Link panelsby userid and press Enter.Complete the fields asindicated and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW scans all therequested panels and updatesevery status item. When thescanning process is complete,OMEGAVIEW displays amessage showing how manypanels were examined, howmany panels were updated, andthe number of panel objectslinked to the new sessions.


Using the Cross Reference Option

Introduction

You can use the Status Item Cross Reference option to specify a crossreference list of status items and panels. For example, if you chooseO2CICS.AALL as the status item and use the wild card character (*) for thepanel name, OMEGAVIEW displays a list of all the panels associated withthat status item.

Status item cross reference sample panel

The Status Item Cross Reference pop-up is shown below.

à ð

Status Item Cross Reference

Specify status item name and panel name, then

press Enter

Status item name . . +

Panel name . . . . . +


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Procedure

To display a cross reference list, follow these steps:

Step Action Result

1 Select Tools from the ActionBar. Then select Status ItemManager and press Enter.


2 From the Status Item Manager,selectCross reference statusitems and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theCross Reference Status Itemspop-up.

3 From the Cross ReferenceStatus Items pop-up, completethe fields as described below:

1. Status Item Name. Typethe name of the status itemyou wish to cross reference,or press F4 for a list ofavailable status items.

2. Panel Name. Type thename of the panel you wishto cross reference, or pressF4 for to display the panelselection list.

Note: You can use the wildcard character (*) in eitherfield.

When you are finished,press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays a listwith the status item name, allthe panels containing that statusitem, the date each panel waslast updated, and who updatedthe panel. An example isshown below.


Status item cross reference list

An example of the Status Item Cross Reference list is shown below.

à ðStatus Item Cross Reference

Last By

Status Item Panel Updated User ID

-------------------- ---------------- -------- -------

O2CICS.AALL $DFLT1 ð6/24/94 USER29

JLW ð7/ð6/94 USER89

LDA ð7/ð6/94 USER89

************************** BOTTOM OF DATA **************************

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Chapter 8.Overriding the Profile Synchronization Default

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Overriding the Profile Synchronization Default. . . . . . . . 153

Chapter 8. Overriding the Profile Synchronization Default 151

Chapter Overview

Introduction

This chapter provides you with information about overriding the profilesynchronization default. Profile synchronization enables OMEGAVIEW touse the same set of profile thresholds for the user zoom sessionsthat areused for the collector sessions. With profile synchronization, user zoomsession status items display the same color as the status items displayed onthe OMEGAVIEW panels.

Default setup

Only system administrators have the authority to control the system-wideprofile synchronization default. For information about setting the profilesynchronization default see theOMEGAVIEW Configuration andCustomization Guide.

Terminology

The term collector session refers to a session that has been defined andstarted in the Configuration Manager. Collector sessions generate the statuslights OMEGAVIEW displays.

A user zoom sessionis a session started by a user who wants to zoom to theOMEGAMON associated with a given status item.

In this chapter


To... See page...

Permanently override the system-wide profilesynchronization default

154

Override the system-wide profile synchronization defaultfor the duration of a user zoom session only

156


Overriding the Profile Synchronization Default

Introduction

If a general user wishes to implement a personal profile for a user zoomsession, and the system administrator has set the system-wide profilesynchronizaton default to Enable, the user has the option of overriding thedefault by one of two methods.

One procedure allows users to override the system default on a permanentbasis with the Session Logon Data panel. The other procedure allows usersto override the default on a per session basis with the Get Logon Informationpanel.


Procedure 1

Use the following procedure to override (change) the system-wide profilesynchronization default on a permanent basis from the Session Logon DataPanel.

We are assuming an Add action was previously performed. The addprocedure is similar to the change procedure. The only difference is that instep 3 you use the A action and the Add Session Logon Data panel.

Step Action Result

1 Select Options from the mainOMEGAVIEW action bar andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theOptions pull-down menu.

2 Select option 5, Session LogonData, and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theSession Logon Data screen foryour user ID.

3 Move your cursor to the sessionyou wish to modify. Type Cunder the Action column andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theChange Session Logon Datapanel.

Note: For an example of thispanel, see “Change SessionLogon Data panel” onpage 155.

4 Type your valid ID andpassword in the fields provided.Move your cursor to the ProfileSynchronization field and pressF4 to toggle between the twofield options, Enabled andDisabled. When you havechosen one of the two options,press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW returns you tothe main Session Logon Datapanel, but does not save yourchanges until you exit thepanel.

5 Press F3 to exit the SessionLogon Data panel.

OMEGAVIEW displays theSave Confirmation panel.

6 Select option 1, Save thencontinue.

OMEGAVIEW saves thechanges to the session logondata.


Change Session Logon Data panel

The following panel shows the Change Session Logon data panel with thenew Profile Synchronization field.

à ð____ File Edit Options Help

----------------------------------------------------------- 1ð/26/93 8:ð7:29

Session Logon Data for USERð1


A=Add C=Change D=Delete

Action Session Logon user ID

------ -------- -------------

+

c OMIIMVS USERð1

+-----------------------------------------------------------------+

| Change Session Logon Data |

| |

| Type the requested information, then press Enter. |

| |

| Session name. . . . . . : OMIIMVS |

| Description . . . . . . : Omegamon/II for MVS session |

| |

| Identification |

| User ID. . . . . . . . USERð1 |

| Password . . . . . . . |

| Omegamon password. . . |

| |

| Profile Synchronization . ENABLED + |

| |

| Additional Information |

| Group . . . . . . . . |

| Account. . . . . . . . |

| Logon user data. . . . |

| |

| F1=Help F4=Prompt F12=Cancel |

+-----------------------------------------------------------------+

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Procedure 2

This procedure allows users to override the system-wide profilesynchronization default and to specify a value for profile synchronization thatexists for the duration of the user session only.

Step Action Result

1 Select Options from the mainOMEGAVIEW action bar andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theOptions pull-down.

2 Select Switch/Zoom Options andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theSwitch/Zoom Optionspull-down

3 To start prompting for user IDselect Yes. To stop promptingfor user ID select No.

When you have selected theuser ID, press Enter to saveyour choice.

OMEGAVIEW starts promptingfor user ID. This optionenables the override.

4 At the main OMEGAVIEWpanel, place your cursor at anactive session's status item andpress Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays thesession's Components Panel.

5 Move your cursor to the desiredstatus item and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays the GetLogon Information panel.

6 On the Get Logon Informationpanel, enter a valid user ID andpassword.

Press F4 on the ProfileSynchronization field, to togglebetween the two availableoptions, Enable and Disable.Once you have made yourchoice, press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW will Enable orDisable profile synchronization.

Note: Any values entered onthis panel, including profilesynchronization, will be ineffect for the duration of theuser zoom session only.


Get Logon Information sample panel

à ðFile Tools Samples Options Help

--------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:ð7:29



S=Show details, P=Problem management, I=Information, C=Change, G=GoTo

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+


|---------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+

| OMIIMVS | s ________ _ | ________ _ | ________ _ |

| O +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |

| O | Get Logon Information | |

| O | | |

+-- | Type the requested information, then press Enter. | ----------+

| |

| Identification |

| User ID. . . . . . . . |

| Password . . . . . . . |

| Omegamon password. . . |

| |

| Profile Synchronization . DISABLED + |

| |

| Additional Information |

| Group . . . . . . . . |

| Account. . . . . . . . |

| Logon user data. . . . |

| |

| F1=Help F4=Prompt F12=Cancel |

+-------------------------------------------------------------+

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Chapter 9.Providing Logon Information for Zooming and Switching

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Using the Maintain Session Logon Data Option. . . . . . . . 161Starting or Stopping Prompting for User ID. . . . . . . . . . 171

Chapter 9. Providing Logon Information for Zooming and Switching 159

Chapter Overview

Introduction

This chapter describes two optional OMEGAVIEW features that improve theprocess of zooming and switching sessions to the underlying Candleproducts. These features are Maintain Session Logon Data and Start or StopPrompting for User ID. You may find these features helpful if your siterequires different user IDs and passwords for different sessions.

Maintain Session Logon Data lets you define the user IDs and passwords youwant OMEGAVIEW to use when switching to an underlying product session.Candle recommends that you only use this feature at sites where IDs andpasswords for different sessions are not synchronized.

Start or Stop Prompting for User ID lets you decide whether or not you wantOMEGAVIEW to prompt you for a user ID and password the first time youattempt to switch or zoom to an OMEGAMON product.

In this chapter

This chapter covers the following topics:

Topic See page

Security considerations 161

Add (Change) field descriptions 162

Displaying your session logon data profile 163

Adding sessions to your Session Logon Dataprofile

164

Changing your Session Logon Data profile 165

Deleting sessions from your Session Logon Dataprofile

166

Modifying session logon data for another user ID 167

resolving a logon failure when switching 169

Deleting Session Logon Data profiles 170

Start prompting for user ID 171


Using the Maintain Session Logon Data Option

Introduction

The procedures in this section describe how to access and modify your ownsession logon data profile. They also describe how to access and modifyanother user's profile, as well as how to copy a profile from one user toanother.

Security considerations

The Maintain Session Logon Data feature prompts for and retains user IDsand passwords. Passwords are encrypted in memory and are never displayed.

Every session logon data profile is owned by a user who must be defined tothe security system that controls OMEGAVIEW access. If your systemadministrator permits it, you may share session logon data profiles with otherusers, if you know the user IDs and passwords associated with the sharedprofiles.

Here are some things to consider when sharing profiles:

Á Profiles contain valuable information: the user IDs that OMEGAVIEWuses to switch to underlying products and the access privileges definedfor that user ID within an underlying product. Do not permit alow-authority user access to the profile of a high-authority user.

Á When you first try to read or write a session logon data profile associatedwith another user ID, you must supply the current password belonging tothat user ID. OMEGAVIEW will validate this user ID-passwordcombination before allowing you to access the profile.

Á The password you supply during the process of reading or writinganother session logon data profile is never saved, neither in memory noron disk. If you access the profile successfully, its associated user ID issaved and used internally to reopen the profile on your behalf. Do notpermit a low-authority user to take the place of a high-authority userduring the same OMEGAVIEW session. The high-authority user mustlog off OMEGAVIEW.

Á Any changes you make to another profile while it is open are permanent.Try to avoid changing profiles associated with other user IDs.


Add (Change) field descriptions

The following is a description of the fields you will use when adding orchanging information in your session logon data profile.

Field Name Description

Session name Configuration Manager name for thesession to which this logon dataapplies. For example, M2VTAMA.

Description Configuration Manager descriptionfor the session. For example,OMEGAMON II for MVS.

User ID User ID for the session. Make surethe user ID you specify is defined tothe security system that controlsaccess to the session.

Password Password associated with the userID. Make sure the password youspecify is defined to the securitysystem that controls access to thesession.

OMEGAMON password Value for the OMEGAMONPSWD= operand. Not requiredunless your site has defined a valuefor it.

Group Optional group identifier to pass tothe security system.

Account Optional account information topass to the security system.

Logon user data Additional optional parameterspassed to classic OMEGAMONproducts as logon user data inaddition to existing parametersspecified in the ConfigurationManager.


Displaying your Session Logon Data profile

This procedure describes how to access and display your session logon dataprofile. Once you display your profile, you can add, change, or delete theinformation in it as described in the following procedures.

Step Action Result

1 From the Status Display panel,select Options and press Enter.


2 From the Options pull-downmenu, select Session LogonData and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theSession Logon Data panel.

This panel shows a list ofsession names and theirassociated user IDs, if any havebeen created. You can add newentries to the list on this panel,as well as change or deleteexisting entries.


Adding sessions to your Session Logon Data profile

Use the following procedure to add sessions to your session logon dataprofile.

Step Action Result

1 From the Status Display panel,select Options and then selectSession Logon Data. PressEnter.


2 From the Session Logon Datapanel, type A in the ActionInput field and type a sessionname in the Session field. Thenpress Enter.

Note: If you do not know theexact session name, press PF4for a list of session names;select a session and press Enter.OMEGAVIEW redisplays theSession Logon Data panel.Press Enter again.

OMEGAVIEW displays theAdd Session dialog box.

3 Complete the Add Sessiondialog fields as desired andpress Enter; see “Add (Change)field descriptions” on page 162for a description of the fields.


4 Save your changes to thecurrent profile by selectingSavefrom the File pull-down. Aprompt asks for confirmation.

Note: Assign a description as away of keeping track of yourdata. If you have not added adescription to your SessionLogon Data Properties, apop-up prompting you to do sowill appear when you attempt tosave any changes. Type adescription and press Enter toproceed.

The profile is saved, and theSession Logon Data panel isredisplayed.


Changing your Session Logon Data profile

Use the following procedure to change your session logon data profile.

Step Action Result



2 From the Session Logon Datapanel, type C in the action inputfield next to any entry you wantto change. Then press Enter.

Note: You can specify morethan one entry at a time.OMEGAVIEW processes theentries in order from top tobottom when you press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theChange Session dialog box.

3 Complete the Change Sessiondialog fields as desired andpress Enter. See “Add(Change) field descriptions” onpage 162 for a description ofthe Add Session dialog fields.The fields are the same for bothadding and changing.


4 Save your changes to thecurrent profile by selectingSavefrom the File pull-down, or byexiting from this option; youwill be prompted to save yourchanges.

Note: If you have not added adescription to your SessionLogon Data Properties, apop-up prompting you to do sowill appear when you attempt tosave any changes. Type adescription and press Enter toproceed.

The profile is saved, and themain Session Logon Data panelis redisplayed.


Deleting sessions from your Session Logon Data profile

Use the following procedure to delete sessions from your logon data profile.

Step Action Result



2 From the Session Logon Datapanel:

1. Type D in the action inputfield next to any entry youwant to delete and pressEnter.

2. OMEGAVIEW displays theDelete Confirmationpop-up. Selectdelete andpress Enter.

Note: You can specify morethan one entry at a time.OMEGAVIEW processes theentries in order from top tobottom when you press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW processes yoursession deletion request.

3 Save your changes to thecurrent profile by selectingSavefrom the File pull-down, or byexiting from this option; youwill be prompted to save yourchanges.

The profile is saved, and themain Session Logon Data panelis redisplayed.


Modifying Session Logon Data for another user ID

This procedure describes how to access and display the session logon dataprofile associated with another user ID. Once you display the profile, youcan add, change, or delete the information in it.

Step Action Result





This panel shows a list ofsession names and theirassociated user IDs, if any havebeen created. You can add newentries to the list on this panel,as well as change or deleteexisting entries.

3 From the Session Logon Datapanel, selectFile and thenselect Open.

OMEGAVIEW displays theOpen pop-up.

4 Type in the user ID andpassword associated with theprofile you want or press F4 fora list of user IDs for whichsession logon data has beendefined. Then press Enter.

Note: You will receive amessage if any of theinformation you typed has notbeen defined to the securitysystem controlling access toOMEGAVIEW. If you thinkthe user ID and password youtyped are valid, check thespelling and try again.

OMEGAVIEW opens thesession logon data profile youhave requested.

To continue modifying thisprofile, choose one of thefollowing:

Á To add information, see“Adding sessions to yourSession Logon Data profile”on page 164.

Á To change information, see“Changing your SessionLogon Data profile” onpage 165.

Á To delete information, see“Deleting sessions fromyour Session Logon Dataprofile” on page 166.


Copy Session Logon Data from another user ID

This procedure describes how to copy session logon data from another userid.

Step Action Result





3 From the Session Logon Datapanel, select theFilepull-down and then select Open.

OMEGAVIEW displays theOpen pop-up.

4 Type in the user ID andpassword associated with thesource profile (the profile fromwhich you want to copy sessionlogon data) or pressF4 for a listof user IDs for which sessionlogon data has been defined.After making your selection,press Enter.

Note: You will receive amessage if any of theinformation you typed has notbeen defined to the securitysystem controlling access toOMEGAVIEW. If you thinkthe user ID and password youtyped are valid, check thespelling and try again.

OMEGAVIEW opens thesession logon data profile youhave requested.

5 Select the File pull-down andthen select Save As....

OMEGAVIEW displays theSave As pop-up.

6 Type in the user ID andpassword associated with thetarget profile (the profile towhich you want to copy sessionlogon data) and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theSession Logon Data Propertiespanel.

7 Type a description and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays amessage indicating that theprofile has been saved


Step Action Result

8 If a profile already exists for thetarget user ID, OMEGAVIEWdisplays the ReplaceConfirmation panel. Select oneof the following:

Á ReplaceÁ Cancel

Note: If you choose to replaceat this time, and you have notadded a description to yourSession Logon Data Properties,a pop-up prompting you to doso will appear when youattempt to save any changes.Type a description and pressEnter to proceed.

The session logon data profileis copied (any existing sessionlogon data is replaced) and youcan now edit the new profile.

Resolving a logon failure when switching

A logon failure occurs when you attempt to switch to a session for which thecurrent user ID or the user ID specified for the session in the session logondata profile is not authorized. OMEGAVIEW detects the logon failure anddisplays the Add/Change Session Logon Data pop-up for the failing session.When this occurs

5 Fill in the requested information and press Enter.

Result: The changes are applied to the current Session Logon Data profile.

OMEGAVIEW tries to switch to the session again. If the logon fails again,OMEGAVIEW prompts you for the correct data again. OMEGAVIEW triesto switch again, and continues to try to switch and prompt you until itconnects to the session or you cancel the attempt.

Note: As an alternative to the above procedure, you can change thepassword on the remote system to match the password used withOMEGAVIEW.


Deleting Session Logon Data profiles

If you have administrator authority, you can delete Session Logon Dataprofiles when they are no longer needed. This option only appears on theSession Logon Data panel if you have administrator authority. To delete theSession Logon Data Profile, follow these steps.

Step Action Result





3 From the Session Logon Datapanel, select theFilepull-down and then selectDelete.

OMEGAVIEW displays theDelete pop-up.

Note: You cannot view theprofile you want to delete at thesame time you delete it. If youare currently in the profile youwant to delete, exit the profileand use this option from theSession Logon Data panel foranother profile.

4 Type in the user ID of theprofile you want to delete andthen press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theDelete Confirmation pop-up.

5 Select Delete Profile and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays amessage confirming that theprofile has been deleted.


Starting or Stopping Prompting for User ID

Introduction

During the process of switching or zooming into an OMEGAMON session,OMEGAVIEW first establishes an LU-2 session, logs onto the product, andthen transfers terminal control to the requested OMEGAMON product.During product logon, OMEGAVIEW must provide a User ID and Passwordand possibly other entry validation data such as Account, Group, User Data,etc.

The Start Prompting for User ID option causes OMEGAVIEW to display the“Get Logon Information” pop-up whenever you attempt to switch or zoominto an OMEGAMON session. This pop-up prompts you to provide logoninformation that OMEGAVIEW immediately uses as it attempts to logon tothe OMEGAMON product.

The Stop Prompting for User ID option stops OMEGAVIEW from displayingthe “Get Logon Information” pop-up whenever you attempt to switch orzoom from OMEGAVIEW to an OMEGAMON session. Instead,OMEGAVIEW logs onto the OMEGAMON product using your currentSession Logon data. If you have not defined Session Logon Data for theOMEGAMON session, OMEGAVIEW uses the User ID and password youspecified when you logged onto OMEGAVIEW to log onto theOMEGAMON product.

Security considerations

This feature changes the security environment of an OMEGAVIEW sessionby temporarily transferring ownership of one or more of its switched-tosessions to a new user. The transfer is not permitted unless the new usersupplies a valid userid and password at the time of the transfer. Since theprimary reason for changing userids is to change the level of accesspermitted within the underlying sessions, active sessions are terminatedbefore switching to the new user or disabling prompting for user ID.Terminating the underlying sessions ensures that one user is not inadvertentlygranted access to a monitor product with another user's access privileges.


Prompting for user ID procedure

The following procedure describes how to start and stop prompting for userID.

Note: When you first log onto OMEGAVIEW you will receive a messagetelling you whether or not prompting for User ID is started or stopped.

Step Action Result



2 From the Options pull-downmenu, selectSwitch/ZoomOptions

OMEGAVIEW displays theSwitch/Zoom Options pop-up.

3 Select Yes to start prompting foruser ID. Select No to stopprompting for user ID.

Note: The default setting forthis feature is No.

If you selected Yes, the nexttime you attempt to switch,OMEGAVIEW will display apop-up requesting logoninformation. You must type theinformation requested and pressEnter before the switch iscompleted.

If you selected No,OMEGAVIEW will not displaythe pop-up when you attempt tozoom or switch.

Note: Once you have suppliedlogon information during aswitch, subsequent attempts toswitch to the same sessionduring the same OMEGAVIEWsession do not require logoninformation.


Chapter 10. Transplex Navigation

Chapter contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for CICS 176Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for DB2 180Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for IMS 184Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II forDBCTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Chapter 10. Transplex Navigation 173

Chapter Overview

Introduction

Use Transplex navigation to follow a specific transaction from a panel in oneOMEGAMON to a panel in another OMEGAMON that contains informationcorresponding to that transaction. You can observe a transaction beingprocessed in CICS, IMS, DBCTL, or DB2. You invoke this feature withcontext-sensitive pushbuttons that are available only on OMEGAMONpanels. These pushbuttons provide the mechanism to navigate betweenOMEGAMON panels.

Sample OMEGAMON II for CICS panel showing pushbutton

The following panel figure shows the DBCTL Transplex navigationpushbutton (<GoTo DBCTL>) on an OMEGAMON II for CICS panel. Thesubsystem name on the pushbutton changes depending on which product andpanel you are navigating from, but the location of the pushbutton is the samefor all of the OMEGAMONs.

à ð _____ Actions GoTo Index Options Help

------------------------------------------------------------1ð/1ð/98 15:3ð:59

Task File Statistics Region: CICSPROD

Auto(6ð) ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Task number . . . . . __123 + │ Transaction ID . . . . : SQL4 │ └─────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┐ │ File Type │ Total Requests │ Total Time │ ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┤│ _ VSAM │ 117 │ n/a │ │ _ DL/I │ 1345 │ 1.237s │ │ _ DB2 │ 613 │ ð.961s │ │ _ ADABAS │ 1ð │ ð.613s │ │ _ DATACOM │ ð │ ð.ðððs │ │ _ IDMS │ 13 │ 1.226s │ │ _ SUPRA │ 1 │ ð.ð36s │ └─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┘

<Details> <Addresses> (Files) <Remote> <Statistics> <Storage> <Timings>

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Usage examples

The following table shows examples of how you can use Transplexnavigation to monitor transactions.

IF you are at... AND... USE Transplexnavigation to go to...

an OMEGAMON IIfor CICS Task FileStatistics panel

a transaction isspending too muchtime in DL1

the correspondingThread Detail panel inOMEGAMON II forDBCTL for moreinformation.

an OMEGAMON IIfor IMS Region Detailpanel

a transaction isspending too muchtime in DB2

the correspondingThread Detail panel inOMEGAMON II forDB2 for moreinformation.

an OMEGAMON IIfor DBCTL ThreadDetails panel

you want to look at thedetails about a task inthe CICS region

the corresponding TaskDetails panel inOMEGAMON II forCICS for moreinformation.

an OMEGAMON IIfor CICS Task RemoteInformation panel

you want to look atinformation about aremote CICS region

the corresponding TaskRemote Informationpanel in your remoteOMEGAMON II forCICS for moreinformation.

In this chapter


To use Transplex Navigation with See page

OMEGAMON II for CICS 176

OMEGAMON II for DB2 180

OMEGAMON II for IMS 184

OMEGAMON II for DBCTL 185


Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for CICS

Introduction

Transplex navigation is available from the following panels:

Á The Task File Statistics panel. From this panel, use Transplex navigationto go either to the corresponding OMEGAMON II for DBCTL panel ora corresponding OMEGAMON II for DB2 panel.

Á The Task Remote Information panel. From this panel, use Transplexnavigation to go to the corresponding remote OMEGAMON II for CICSpanel.

The procedures below describe how to access and use Transplex navigationfrom these panels.

Requirement

The OMEGAVIEW collector session must be active for the targetOMEGAMON that you navigate to. If an OMEGAMON collector session isnot active, OMEGAVIEW displays a message with instructions to contactyour System Administrator.


Navigating from the Task File Statistics panel to DBCTL

You can use session switching to reach an OMEGAMON II for CICSsession either from OMEGAVIEW or another OMEGAMON. (Refer to“Switching Sessions” on page 187 for instructions). Then use the followingprocedure to access the Task File Statistics panel and use Transplexnavigation.

Note: Transplex navigation is invoked with a pushbutton. If there is notransaction activity to monitor, this pushbutton does not appear on the panel.

Step Action Result

1 From the Region Status panel,select Tasks and press Enter.

The Tasks panel appears.

2 From the Tasks panel, select atask and press Enter.

The Task Details panel appears.

3 From the Task Details panel,press the Files pushbutton atthe bottom of the screen.

The Task File Statistics panelappears.

4 From the Task File Statisticspanel, press theGoTo DBCTLpushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.

The OMEGAMON II forDBCTL target panel appears.

If you want to return toOMEGAMON II for CICS,press the Return to CICSpushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.

Note: If the transaction you aremonitoring is no longer active,an informational pop-upmessage appears.


Navigating from the Task File Statistics panel to DB2

You can use session switching to reach an OMEGAMON II for CICSsession either from OMEGAVIEW or another OMEGAMON. (Refer to“Switching Sessions” on page 187 for instructions). Then, use the followingprocedure to access the Task File Statistics panel and use Transplexnavigation.


Step Action Result



2 From the Tasks panel, select atask number and press Enter.


3 From the Task Details panel,press the Files pushbutton atthe bottom of the screen.

The Task File Statistics panelappears.

4 From the Task File Statisticspanel, press theGoTo DB2pushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.

The OMEGAMON II for DB2target panel appears.

If you want to return toOMEGAMON II for CICS,press the Return to CICSpushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.



Navigating from the Task Remote Information panel to remote CICS

You can use session switching to reach an OMEGAMON II for CICSsession either from OMEGAVIEW or another OMEGAMON. (Refer to“Switching Sessions” on page 187 for instructions). Then, use the followingprocedure to access the Task Remote Information panel and use Transplexnavigation.


Step Action Result



2 From the Tasks panel, select atask number and press Enter.


3 From the Task Details panel,press theRemote pushbutton atthe bottom of the screen.

The Task Remote Informationpanel appears.

4 From the Task RemoteInformation panel, press theGoTo Remote CICS pushbutton atthe bottom of the screen.

The remote OMEGAMON IIfor CICS target panel appears.

If you want to return from theremote OMEGAMON II forCICS, press theReturn fromremote CICS pushbutton at thebottom of the screen.



Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for DB2

Introduction

Transplex navigation is available from the OMEGAMON II for DB2 ThreadDetail panel. From this panel, use Transplex navigation to go either to thecorresponding OMEGAMON II for IMS panel or to a correspondingOMEGAMON II for CICS panel.

The procedures below describe how to access and use Transplex navigationfrom this panel.

Requirement


Navigating from the Thread Detail panel to IMS

You can use session switching to reach an OMEGAMON II for DB2 sessioneither from OMEGAVIEW or another OMEGAMON. (Refer to “SwitchingSessions” on page 187 for instructions). Then, use the following procedureto access the Thread Detail panel and use Transplex navigation.


Step Action Result

1 You can use two methods toaccess the Thread Detail panel.Both methods begin at theSystem Status panel; from thispanel, you can select either aconnection or a thread activity.

Á To select a connection,choose IMS from theConnections group andpress Enter. Now continueto Step 2.

Á To select a thread activity,skip to Step 4 forinstructions.

The IMS Connections panelappears.


Step Action Result

2 From the IMS Connectionspanel, select a connection andpress Enter.

The IMS Thread Summarypanel for that connectionappears.

3 From the IMS Thread Summarypanel, select a PlanName andpress Enter.

Note: Now skip to Step 6.

The Thread Detail panel for thatPlanName appears.

4 From the System Status panel,select Thread Activity fromthe Alerts group and pressEnter.

The All Threads Connected toDB2 panel appears.

5 From the All ThreadsConnected to DB2 panel, selecta thread and press Enter.

The Thread Detail panel for thatthread appears.

6 From the Thread Detail panel,press the GoTo IMS pushbuttonat the bottom of the screen.

The OMEGAMON II for IMStarget panel appears.

If you want to return toOMEGAMON II for DB2,press the Return to DB2pushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.



Navigating from the Thread Detail panel to CICS

You can use session switching to reach an OMEGAMON II for DB2 sessioneither from OMEGAVIEW or another OMEGAMON. (Refer to “SwitchingSessions” on page 187 for instructions). Then, use the following procedureto access the Thread Detail panel and use Transplex navigation.


Step Action Result

1 You can use two methods toaccess the Thread Detail panel.Both methods begin at theSystem Status panel; from thispanel, you can select either aconnection or a thread activity.

Á To select a connection,choose CICS from theConnections group andpress Enter. Now continueto Step 2.

Á To select a thread activity,skip to Step 4 forinstructions.

The CICS Connections panelappears.

2 From the CICS Connectionspanel, select a connection andpress Enter.

The CICS Thread Summarypanel for that connectionappears.

3 From the CICS ThreadSummary panel, select a planname and press Enter.

Note: Now skip to Step 6.

The Thread Detail panel for thatPlanName appears.

4 From the System Status panel,select Thread Activity fromthe Alerts group and pressEnter.

The All Threads Connected toCICS panel appears.

5 From the All ThreadsConnected to CICS panel, selecta thread and press Enter.

The Thread Detail panel for thatthread appears.


Step Action Result

6 From the Thread Detail panel,press the GoTo CICS pushbuttonat the bottom of the screen.

The OMEGAMON II for CICStarget panel appears.

If you want to return toOMEGAMON II for DB2,press the Return to DB2pushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.



Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for IMS

Introduction

Transplex navigation is available from the OMEGAMON II for IMS Detailsfor Region panel. From this panel, use Transplex navigation to go to thecorresponding OMEGAMON II for DB2 panel.

Requirement


Navigating from the Details for Region panel to DB2

You can use session switching to reach an OMEGAMON II for IMS sessioneither from OMEGAVIEW or another OMEGAMON. (Refer to “SwitchingSessions” on page 187 for instructions). Then, use the following procedureto access the Details for Region panel and use Transplex navigation.


Step Action Result

1 From the System Overviewpanel, select Regions from theAlerts group and press Enter.

The Regions Summary panelappears.

2 From the Regions Summarypanel, select a region and pressEnter.

The Details for Region panelappears.

3 From the Details for Regionpanel, press the GoTo DB2pushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.

The OMEGAMON II for DB2target panel appears.

If you want to return toOMEGAMON II for IMS,press the Return to IMSpushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.



Using Transplex Navigation with OMEGAMON II for DBCTL

Introduction

Transplex navigation is available from the OMEGAMON II for DBCTLThread Details panel. From this panel, use Transplex navigation to go to thecorresponding OMEGAMON II for CICS panel.

Requirement


Navigating from the Thread Details panel to CICS

You can use session switching to reach an OMEGAMON II for DBCTLsession either from OMEGAVIEW or another OMEGAMON. (Refer to“Switching Sessions” on page 187 for instructions). Then, use the followingprocedure to access the Thread Details panel and use Transplex navigation.


Step Action Result

1 From the System Overviewpanel, select Regions and pressEnter.

The Regions Summary panelappears.

2 From the Regions Summarypanel, select a transaction andpress Enter.

The Thread Details panel forthat transaction appears.

3 From the Thread Details panel,press the GoTo CICS pushbuttonat the bottom of the screen.

The OMEGAMON II for CICStarget panel appears.

If you want to return toOMEGAMON II for DBCTL,press the Return to DBCTLpushbutton at the bottom of thescreen.




Chapter 11. Switching Sessions

Chapter contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Switching Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Navigating to OSM/MVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Chapter 11. Switching Sessions 187

Chapter Overview

Introduction

This chapter includes information about general session switching, and alsoprovides a section about using the OSM/MVS navigation facility. Bothfeatures allow you to switch directly to another product session withouthaving to return to OMEGAVIEW.


To access the OMEGAVIEW Switch feature (and the OSM/MVS navigationfacility), you must have switch/zoom authority set by your systemadministrator.

In this chapter


Topic See page

Switching Sessions 189

Navigating to OSM/MVS 190


Switching Sessions

Introduction

You can switch directly among all OMEGAMON sessions defined toOMEGAVIEW without having to return to OMEGAVIEW.

Session switching procedure

Use the following procedure to switch sessions.

Step Action

1 You can switch sessions in two ways:

Á To switch sessions from any OMEGAMON panel or from theOMEGAVIEW main panel, press PA1. (PA1 is the defaultkey. You can change the default key by selecting Optionsfrom the OMEGAVIEW action bar, and then selectingSwitch/Zoom options.)

Á To switch sessions from an OMEGAVIEW status displaypanel action bar, selectSwitch and press Enter.

Result: OMEGAVIEW displays the Switch to Session pop-upmenu.

2 From the Switch to Session pop-up menu do one of the following:

Á Type the name of the session you want in the input field atthe top of the session list and press Enter.

Á Move the cursor next to the session you want and press Enter.

Á Use the PF Find key (PF14) when you do not know the exactname of the session. For example, if you know your sessionbegins with ABC, press PF14 to get the Find Session pop-up.From the Find Session pop-up, type ABC in the Session Nameinput field and press Enter. OMEGAVIEW returns you to theSwitch to Session pop-up menu. The session list will nowbegin with the session that precedes all of the ABC sessions.Select a session with the cursor and press Enter.

Result: OMEGAVIEW switches to the session you have chosen.


Navigating to OSM/MVS

Introduction

For sites that use OMEGAVIEW and OMEGACENTER Status Managerfor MVS (OSM/MVS) to manage the availability of their systems, thisfeature provides quick, direct navigation between these products.

Procedure-- navigating to OSM/MVS

Use the following procedure to navigate from OMEGAVIEW directly into anOSM/MVS session.

Step Action

1 Choose Switch from the main OMEGAVIEW status display panelaction bar and press Enter.

Result: The Switch to Session panel appears.

2 Position the cursor next to the OSM/MVS session and press Enter.

Note: If no OSM/MVS session appears on the menu, it is becauseyour system administrator has not enabled OSM/MVS navigation.For information on enabling OSM/MVS navigation, see theOMEGAVIEW Configuration and Customization Guide.

Result: A TSO user ID and password must be supplied forOSM/MVS navigation. This user ID must display the TSOREADY prompt to make navigation successful. When you selectthe OSM/MVS session, OMEGAVIEW will do one of 3 things:

Á If the OMEGAVIEW Prompt for User ID feature is set toYes, OMEGAVIEW will display the Get Logon Informationpanel, which allows you to specify a user ID and password.For more information about the Get Logon Information panelsee “Starting or Stopping Prompting for User ID” onpage 171.

Á If Prompt for User ID is set to No, OMEGAVIEW will checkyour session logon information and use the user ID andpassword defined there. For more information about sessionlogon data see “Using the Maintain Session Logon DataOption” on page 161.

Á If Prompt for User ID is set to No and there is no sessionlogon data available, OMEGAVIEW will use the userid andpassword you supplied when logging onto OMEGAVIEW.

End Result: OMEGAVIEW automatically navigates toOSM/MVS.


Sample OSM/MVS panel

The following figure shows a sample of the OSM/MVS main panel.

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More information

For information about using OSM/MVS see theOMEGACENTER StatusManager for MVS User's Guide.



| Chapter 12.| Using the Zoom Feature

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Using the Zoom to Session Confirmation Option. . . . . . . 195Zooming to the Default Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Zooming to an Alternate Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

| Valid Zoom Destinations for OMEGAMONs . . . . . . . . . 201

Chapter 12. Using the Zoom Feature 193

Chapter Overview

Introduction

The zoom feature provides you with direct access from OMEGAVIEW to aspecific area of your OMEGAMON, enabling you to obtain more detailedinformation about the cause of a status light. You can zoom to a panel,screen space, or menu specific to the selected status item.

This chapter explains how to zoom directly to the default destination andhow to zoom to an alternate destination once you enable the zoomconfirmation option.


To access the OMEGAVIEW zoom feature, your OMEGAVIEWadministrator must give you zoom authority.

In this chapter


Topic See page

Using the zoom to session confirmation option 195

Zooming to the default destination 197

Zooming to an alternate destination 198

Valid zoom destinations for OMEGAMONs 201


Using the Zoom to Session Confirmation Option

Introduction

When the Zoom to Session Confirmation feature is set to Yes, you can usethe Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up window to select a zoom destinationother than the default.

However, you must enable the pop-up window before you can access it.After you select an alternate destination, you can disable the pop-up windowso that it will not appear in subsequent zooms. The pop-up window stillretains your chosen destination until you change it.

Note: One of two different pop-up windows appears when you want toconfirm zooming to a session. One appears when you are zooming from aclassic OMEGAMON product status item. The list of zoom destinations onthis pop-up consists of OMEGAMON screen space names. The other pop-upappears when you zoom from an OMEGAMON II product status item. Thelist of zoom destinations on this pop-up are the predefined default zoomdestinations.

Enabling and disabling the zoom confirmation option

Users with zoom authority can enable or disable the Confirm Zoom toSession pop-up window at any time from the Options pull-down menu. See“Zoom to session confirmation” on page 132 for details.


Sample Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up for classic OMEGAMON products

The Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up shown below displays a list ofpossible zoom destination choices that appears when you zoom from a classicOMEGAMON product status item.

The screen space names and descriptions on the list are provided by theOMEGAVIEW system administrator. Users can choose a name from the listor can enter their own screen space name in the input field provided, as longas the name already exists in the OMEGAMON product.

à ðConfirm Zoom to (OMDB2)

Type a selection number, then press Enter. If

you want to zoom to a different OMEGAMON screen

space other than those listed in the menu below,

press the tab key and then enter the desired

OMEGAMON screen space name.

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1. ZXGRPTI - THREAD EXCEPTIONS

2. ZMENUI - MAIN MENU

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Sample Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up for OMEGAMON II products

The Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up shown below displays a list ofpossible zoom destination choices that appears when you zoom from anOMEGAMON II product status item.

The zoom destination names and descriptions on the list are provided by thesystem administrator. A user must pick one of the choices that appear onthis list.

à ðConfirm Zoom to (OMIIMVS)

Type a selection number, then press Enter.

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1. ENQUEUE AND RESERVE CONFLICTS

2. SYSTEM STATUS

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Zooming to the Default Destination

Introduction

You can zoom directly from a status light to more information about thecause of that light.

Procedure

Use the following procedure to zoom to a destination. For a list of defaultdestinations, see “Valid Zoom Destinations for OMEGAMONs” onpage 201.

Note: Use of action codes is available on Workload/Resource/Alert StatusComponents rollup panels. See “Enhanced Action Code Navigation” onpage 253 for more information.

Step Action

1 Type s in the field next to the status item and press Enter.

There are two possible results:

Á OMEGAVIEW automatically zooms to a defaultdestination.Result: OMEGAVIEW displays the destination screen.

To return to OMEGAVIEW, press the Return-from-Zoomkey (the default is PA2).

Á If you select a rollup status item, OMEGAVIEW displaysthe Components list.

2 From the Components list, choose a status item. If youchoose another rollup status item, OMEGAVIEW displaysanother Components list. Continue to choose status itemsuntil you can choose a basic item.

Result: OMEGAVIEW displays the destination screen.

To return to OMEGAVIEW, press the Return-from-Zoom key(the default is PA2).


Zooming to an Alternate Destination

Introduction

You can use the Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up to view the default zoomdestination or to override the default. For a list of default and alternate zoomdestinations, see “Valid Zoom Destinations for OMEGAMONs” onpage 201.

Consideration

To change or view the default destination, the Zoom to SessionConfirmation field on the Switch/Zoom options panel under the Optionspull-down menu must be set to Yes. For instructions on changing this field,see “Using the Zoom to Session Confirmation Option” on page 195.

If you change the default zoom destination, the change remains active untilyou change it again.

Sample panel

You use the Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up window shown below to viewor change a zoom destination.

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Confirm Zoom to (session name)

Type a a selection number, then press Enter.

_ 1. ANALYZE PROBLEMS

2. ENQUEUE AND RESERVE CONFLICTS

3. SYSTEM STATUS

F1=Help F12=Cancel

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Note: The zoom to session confirmation pop-up shown above appears whenzooming from an OMEGAMON II product status light. The pop-up thatappears when zooming from a classic OMEGAMON product status lightdiffers slightly in that the choices listed are OMEGAMON screen spacenames. For more information about this and about the zoom to sessionconfirmation option, see “Using the Zoom to Session Confirmation Option”on page 195.


Procedure

Use the following procedure to change the default destination.

Step Action

1 Type s next to a status item and press Enter.

Note: The Zoom to Session Confirmation field on theSwitch/Zoom Options pop-up (under the Options pull-down)must be set to Yes.

There are two possible results:

Á If you select a rollup status item, OMEGAVIEW displaysthe Components list. Go to Step 2.

Á OMEGAVIEW displays the Confirm Zoom to Sessionpop-up. Go to Step 3.

2 From the Components list, choose a status item. There aretwo possible results:

Á OMEGAVIEW displays the Confirm Zoom to Sessionpop-up. Go to Step 3.

Á OMEGAVIEW displays the Components list if you choseanother rollup status item. Continue to choose statusitems until you can choose a basic item. OnceOMEGAVIEW displays the Confirm Zoom to Sessionpop-up, go to Step 3.

3 From the Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up, you can

Á View or change the default destination. Go to Step 4.

Á Return to the previous display. Press F12.


Step Action

4 Choose one of the following options to complete the Zoom to:field:

Á Press Enter to accept the default destination that appearsin the field.

Á Type any valid destination over the displayed default andpress Enter.

Note: For OMEGAMON II, the prompt list contains theonly valid destinations. If you type an invalid destinationor misspell a destination, you will receive an errormessage. Press F12 to cancel the error message andredisplay the Confirm Zoom to Session pop-up.

For OMEGAMON classic products, the OMEGAMONvalidates the menu or screen-space name. Only validOMEGAMON destinations can be specified. Press F12 tocancel the error message and redisplay the Confirm Zoomto Session pop-up.

Result: OMEGAVIEW displays the destination screen. Toreturn to OMEGAVIEW, press the Return-from-Zoom key(the default is PA2).


| Valid Zoom Destinations for OMEGAMONs

| Introduction

| For each OMEGAMON product, there is a default zoom destination and one| or more alternate destinations. The following sections list the available| destinations for each product.

| OMEGAMON for CICS/ESA CUA

| Status Name| Default Destination| Alternate Destinations

| ABUF| Buffers| System Overview

| ADB2| DB2| System Overview

| AENQ| Enqueues| System Overview

| AJRN| Journals| System Overview

| AMAXTASK| Max Tasks| System Overview

| AMROISC| MRO/ISC| System Overview

| AOTHER| All else| System Overview

| ASTGVIOL| Storage Violations| System Overview

| ASTRINGS| Strings| System Overview

| AVSAM| VSAM| System Overview

| RALLTSKS| All Tasks| System Overview

| RCPU| CPU| System Overview

| RDASD| DASD| System Overview

| RPAGE| Paging| System Overview

| RSTG| Storage| System Overview

| RTRNRT| Transaction Rate| System Overview

| WRT| All Transactions| System Overview

| WRTS1 to WRTS6| Transactions for 1st| group to Transactions| for 6th group

| System Overview


| OMEGAMON II for CICS


| ABOTTLN| Analyze Bottleneck| Problems| Internal Bottlenecks,| Region Status

| ACTOD| Analyze CICS| Problems| Common System Area| (CSA), Region Status

| ADUMP| Analyze Dump| Problems| Dumps, Region Status

| AENQ| Analyze Enqueue| Problems| Enqueues, Region| Status

| AIORATE| Analyze I/O Problems| DASD I/O Rate,| Region Status

| AVTAMACB| Analyze VTAM| Problems| Terminal Control Table| Prefix (TCTPX),| Region Status

| AXRF| Analyze XRF Problems| XRF Information,| Region Status

| RCPU| Analyze CPU Problems| CPU Rates, Region| Status

| RDASD| Analyze DASD| Problems| CICS DASD| Performance, Region| Status

| RDB2| Analyze DB2 Problems| DB2 Activity, Region| Status

| RDBCTL| Analyze DBCTL| Problems| DBCTL Activity,| Region Status

| RDLI| Analyze DL/I Problems| DL/I Activity, Region| Status

| RFILE| Analyze File Problems| Open VSAM Files,| Region Status

| RJOURN| Analyze Journal| Problems| Datasets Allocated to| CICS, Region Status

| RLSR| Analyze LSR Problems| Local Shared| Resources (LSR),| Region Status

| RMRO| Analyze MRO/ISC| Problems| Terminal Control Table| System Entries, Region| Status



| RPAGE| Analyze Paging| Problems| Working Set Size and| Paging Rates, Region| Status

| RSTG| Analyze Storage| Problems| CICS Storage, Region| Status

| RTAPE| Analyze Tape Problems| Tape Drives, Region| Status

| RTEMPS| Analyze Temporary| Storage Problems| Temporary Storage,| Region Status

| RTRAND| Analyze Transient Data| Problems| Transient Data, Region| Status

| WAIDS| Analyze AID Problems| Automatic Initiate| Descriptors (AIDs),| Region Status

| WICES| Analyze ICE Problems| Interval Control| Elements (ICEs),| Region Status

| WRT| Analyze Response| Time Problems| Response Times,| Region Status

| WRT1 to WRT30| Analyze Response| Time Problems| Response Times,| Region Status

| WTASK| Analyze Task Problems| Tasks, Region Status

| WTRANR| Analyze Transaction| Rate Problems| Transaction Rates,| Region Status


| OMEGAMON II for DBCTL


| ACANPROB| System Overview

| ACONF| Database Conflicts| System Overview

| ADBASE| Database Alerts| System Overview

| AFPATH| Fast Path Status| System Overview

| ALOG| Logging Environment| System Overview

| APOOLS| Storage Pools| System Overview

| APROG| Program| System Overview

| ATHREADS| Threads Summary| System Overview

| RBOTTL| Bottlenecks| System Overview

| RBUFFRP| OSAM Buffer Pools| VSAM Buffer Pools,| System Overview

| RDB2| DB2 Status| System Overview

| RIMSSTAT| IMS Status| System Overview

| RIO| I/O Status| System Overview

| RREGNS| Regions Summary| System Overview

| RTRACE| Traces| System Overview

| RWLM| Workload Manager| System Overview

| RXRF| XRF Status| System Overview


| OMEGAMON for DB2


| A*| ZMENUI (Main Menu)| N/A

| ACI| ZXGRPCI (CICS| Exceptions)| ZMENUI (Main Menu)

| AIM| ZXGRPIMI (IMS| Exceptions)| ZMENUI

| ASY| ZXGRPSI (System| Exceptions)| ZMENUI

| ATH| ZXGRPTI (Thread| Exceptions)| ZMENUI

| WRT| ZSUMMI (Summary of| DB2 Activity)| ZMENUI

| WRTBATCH| ZSUMMI| ZMENUI

| WRTCICS| ZSUMMI| ZMENUI

| WRTDDB| ZSUMMI| ZMENUI

| WRTIMS| ZSUMMI| ZMENUI

| WRTTSO| ZSUMMI| ZMENUI


| OMEGAMON II for DB2


| AACT| Analyze Traces| Active DB2 Traces,| System Status

| ADB2| Analyze System| Activity| DB2 System Activity,| System Status

| AINTH| Analyze Inactive| Threads| Inactive Threads,| System Status

| ALOCK| Analyze Locks| Locking Conflicts,| System Status

| ATHRA| Analyze Thread| Activity| All DB2 Threads,| System Status

| AVOL| Analyze Volume| Activity| Volume Activity| Summary, System| Status

| RBUFF| Analyze Buffer Pools| Buffer Manager| Information, System| Status

| RDDF| Analyze DDF| Distributed Data| Facility, System Status

| REDM| Analyze EDM Pool| EDM Pool Information,| System Status

| RLOG| Analyze DB2 Log| Log Manager| Information, System| Status

| WBACK| Analyze Background| Background Thread| Summary, System| Status

| WCICS| Analyze CICS| CICS Thread| Summary, System| Status

| WDIS| Analyze Distributed| Threads| Distributed Thread| Summary, System| Status

| WIMS| Analyze IMS| IMS Thread Summary,| System Status

| WTSO| Analyze TSO| TSO Thread Summary,| System Status

| WUTIL| Analyze Utilities| Utilities Summary,| System Status


| OMEGAMON II for IMS


| ACANPROB| System Overview

| ACONF| Database Conflicts| System Overview

| ADBASE| Databases Alerts| System Overview

| AFPATH| Fast Path Status| System Overview

| ALOG| Logging Environment| System Overview

| AMSGQ| Message Queue Buffers| System Overview

| APOOLS| Storage Pools| System Overview

| AREGNS| IMS Regions Alerts| System Overview

| ATERM| Signed-On Terminals| System Overview

| ATRACE| Traces| System Overview

| RBUFFRP| OSAM Buffer Pools| VSAM Buffer Pools,| System Overview

| RCPU| CPU Status| System Overview

| RDB2| DB2 Status| System Overview

| RIMSSTAT| IMS Status| System Overview

| RIO| I/O Status| System Overview

| RVSTG| Virtual Storage| System Overview

| RXRF| XRF Status| System Overview

| WRT| RTA for All Groups| System Overview

| WTRNQL| Transactions Workload| System Overview

| WRTOTH| RTA for Other Groups| System Overview

| WRT1 to WRT30| RTA for Group 01 to| RTA for Group 30| System Overview


| OMEGAMON for MVS



| AAS| ZALLI (Systemwide| Exceptions)| ZMENUI (Main Menu)

| AHD| ZALLI| ZMENUI

| ARS| ZALLI| ZMENUI

| AOP| ZALLI| ZMENUI

| ASR| ZALLI| ZMENUI

| RDASDBSY| ZPATHI (Long Device| Response Times)| ZMENUI

| RDASDSVC| ZPATHI| ZMENUI

| WALL| ZRESPI (TSO Average| Response Time)| ZMENUI


| OMEGAMON II for MVS


| ADDR| Analyze Problems| DDR Alert, System| Status

| AENQ| Analyze Problems| Enqueue and Reserve| Conflicts, System| Status

| AGRS| Analyze Problems| GRS Alert, System| Status

| AGTF| Analyze Problems| GTF Alert, System| Status

| AHSM| Analyze Problems| Hierarchical Storage| Manager, System| Status

| AKEYDASD| Analyze Problems| Key DASD Alert,| System Status

| AKEYTASK| Analyze Problems| Key Tasks Alert,| System Status

| AMAXTASK| Analyze Problems| Max Tasks Alert,| System Status

| AOLTEP| Analyze Problems| OLTEP Alert, System| Overview

| ARMF| Analyze Problems| RMF Alert, System| Status

| ASMF| Analyze Problems| SMF Datasets, System| Status

| ASYSLOG| Analyze Problems| Syslog Alert, System| Status

| AWTO| Analyze Problems| WTO Alert, System| Status

| AWTORS| Analyze Problems| WTOR Alert, System| Status

| RCHAN| Analyze Problems| All Channel Paths,| System Status

| RCPU| Analyze Problems| CPU Utilization,| System Status

| RCSA| Analyze Problems| Common Storage| Utilization, System| Status



| RDASD| Analyze Problems| DASD Response and| % Busy, System Status

| RPAGE| Analyze Problems| Paging Activity,| System Status

| RSTG| Analyze Problems| Processor Storage| Utilization, System| Status

| RTAPE| Analyze Problems| Tape Drives, System| Status

| WALLPG| Analyze Problems| All Performance| Groups, System Status

| WBATCH| Analyze Problems| Batch Jobs Overview,| System Status

| WDOMAINS| Analyze Problems| All Domains, System| Status

| WSTCAPPC| Analyze Problems| Started Tasks| Overview, System| Status

| WTSONET| Analyze Problems| TSO Response Time| Groups, System Status

| WTSO| Analyze Problems| TSO Users Overview,| System Status


| OMEGAMON II for SMS


| AHSM| HSM Status and| Services| Status Overview

| ASMS| SMS Status and| Storage Group| Summary

| Status Overview

| ASYSRMF| System Status| Information| Status Overview

| RCHP| Channel Path Status| Status Overview

| RCCUPERF| Cache Control Unit| Performance| Status Overview

| RCCUSTAT| Cache Control Unit| Status| Status Overview

| RCTAPE| Tape Group Overview| Status Overview

| RLCU| Logical Control Unit| Status| Status Overview

| RSMSSGP| SMS Storage Group| Performance Summary| Status Overview

| RSMSSGS| SMS Storage Group| Space Summary| Status Overview

| RUSRDASDP| User DASD Group| Performance Summary| Status Overview

| RUSRDASDS| User DASD Group| Space Summary| Status Overview

| W* (Workload)| Application Summary| Status Overview


| OMEGAMON for VM



| AHD| ZLEXSYI (Exceptions)| ZMENUI (Main Menu)

| AIO| ZLEXSYI| ZMENUI

| AOP| ZLEXSYI| ZMENUI

| APG| ZLEXSYI| ZMENUI

| ARS| ZLEXSYI| ZMENUI

| RDASDBSY| ZDSKBI (I/O Analysis)| ZMENUI

| RDASDSVC| ZDSKBI| ZMENUI

| WRT| ZRESPI (Response| Time Information)| ZMENUI

| WRTNTRIV| ZRESPI| ZMENUI

| WRTTRIV| ZRESPI| ZMENUI


| OMEGAMON II for VTAM


| ACANPROB| Zoom not supported.| N/A

| ACTCTUNE| List of CTCs| CTC Exceptions,| VTAM Status Display

| ALCLTUNE| List of LOCALs| Local Exceptions,| VTAM Status Display

| ANCPTUNE| List of NCPs| NCP Exceptions,| VTAM Status Display

| RBFRPLS| Buffer Pools Status| Buffer Pool| Exceptions, VTAM| Status Display

| RNCPPERF| NCP Status Summary| NCP Performance| Exceptions, VTAM| Status Display

| RVIRTRTS| Virtual Route Analysis| Virtual Route| Exceptions, VTAM| Status Display

| RVTAMENV| VTAM Environmental| Summary| VTAM Status Display

| WALL| Average Response| Time| VTAM Status Display



Chapter 13. Problem Management

Chapter Contents

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Problem Management Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Viewing a Problem Management Record. . . . . . . . . . . . 219Adding a Problem Management Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Changing a Problem Management Record. . . . . . . . . . . 224Deleting a Problem Management Record. . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Chapter 13. Problem Management 215

Chapter Overview

Introduction

When a problem occurs in a large data processing organization, it can bedifficult to determine how the problem is being investigated and who isworking towards a solution. With OMEGAVIEW problem managementfunctions, authorized users can record problems and track the resolutionprocess. Problem records identify who is taking action against a problem,what the problem might be, how long it will take to resolve the problem, andany comments regarding the situation.


You must be authorized by the system administrator to use problemmanagement functions. Authorized users can add, create, change, or deleteproblem management records. If you are not an authorized user, you maystill view problem management records to obtain information and keep trackof the resolution process.

In this chapter


Topic See page

Problem Management Overview 217

Viewing a Problem Management Record 219

Adding a Problem Management Record 220

Changing a Problem Management Record 224

Deleting a Problem Management Record 226


Problem Management Overview

Introduction

OMEGAVIEW indicates session problems by displaying different colors onthe status bar. Critical conditions are shown in red (by default) and potentialproblems are shown in yellow (by default).

When a critical condition is indicated, you can add a problem managementrecord. You can also view, change, or delete an existing record.

To help you perform problem management functions, you can findinformation about the underlying status item causing a critical status. Usethe Show Details command to find this information.

Using the Show Details command

Use this command to find underlying status information.

5 Type S (Show details) in the input field to the left of the critical statusbar and press Enter.

Result: If the status bar represents a single status item, OMEGAVIEWzooms to the underlying OMEGAMON.

If the status bar represents a rollup of single status items, OMEGAVIEWdisplays the component status items and their associated severity levels. Oneor more of these status items may show a critical severity level. If you pressEnter with the cursor next to the item with the critical severity level,OMEGAVIEW will further break down the status bar (if the status item isanother rollup) or zoom into the OMEGAMON session.

Use of action codes is available on Workload/Resource/Alert StatusComponents rollup panels. See “Enhanced Action Code Navigation” onpage 253 for more information.


| Triggering Alerts

| Whenever problem management data changes, an alert can be transmitted| from OMEGAVIEW. Using REXX execs, AF/OPERATOR or| OMEGACENTER can trap the alert and capture the data. To enable alerts,| use the Alerts Manager.

| Problem Management sample panel

| Use the Problem Management panel to view, add, change, or delete problem| record information about a critical single status item or a rollup of status| items.

| à| ð| Problem Management

| Type information. When problem is solved, use F6 to delete this record.

| Status. . . . . . . : DASD

| Status history. . . : 4 hours ____ ____ ____ ___ 15 minutes

| Action description. . IBM Servicing________+

| Problem description . DASD xxx offline______________________________

| Start fix date: ð4/29/99 time: 11:ðð

| End fix date: ð4/3ð/99 time: 1ð:ðð or, fix duration: ______

| Comments:

| IBM SE is onsite and waiting for parts to arrive

| _____________________________________________________________________

| _____________________________________________________________________

| _____________________________________________________________________

| F1=Help F5=Refresh F6=Delete **=Bkwd F8=Fwd F12=Cancel

á ñ


Viewing a Problem Management Record


None is required. All users can view open records.

Procedure

Use the following procedure to view a problem management record.

Step Action Result

1 Type P (Problem Management)in the input field to the left ofthe critical status bar and pressEnter.

Á If you are working with asingle status item, skip tostep 3.

Á If you are working with arollup of status items,continue to step 2.

If the status bar represents asingle status item,OMEGAVIEW displays theProblem Management panel.

If the status bar represents arollup of single status items,OMEGAVIEW displays theRollup Problem ManagementChoices pop-up.

2 From the Rollup ProblemManagement Choices pop-up,you can:

Á Display a list of existingrecords for this rollup.Select Find componentitems with actionindicators and press Enter.If there are no existingrecords for this rollup,OMEGAVIEW displays themessage:There are noavailable components.

Á Go directly to the ProblemManagement panel to viewa record. SelectView/change problem datafor this item and pressEnter.

OMEGAVIEW displays theProblem Management panel.


Adding a Problem Management Record


You must have authority to add a record. If you do not, see your systemadministrator.

Procedure

Use the following procedure to add a problem management record.

Step Action Result








Á Go directly to the ProblemManagement panel to add arecord. SelectView/changeproblem data for thisitem and press Enter.



Step Action Result

3 Complete the information fieldsin the Problem Managemententry panel and press Enter.Refer to the Field Descriptionstable following this procedure.

Note: If you custom-designed astatus display panel with statusbars that have action text areasto the right of the status bar,you may type your name orinitials and the brief problemmessage in that space instead oftyping it in the problemmanagement record. This shortdescription appears on the panelnext to the status bar, informingthe viewer of the problem.

OMEGAVIEW processes theinformation and redisplays thecritical bar. The status bar nowdisplays an exclamation point(!) in the rightmost segment ofthe status bar. This is an actionindicator used to notify viewersthat someone is taking action.(The exclamation point is thedefault; it can be changedthrough OMEGAVIEW StatusDefaults on the Optionspull-down menu). Until theproblem is solved and theproblem management record isdeleted, the problem indicator isextended, from left to right,across the status bar.


| Field Descriptions

The following table describes the fields on the Problem Management panelthat you complete to add or change a problem management record.

Panel Field Description

Action Description You can enter your name or initials(or those of the person assigned tothe problem) and a brief descriptionof the action being taken. Forexample, you could enterDP Mgr -trans pblm to alert all viewers thatthe Data Processing managersuspects that the critical or warningcondition may be due to atransmission problem.

| Instead of entering freeform text,| you can use F4 (Prompt) to display| a prompt list from which you can| select predefined values, such as| ACKNOWLEDGE or RESET.

Problem Description Type from 1 to 50 characters todescribe the problem, then pressTab.

| Action start date| Enter the date on which problem| resolution action began. Use the| same format specified for date in| Preferences under the Options| pulldown menu.

Action start time Enter the time of day when problemresolution began in the formatHH:MM.

| Action end date| Enter the date on which you except| the problem to be resolved. Use the| same format specified for date in| Preferences under the Options| pulldown menu.

Action end time Enter the time of day when youexpect the problem to be resolved inthe format HH:MM.


Panel Field Description

| Duration| Instead of entering an end time, you| can enter how long you expect| problem resolution to take in the| format HHH:MM. The end time is| computed for you.

Comments Type up to 4 lines of additionalinformation in this area to clarifythe problem and its resolution. Ifyou need more than 4 lines, pressF8 to scroll the comment area.Continue typing comments. Thereis no limit to the number ofcomment lines. When complete,press Enter to return to theOMEGAVIEW panel you wereviewing.


Changing a Problem Management Record


You must have authority to change a record. If you do not, see your systemadministrator.


Procedure

Use the following procedure to change a record.

Step Action Result








Á Go directly to the ProblemManagement panel tochange a record. SelectView/change problem datafor this item and pressEnter.


3 Type over the existing fieldinformation (refer to “FieldDescriptions” on page 222) orpress F8 to scroll to anotherpanel on which you can typeadditional comment lines.When all entries are complete,press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW processes yourchanges.


Deleting a Problem Management Record


You must have authority to delete a record. If you do not, see your systemadministrator.

Procedure

Use the following procedure to delete a record.

Step Action Result








Á Go directly to the ProblemManagement panel to deletea record. SelectView/change problem datafor this item and pressEnter.



Step Action Result

3 When OMEGAVIEW displaysthe problem record, verify thatthis is the record you wantdeleted, then press F6.

If the Confirm Deletes option isset to ON, OMEGAVIEWdisplays the Confirm ProblemData Deletion pop-up.

4 If you are certain that you wantthis problem managementrecord deleted, selectDeleteproblem data and press Enter.

OMEGAVIEW deletes therecord and returns you to thestatus bar which no longershows a critical condition.

Note: Action indicators are nolonger added to the status bar,eventually disappearing fromthe bar when the history cycleends.



| Appendix A.| Status Item Qualifiers

| This appendix contains tables that list the low-level qualifiers used when| assigning names to user-defined status items. Session qualifiers are for:

| Á OMEGAMON for CICS/ESA CUA| Á OMEGAMON II for CICS| Á OMEGAMON II for DB2| Á OMEGAMON II for DBCTL| Á OMEGAMON II for IMS| Á OMEGAMON II for MVS| Á OMEGAMON II for SMS| Á OMEGAMON for VM .| Á OMEGAMON II for VTAM

Appendix A. Status Item Qualifiers 229

| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON for CICS/ESA CUA

|

| Table 2. Alert Status Items

| Status Item Qualifier| Description

| AALL| Alert summary Roll-up Status Item

| ABUF| Buffers

| ADB2| DB2

| AENQ| Enqueues

| AJRN| Journals

| AMAXTASK| Max tasks

| AMROISC| MRO/ISC

| AOTHER| All else

| ASTGVIOL| Storage violations

| ASTRING| Strings

| AVSAM| VSAM

| Table 3. Resource Status Items


| RALL| Resource Summary Roll-up Status Item

| RALLTSKS| All Tasks

| RCPU| CPU

| RDASD| DASD

| RPAGE| Paging

| RSTG| Storage

| RTRNRT| Transaction Rate


| Table 4. Workload Status Items (RTA)

Status Item Qualifier Description

| WALL| Transaction summary Roll-up Status Item

| WRT| All transactions

| WRTScc| Transaction group cc response time


| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for CICS

|




| ABOTTLN| Bottlenecks

| ACTOD| CICS TOD

| ADUMP| Dumps

| AENQ| Enqueues

| AIORATE| I/O Rate

| AVTAMACB| VTAM ACB

| AXRF| XRF


| Status Item Qualifiers| Description

| RALL| Resource Summery Roll-up Status Item

| RCPU| CPU

| RDASD| DASD

| RDBCTL| DBCTL

| RDB2| DB2

| RDLI| DL/I

| RFILE| Files

| RJOURN| Journals

| RLSR| LSR

| RMRO| MRO/ISC

| RPAGE| Paging

| RSTG| Storage

| RTAPE| Tapes

| RTEMPS| Temporary Storage

| RTRAND| Transient Data

| TTDOCS22| C2, Transplex Navigation


| Table 7. Workload Status Items


| WALL| Workload Summary Roll-up Status Item

| WAIDS| AIDs

| WICES| ICEs

| WRT| Response

| WRTcc| Transaction group cc response time

| WTASK| Tasks

| WTRANR| Transaction Rates

| WUOWS| Units of Work (UOWs)


| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for DB2

|




| AACT| Active traces

| ADB2| DB2 Activity

| AINTH| Inactive Threads

| ALOCK| Locks

| ATHRA| Thread Activity

| AVOL| Volume Activity



| RALL| DASD performance summary Roll-up Status| Item

| RBUFF| Buffer Pool

| RDDF| DDF Statistics

| REDM| EDM Pool

| RLOCK| Lock Statistics

| RLOG| Log Manager



Status Item Qualifier Description

| WALL| Response Time Analysis summary Roll-up| Status Item

| WBACK| Background

| WCICS| Buffer Pool

| WDIS| Distributed

| WIMS| EDM Pool

| WTSO| TSO

| WUTIL| Utility


| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for DBCTL

|




| ACONF| Conflicts

| ADBASE| Databases

| AFPATH| Fast Path

| ALOG| Logging

| APOOLS| Storage Pools

| AREGNS| Regions

| ATRACE| Traces




| RBUFFRP| Buffer Pools

| RCPU| CPU Utilization

| RDB2| DB2

| RIMSSTAT| IMS Status

| RIO| Input/Output

| RVSTG| Virtual Storage

| RXRF| XRF Analysis


| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for IMS

|




| ACONF| Conflicts

| ADBASE| Databases

| AFPATH| Fast Path

| ALOG| Logging

| AMSGQ| Message Queue

| APOOLS| Storage Pools

| AREGNS| Regions

| ATERM| Terminals

| ATRACE| Traces




| RBUFFRP| Buffer Pools

| RCPU| CPU Utilization

| RDB2| DB2

| RIMSSTAT| IMS Status

| RIO| Input/Output

| RVSTG| Virtual Storage

| RXRF| XRF Analysis



Status Item Qualifiers Description

| WALL| RTA Summary Roll-up Status Item

| WRT| Response time all groups

| WRTOTH| Response time for other groups

| WRTcc| Transaction group cc response time

| WTRNQL| Transactions Workload Queue


| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for MVS

|




| ADDR| Dynamic device reconfiguration

| AENQ| ENQ

| AGRS| GRS

| AGTF| GTF

| AHSM| HSM

| AKEYDASD| Key DASD

| AKEYTASK| Key Tasks

| AMAXTASK| Max. Tasks

| AOLTEP| OLTEP

| ARMF| RMF

| ASMF| SMF

| ASYSLOG| SYSLOG

| AWTORS| WTORs

| AWTO| WTO Buffer



| RALL| Resource Summary Roll-up Status Item

| RCHAN| Channel

| RCPU| CPU

| RCSA| CSA

| RDASD| DASD

| RPAGE| Paging

| RSTG| Storage

| RTAPE| Tapes





| WALLPG| All Performance Groups

| WBATCH| Batch

| WDOMAINS| SRM Domains/Workload

| WSTCAPPC| Started Task Workload

| WTSO| TSO Response Time

| WTSONET| TSO End-to-end Response


| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for SMS

|




| AHSM| HSM

| ASMS| SMS

| ASYSRMF| System and RMF




| RCCUPERF| Cache CU Performance

| RCCUSTAT| Cache CU Status

| RCHP| Channel Path

| RLCU| Logical CU

| RSMSSGP| SMS Storage Group Performance

| RSMSSGS| SMS Storage Group Space

| RUSRDASDP| User DASD Group Performance

| RUSRDASDS| User DASD Group Space

| RCTAPE| Tape



| WALL| RTA Summary Roll-up Status Item


| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON for VM

|


| Status Item| Qualifier| Description| OMEGAMON| Menu System Fast| Path

| OMEGAMON| Menu System| Screen Space

| AALL| Alert summary| Roll-up Status Item| N/A| N/A

| Acc| Alert from exception| group cc| N/A| N/A

| AHD| Hardware exceptions| E.A| ZLEXSY

| AIO| I/O exceptions| E.A| ZLEXSY

| APG| Paging exceptions| E.A| ZLEXSY

| ARS| Real Storage| exceptions| E.A| ZLEXSY

| AOP| Operations exceptions| E.A| ZLEXSY


| Status Item| Qualifiers| Description| OMEGAMON| Menu System Fast| Path

| OMEGAMON| Menu System| Screen Space

| RALL| DASD performance| summary Roll-up| Status Item

| N/A| N/A

| RDASDBSY| DASD % busy| I.B| ZDSKB

| RDASDSVC| DASD service time| I.B| ZDSKB



Status ItemQualifier

Description OMEGAMONMenu System Fast

Path

OMEGAMONMenu SystemScreen Space

| WALL| Response Time| Analysis summary| Roll-up Status Item

| N/A| N/A

| WRT| Overall response time| U.J| ZRESP

| WRTNTRIV| Non-trivial| transaction response| time

| U.J| ZRESP

| WRTTRIV| Trivial transaction| response time| U.J| ZRESP


| Status Item Qualifiers for OMEGAMON II for VTAM

|



| AALL| Alert Summary Roll-up Status Item

| ACANPROB| OMEGAVIEW SDM Logon Status

| ACTCTUNE| CTC Tuning Stats

| ALCLTUNE| Local Tuning Stats

| ANCPTUNE| NCP Tuning Stats



| RALL| DASD Performance Summary Roll-up| Status Item

| RBFRPLS| Buffer Pools

| RNCPPERF| NCP Performance

| RVIRTRTS| Virtual Routes

| RVTAMENV| VTAM Environment





Appendix B.Using a Mouse With OMEGAVIEW

If you are connected to a mainframe using OS/2 (with COMM/MGR 2) orDOS via PC/3270 or WINDOWS (running with PC/3270 emulation), you canhave mouse control over OMEGAVIEW and any other Candle CUA productsusing IBM's CMMOUSE. Since CMMOUSE is programmable, you can setmouse buttons to indicate ENTER, F3, and so on. Contact IBM for moreinformation about CMMOUSE.

Appendix B. Using a Mouse With OMEGAVIEW 245


Appendix C.Enhanced Logging Facility

This appendix contains the procedure for using OMEGAVIEW's EnhancedLogging Facility.

Introduction

The OMEGAVIEW Enhanced Logging Facility is a diagnostic tool thatexecutes one or both of the following two types of functional area traces:

State For the selected functional area(s), writes messages to theOMEGAVIEW RKLVLOG that track

Á the starting and stopping of key processes

Á the values of pertinent status variables for each significantdialog in the execution sequence.

Data For the selected functional area(s), writes messages to theOMEGAVIEW RKLVLOG that display

Á parameter values being passed between dialogs

Á request/response data being passed between IPC(interprocess communication) queues.

The State and Data tracing levels may be selected separately or incombination. If you choose both levels, all RKLVLOG messages aregenerated for each tracing level.

Appendix C. Enhanced Logging Facility 247

Activating the Enhanced Logging Facility

To navigate to the Enhanced Logging Facility selection panel, follow thisprocedure:

1. In the OMEGAVIEW Configuration Manager, select Tools on the actionbar.

Result: The Tools pull-down menu appears.

2. From the Tools pull-down menu, select Technical support.

Result: The Technical Support pull-down menu appears.

3. From the Technical support pull-down menu, select Enhanced LoggingFacility.

Result: The Enhanced Logging Facility pop-up panel appears, listing thefollowing seven functional areas:

Á Session Manager

Á Configuration Manager

Á Status Item Manager

Á Import/Export

Á Problem Management

Á Automated Session Control

Á Alerts Manager

4. On the Enhanced Logging Facility pop-up panel, activate the EnhancedLogging Facility by typing a slash (/) in the the STATE and/or DATAcolumn(s), and pressing ENTER.

Result: The Enhanced Logging Facility is activated. You can nowproceed to the desired functional area(s) and execute the appropriateactions(s).


Deactivating the Enhanced Logging Facility

To deactivate the Enhanced Logging Facility, return to the Enhanced LoggingFacility pop-up panel and remove the slash (/) from the appropriate STATEor DATA selection columns.

Enhanced Logging Facility output

Both the State and Data logging options cause messages to be written to theOMEGAVIEW RKLVLOG. Typical examples of these messages follow.

For STATE:

KMVSMSRV SM@@ CICS3ðð START requested by KMVCSSZ

For DATA:

KMVPBSTR SM@@ Logon Data for CICSCUA data<LROWS=255,AUP=NO,CICS=CIX4DEM>

REXX extraction utility

OMEGAVIEW provides a REXX utility to extract Enhanced LoggingFacility output from the OMEGAVIEW RKLVLOG and then write it to asequential dataset. The REXX utility is located in&rhilev.RKANSAM(KMVELFEX).


Preparing to use the REXX extraction utility

To prepare to run the REXX utility, execute the following steps:

Step Action

1 In SDSF, select the OMEGAVIEW started task to obtain a listingof the RKLVLOG.

2 On the SDSF command line, type

F cansmv,FLUSH

where cansmv is your OMEGAVIEW started task procecurename.

3 (Optional) If you want to limit the size of your output dataset,find the line in the RKLVLOG where you want to begin messagecapture.

If you do not want to limit output size, continue to step 4.


PRINT ODSN 'your.dataset.name' * SHR

where your.dataset.name is the name of a preallocated datasetwith an LRECL of 133.

5 On the SDSF command line, type one of the followingcommands:

Á If you positioned the RKLVLOG at a specific line, type

PRINT * nnnn

where nnnn is the number of lines you would like to capture.

Á If you did not position the RKLVLOG at a specific line, type

PRINT


PRINT CLOSE


Running the REXX extraction utility

After you have completed preparation, run the REXX utility by executing thefollowing steps:

Step Action

1 Modify member KMVELFEX according to the instructions in thecomments section.

2 Using ISPF option 6 (TSO Command Facility), run the REXXutility by typing the following command:

EX '&rhilev.RKANSAM(KMVELFEX)'

where &rhilev.RKANSAM is the name of your OMEGAVIEWruntime sample dataset.



Appendix D.Enhanced Action Code Navigation

This appendix provides you with the information needed to use action codesfrom the Workload/Resource/Alert Status Components rollup panel(KMVSIEXP).

These action codes allow you to

Á show a detailed breakdown of a status bar

Á enter the problem management system

Á display information on a selected status

Á change the status for user-created basic status items

Action codes available

The following action codes are available for use on theWorkload/Resource/Alert Status Components rollup panel:

S Show Details

P Problem Management

I Information

C Change

User authority

Additional administrative authority may be required for you to invoke someof the action codes.

Appendix D. Enhanced Action Code Navigation 253

Selecting an Action Code

Procedure

To select an action code on the Workload/Resource/Alert Status Componentsrollup panel, follow these steps:

Step Action

1 Type S in the input field to the left of a Workload/Resource/Alertstatus bar and press Enter.

Result: OMEGAVIEW displays the Workload/Resource/AlertStatus Components rollup panel.

2 From the Workload/Resource/Alert Status Components Rolluppanel, you can

Á Show a detailed breakdown for the status bar.

Type S next to a Status Description and press Enter. Thisaction requires Zoom authority.

Á Enter the problem management system.

Type P next to a Status Description and press Enter. Thisaction requires Problem Management authority.

Á Display information on a selected status.

Type I next to a Status Description and press Enter.

Á Change the status for a user-created basic status.

Type C next to a Status Description and press Enter.

Result: OMEGAVIEW displays the appropriate panel dependingupon the action selected.


Example

1. On the following OMEGAVIEW status display panel, a detailedbreakdown of Workload Status data has been requested for sessionC2300.

à ð____ File CCC-Reports Switch Tools Samples Options Help

--------------------------------------------------------- ð9/11/98 7:37:ð9 AM

KMVPNRUN/$DFLT1 OMEGAVIEW Version 3ðð

Type one or more action codes, then press Enter. > Forward <

S=Show details P=Problem management I=Information C=Change G=GoTo E=Events

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| CMSCON | | | _ ________ _ |

| Enterprise | | | _ ________ _ |

| C25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| DF5ððG | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| D2CLASYG | _ ________ _ | | _ ________ _ |

| D2CLCONN | _ ________ _ | | _ ________ _ |

| D2CUASYG | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| D2CUCONN | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| D24ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| D25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| ON5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| IMS5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| M25ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

| SMS5ðð | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ | _ ________ _ |

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

F1=Help F2=Keys F3=Exit F5=Refresh F1ð=Action Bar **=Top Panel

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2. The resulting Workload Status Components panel lists the C2300 WALLcomponents by transaction groups.

à ðKMVSIEXP C25ðð WALL Components

Lines 1 to 1ð of 31


S=Show details, P=Problem management, I=Information, C=Change

Status Description Last 15 Minutes

_ C25ðð AIDs . . . . . . . . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð ICEs . . . . . . . . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð Tasks. . . . . . . . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð Transaction Rates. . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð Response Time. . . . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð TRAN GRP A*. . . . . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð TRAN GRP B*. . . . . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð TRAN GRP C*. . . . . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð TRAN GRP D*. . . . . . : ________ _

_ C25ðð TRAN GRP E*. . . . . . : ________ _

1=Help **=Bkwd F8=Fwd F12=Cancel

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Appendix D. Enhanced Action Code Navigation 255

3. At this point, you can enter any of the action codes next to one of thelisted components to get more detailed information. For example, if youtype I in the input field to the left ofTRAN GRP E*, an Information panelappears similar to the following panel:

à ðKMVSINFO TRAN GRP E* Information

Status name . . . . . . : C25ðð.WRT5

Description . . . . . . : TRAN GRP E*

Status type . . . . . . : BASIC

Alert generation . . . : DISABLED

Last 4 hours Last 15 minutes

____ ____ ____ ____ ________ _

Application. . . :

Country. . . . . :

Region . . . . . :

State. . . . . . :

City . . . . . . :

Data Center. . . :

System ID. . . . :

Subsystem. . . . :

F1=Help F6=Derivation rule F9=Cross reference F12=Cancel

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Appendix E.Candle Customer Support

Introduction

Candle Corporation offers a comprehensive maintenance and support plan toensure you realize the greatest value possible from your Candle softwareinvestments. We have more than 200 technicians worldwide, committed toproviding you with prompt resolutions to your support requests.

Customer Support hours of operation are from 5:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.,Pacific Time. In the event of an after-hours or weekend emergency, Candle'scomputerized call management system ensures that a technician will returnyour call within one hour. For customers located outside of North America,after-hours and weekend support is provided by Candle Customer Supportlocations in the United States.

Electronic Support

Candle provides information and support services using

Á Candle's home page at www.candle.com. You can use the Candle Website to

– open problem records– access maintenance information– order products or maintenance– access IBM compatibility information– download fix packs for distributed products– read news and alerts– scan a list of scheduled Candle education classes

Á Candle Electronic Customer Support (CECS), an electronic customersupport facility. You can access this facility through the IBM GlobalNetwork. You can use CECS to

– open problem records– search our database for solutions to known problems– look for answers to commonly asked questions– read news and alerts– scan a list of scheduled Candle education classes

Both CECS and the Candle Web site are available 24 hours a day, 7 days perweek.

Appendix E. Candle Customer Support 257

Telephone Support

Our support network consists of product specialists who work with you tosolve your problem.

Candle uses an online problem management system to log and track allsupport requests. Your request is immediately routed to the appropriatetechnical resource.

When you call to report a problem, please have the following information:

Á your Candle personal ID (PID) number

Á the release level of the Candle product

Á the release level of IBM or other vendor software

Á identifying information and dates of recently applied maintenance to yourCandle product or IBM product

Á a detailed description of the problem (including the error message) andthe events preceding the problem

Á a description of any unusual events that occurred before the problem


Customer Support Phone Numbers

Telephone Fax

North America (800) 328-1811

(310) 535-3636 (310) 727-4204

Europe

Belgium/Luxembourg +32 (0) 3 270 95 60 +32 (0) 3 270 95 41

France +33 (0) 1 53 61 60 60 +33 (0) 1 53 61 06 16

Germany/Switzerland/Austria +49 (0) 89 54 554 333 +49 (0) 89 54 554 170

Italy - Freephone 800 80992

Netherlands +31 (0) 30 600 35 50 +31 (0) 30 600 35 10

Scandinavia +46 (0)8 444 5940 +46 (0)8 623 1855

U.K. +44 (0)161 437 5224 +44 (0)161 437 5225

(Southern Europe, Middle East and South Africa Agents call U.K.)

Asia Pacific - English Hub +61 2 9954 1818

Australia +61 2 8912 9898

Hong Kong 800 908 457

India +61 2 8912 9898

Indonesia 0018 03061 2061

Malaysia 1800 803 459

New Zealand 0800 449 596

Philippines 1800 1612 0096

Singapore 800 616 2075

Thailand 0018 00612 1045

Asia-Pacific - Japanese Hub +81 3 5562 6992 +81 3 5562 6995

Asia Pacific - Korean Hub +82 2 552 8744 +82 2 552 8746

Asia Pacific - Mandarin Hub +88 62 2739 3223 +88 62 2378 5993

Asia Pacific e-mail address: [email protected]

When your local support office is unavailable, you can contact Candle'sNorth America support center. If USADirect service is available in yourcountry, use the 800 telephone number. If USADirect service is notavailable, ask your international operator for assistance in calling Candle'slocal (310) number.

Appendix E. Candle Customer Support 259

Incident Documentation

You may be asked to send incident documentation to the Candle CustomerSupport Center. On the outside of all packages you send, please write theincident number given to you by the Customer Support representative.

Send tapes containing the incident information to the following address,unless directed otherwise by your Customer Support representative:

Candle Customer SupportCandle Support Center, Incident number2ð1 North Douglas StreetEl Segundo, CA 9ð245

Send all other relevant documentation, such as diskettes or paperdocumentation, to the address provided by your Customer Supportrepresentative.

Ensuring Your Satisfaction with Customer Support

Candle Customer Support is committed to achieving high customersatisfaction ratings in all areas. These include

Á connecting you to a support representative promptlyÁ providing you with the appropriate fixesÁ answering support questionsÁ filling your shipping ordersÁ supplying documentation

If you have a concern that has not been resolved to your satisfaction, you canopen a complaint ticket. All tickets are logged and tracked to ensureresponsiveness and closure. Using the ticket information, a manager willcontact you promptly to resolve your problem.


Index

Numerics

3270 emulation hardware and software 19

A

about 36action bar 16

key 17action codes

change 26goto 26information 26problem management 26rollup 253show details 26using 26

action text, adding 114add object key, using 129Adobe portable document format 8alerts manager, learning about 44alerts, problem management 218

B

backward key 17beep on critical status, setting 128beep option, setting 124box drawings, using 109boxes, drawing 97build tabular status display 65

C

cancel key 17Candle Electronic Customer Support

(CECS) 257change object key 130change, action code 26changing status items 144clipboard 52

collector session, defined 152color terminals, using 19command, show details 217common user access (CUA), defined 14configuration manager 42, 43connectivity panel 82controls, setting 127conventions 7conventions, documentation 9copy 52create tabular status items 63, 65cross reference option, using 148customer support 257cut 52cut object key, using 130

D

date format, setting 126default

action code, changing 128logmode 133panel, copying and editing 87startup panel 127status panel builder 44

delete 52box key (F19) 92confirmation 126key 17object key 130status items 145

derivation rule key 17destinations, zoom 201diagnostic logging facility 247documentation conventions 9documentation set 11drawing, freehand for templates 98

Index 261

E

edit panel, opening a new 55edit pull-down menu 43electronic customer support 257ellipsis 21enhanced logging facility 247

activating 248deactivating 249outout 249preparing 250REXX extraction facility 249, 250, 251running 251

exclamation point (!) 221exit confirmaiton, setting 125exit key 17extended help 30, 32

F

F7, scrolling with 17F8, scrolling with 17fast paths, creating 27field level help, descibed 30fields, promptable 23file menu, learning about 39filter key 17forward key 17function key area, setting 125function keys 17

definition 52setting 129

G

glossary 30, 33goto action code 26

H

helpabout 36extended 30field level 30function keys 35glossary 30key 17

help (continued)keys help 36new features 36pull-down menu 35user information 36

high-level qualifier 138highlight 52

I

implicit action, setting 125index panel 84information action code 26instruction line, adding 115ItemsWhere entry 143

K

keysfunction key 17help 36

L

line drawings, using 109line/box draw key (F9), description 92lines, drawing 95linking status items

options 146overview 146procedure 147sample panel 146

literal text definition 57logmode, default 133logon data

field descriptions 162overview 160security considerations 161

longterm history status bars, using 112low-level qualifier 138, 139, 229–244

alert 139resource 139workload 139


M

mnemonicssetting 124using 25

more-+ 32mouse, using with OMEGAVIEW 245

N

naming conventions, for status items 138navigation 24

action codes 253in OMEGAVIEW 24

network panel 75new features 36new object key, using 130non-color and other terminal types 19

O

object 52object class 52onlines panel 77options pull-down menu 46OSM/MVS, navigating to 190overview panel 79

P

paneleditor 39editor keys 47heading, creating 58help 32ID option, setting 125introduction 15label, creating 56saving 72types

connectivity 82index 84network 75OMEGAVIEW default 86onlines 77overview 79software 81storage 73

panel (continued)types (continued)

systems 53paste 52paste object key, using 130plus sign (+) 23pop-up windows

example of 23learning about 22

portable document format, Adobe 8preferences, setting 123problem management 215

action code 26adding a record 220alerts 218changing a record 224deleting a record 226field descriptions 222overview 216show details command, using with 217viewing a record 219

profile synchronization 152overriding default 154

profiles pull-down menu 43prompt key 17promptable fields 23prompting, start or stop for user ID 171properties 39pull-down menus

example of 21learning about 20using 20

pushbuttonscreating 69using 29

Q

qualifiershigh-level 138low-level 138, 229

Index 263

R

refresh key 17rollup status item, defined 136rollups, adding to database 138

S

samples pull-down menu, learning about 45scrolling on panels 17selected object 52session

names, adding 113qualifiers 229switching 160, 189

session logon data 134changing session profiles 165copy from another user ID 168field descriptions 162logon failure when switching, resolve 169maintain 161modify for another user ID 167overview 160panel 47profile

access and modify 163adding sessions to 164deleting sessions from 166

security considerations 161short history status bar 59show details

action code 26command 217

software panel 81startup panel 127status bar

create 61creation choices 64help 31short history 59

status display panel 15status filter specification 64status item choices 61status item manager 42

adding rollups 138adding status items 138changing status items 144deleting status items 145displaying 142

status itemsadding 138basic 136linking 146naming conventions 138qualifiers 229rollup 136system-derived 136types of 136user-defined 136using the cross reference option 148

status text objectsadding 117defined 116using, performance consideration 116

status, 15 minutes 59storage panel 73switch menu, learning about 41switch session key 17, 47switching sessions 189switch/zoom options, setting 131symbols, use of 10synchronization, profile 152system-derived status items, defined 136systems panel 53

T

tabular display options, setting 63tabular status display, build 65telephone support 258template editor 42

delete box key (F19) 92line/box draw key (F9) 92

templatesaccessing the template editor 94creating 95creating and using 92drawing lines, boxes, freehand artwork 95exiting the template editor 101overview 92positioning on a new panel 102saving 99

terminalscolor 19non-color and other terminal types 19

timeafternoon indicator, setting 126format, setting 126


time (continued)morning indicator, setting 126separator charactor, setting 126

time/date display option, setting 125tools menu, learning about 42top panel key 17transient text objects

adding 117defined 116

transplex navigationoverview 174using with OMEGAMON II for CICS 176using with OMEGAMON II for DB2 180using with OMEGAMON II for DBCTL 185using with OMEGAMON II for IMS 184

triggering alerts 218

U

user IDstart prompting 171stop prompting 171

user information 36user zoom session, defined 152user-defined status items 136

V

view pull-down menu 44

W

work area 52workload/resource/alert status components rollup

panel 253

Z

zoomconfirmation option, setting 132confirmation option, using 195defined 194overview 194return key 17, 47session logon data, maintain 160session timeout interval, setting 132

zoom (continued)using 194valid destinations 201

Index 265

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