This chapter leads you through a sample session to demonstrate using IOF for reviewing and controlling your own jobs. Although it describes only a small portion of the functions provided by IOF, this subset allows you to effectively review and manage your own jobs.
IOF makes it easy to review batch jobs. At a glance you can see if your job succeeded. IOF shows exactly where and why the job failed if a problem occurred.
You can cancel, release, and modify your jobs with simple commands. You can quickly and conveniently browse your sysout data before it is printed. IOF displays data on your screen exactly as it would appear on a printed page. IOF lets you change your sysout data set characteristics, such as forms and class, by overtyping the desired field.
This chapter will introduce you to IOF. It takes you through a simple session and shows you how to use many IOF features. Press the HELP key on any IOF panel for more information.
If you do not already have jobs in the system, submit several batch jobs for use during this session. This first lesson in using IOF will deal only with the jobs you submitted.
Our sample session will begin from the IOF Option Menu. You invoke this menu from TSO READY or CICS by entering either IOF or IOF *, depending upon how IOF was installed for your group.
You can also invoke the IOF Option Menu directly from the ISPF Primary Option Menu.
---------------------------ISPF-Primary-Option-Menu-----------------------------------
Option ===>
0 Settings Terminal and user parameters *************************
1 View Display source data or listings * Depending upon your *
2 Edit Create or change source data * *
3 Utilities Perform utility functions * site's configuration, *
4 Foreground Interactive language processing * *
5 Batch Submit job for language processing * this area may contain *
6 Command Enter TSO or Workstation commands * *
7 Dialog Test Perform dialog testing * identification *
8 LM Facility Library administrator functions * *
9 IBM Products IBM program development products * information. *
10 SCLM SW Configuration Library Manager *************************
11 Workplace ISPF Object/Action Workplace
M More Additional IBM Products
I IOF Interactive Output Facility
Enter X to Terminate using log/list defaults
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To invoke the IOF Option Menu from ISPF enter I or I. depending upon how IOF was installed for your group.
---------------------------------IOF-Option-Menu--------------------------------
COMMAND ===>
Select an option. To get a detailed option menu, follow the option with "?".
blank - Your jobs G - Output Groups M - System Monitor
I - Input jobs H - Held Groups INIT - Initiators
R - Running jobs L - System Log APPC - APPC tasks/output
O - Output jobs PR - Printers MAS - MAS system display
J - All jobs menu D - Device Options CMDS - Global Commands
P - IOF Profile NEW - What's New in IOF QT - Quick Trainer
JOBNAMES ===>
Enter 1 to 8 generic jobnames above
SCOPE ===> ALL, ME or another user's USERID
Enter HELP to see all valid SCOPE values
DEST ===>
Enter 1 to 8 destinations above
SORT ===> INVNULL Enter HELP to see all valid SORT values
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There are many options available from this menu. To see a list of your jobs, press ENTER. You can bypass the IOF Option Menu and go directly from ISPF to your list of jobs by entering either I. or I depending upon how IOF was installed for your group. You can bypass the IOF Option Menu from TSO READY or CICS by entering either IOF or IOF *.
The IOF Job List Menu gives you detailed status for all the jobs you submitted on a single display. Let's assume that you have an input job, three running jobs, and some output jobs in the system. As you can see in the figure below, IOF displays each basic job type in a separate section that shows the most interesting information for that type of job.
------------------------------IOF-Job-List-Menu--------------(-10-)------------ COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> SCREEN ------------------------------- Input Jobs ----------------------------------- -------JOBNAME--JOBID---ACT-STA-OWNER----C-POSIT-PRTY-SECLABEL-QUALIFIER------ _ 1 DMSMERG1 J007890 JOB ISIJER A 4 9 ------------------------------- Running Jobs ---------------------------------- --------JOBNAME--JOBID---ACT-STA-SYID------CPU-----I/O---STEP-----PROCSTEP-SWP- _ 2 MODELGN J007825 A83B _ 3 QAS311 J006060 B83D 53:03 443.02 QAS311 IN _ 4 TSCDRS J000777 B83D :02 1.75 TSCDRS RBTR OUT ------------------------------- Output Jobs ---------------------------------- -------JOBNAME--JOBID---ACT-STA-OWNER----DEST/DEVICE-------RECS-HELD-DAY--TIME _ 5 DSMERG0 J004118 ISIJER NAPLES 48K 19K 008 12:29 _ 6 MAKLOAD J008862 ISIJER TRIANGLE 12K 018 15:17 _ 7 MAKOPTN J008098 ISIJER PRINTER1 108 018 14:25 _ 8 MAKSRCE J001929 ISIJER ISIWPC 421 016 18:12 _ 9 PNTSRCE J008099 ISIJER R18.PR1 164K 009 14:26 _ 10 SALESRUN J008854 ISIJER LOCAL.<IP> 4333 466 017 15:59 |
Some information is common to all job types. Note the common fields in the example panel, from left to right:
Input jobs are grouped together in the Input Jobs section, running jobs are grouped together in the Running Jobs section, and output jobs are displayed in the Output Jobs section. Each section displays the information that is most useful for that type of job.
For input jobs you are most interested in the class, priority, and position in queue. You need to know step, CPU time used, and I/O time used for running jobs. And you need to know how much output an output job produced. You can scroll RIGHT to get additional information about each job on the list.
The Job List Menu is normally simpler than this example, because you don't usually have all types of jobs in the system at any given time. If there are no jobs of a particular type, then that section is not displayed.
The Job List Menu provides comprehensive commands to allow you to manipulate your jobs. It provides commands to select jobs for online review, cancel jobs, modify job characteristics such as class, destination and priority, and release held data sets. See Chapter 7 for a full list of commands and functions that are supported on the Job List Menu, or enter HELP.
Most commands can be entered in the line command area to the left of each job. Job characteristics can be modified by using the Tab key to position the cursor in the applicable field and overtyping the existing data.
To demonstrate, let's select the SALESRUN job from the Job List Menu for review. This is the last job on the menu.
To select SALESRUN enter S in the line command area as shown on the menu below.
An alternate way to select SALESRUN is to enter its menu number, 10, in the COMMAND area at the top of the screen. This method must be used from line mode terminals, and may save key strokes on a full-screen terminal. See Chapter 7, Line Commands in the Command Area, for a full description of command area use.
-----------------------------IOF-Job-List-Menu--------------(-10-)------------ COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> SCREEN ------------------------------- Input Jobs ----------------------------------- -------JOBNAME--JOBID---ACT-STA-OWNER----C-POSIT-PRTY-SECLABEL-QUALIFIER------ _ 1 DMSMERG1 J007890 JOB ISIJER A 4 9 ------------------------------- Running Jobs --------------------------------- -------JOBNAME--JOBID---ACT-STA-SYID------CPU-----I/O---STEP-----PROCSTEP-SWP _ 2 MODELGN J007825 A83B _ 3 QAS311 J006060 B83D 53:03 443.02 QAS311 IN _ 4 TSCDRS J000777 B83D :02 1.75 TSCDRS RBTR OUT ------------------------------- Output Jobs ---------------------------------- -------JOBNAME--JOBID---ACT-STA-OWNER----DEST/DEVICE-------RECS-HELD-DAY--TIME _ 5 DSMERG0 J004118 ISIJER NAPLES 48K 19K 008 12:29 _ 6 MAKLOAD J008862 ISIJER TRIANGLE 12K 018 15:17 _ 7 MAKOPTN J008098 ISIJER PRINTER1 108 018 14:25 _ 8 MAKSRCE J001929 ISIJER ISIWPC 421 016 18:12 _ 9 PNTSRCE J008099 ISIJER R18.PR1 164K 009 14:26 S 10 SALESRUN J008854 ISIJER LOCAL 4333 466 017 15:59 |
Some of the other job list menu line commands are:
IOF Job Summary Example
To continue our example, selecting the SALESRUN job produces the IOF Job Summary.
This panel shows exactly what happened to your job.
---------------------------------IOF-Job-Summary-------------------------------
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> SCREEN
--JOBNAME--JOBID----STATUS---RAN/RECEIVED-------DAY--------DEST----------------
SALESRUN J008882 OUTPUT 12:45 1/06/1997 YESTERDAY TRIANGLE
--RC----PGM------STEP-----PRSTEP----PROC-------COMMENTS------------------------
0 SR1203E EDIT PREPARE SA01A
0 COMPRE SORT PREPARE SA01A
ABND SR1203P WEEKLY PRINT SA02A ABEND SYSTEM=B37 USER=0000
* SR1335P MONTHLY PRINT SA02A NOT EXECUTED
--------DDNAME---STEP-----PRSTEP---STAT-ACT-C-GRP-D-SIZE-U--DEST---------------
_ 1 LOG * A 1 23 L TRIANGLE
_ 2 JCL * A 1 93 L TRIANGLE
_ 3 MESSAGES * A 1 245 L TRIANGLE
_ 4 SYSPRINT EDIT PREPARE A 1 3282 L TRIANGLE
_ 5 SYSPRINT SORT PREPARE A 1 5 L TRIANGLE
_ 6 SYSPRINT WEEKLY PRINT A 1 15K L TRIANGLE
_ 7 SALESMEN WEEKLY PRINT A 1 4167 L TRIANGLE
_ 8 SUMMARY MONTHLY PRINT DONE A
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The IOF Job Summary has three sections:
It is easy to see in the example above that the EDIT and SORT steps completed normally with return code 0 (RC column). The WEEKLY step abended with code B37 in program SR1203P. The MONTHLY step was not run because of the abend.
All sysout data sets for the job are displayed in the data set section at the bottom. Both held and non-held data sets can be selected for browse directly from this panel. Data set characteristics easily can be modified by overtyping. Additional data set characteristics can be seen by scrolling right, or by requesting a data set function menu.
In many cases this is all you need to see to determine how a job ran. For example, you may not need to browse any sysout data sets if all return codes are good.
The IOF Job Summary provides a comprehensive set of commands for reviewing and modifying sysout data sets. You can browse sysout data, release individual held data sets, cancel and modify held sysout data sets and output groups, and modify output characteristics such as destination and forms. See Chapter 8 for a full description of the commands and functions that are supported on the IOF Job Summary.
Data set line commands can be entered in the line command area to the left of each data set, and attributes can be changed by simply overtyping on the menu.
To demonstrate, we will select the REGIONS report from the WEEKLY PRINT step. This is the sixth data set on the menu as shown by the menu number.
--------DDNAME---STEP-----PRSTEP---STAT-ACT-C-GRP-D-SIZE-U--DEST--------------- _ 1 LOG * A 1 23 L TRIANGLE _ 2 JCL * A 1 93 L TRIANGLE _ 3 MESSAGES * A 1 245 L TRIANGLE _ 4 SYSPRINT EDIT PREPARE A 1 3282 L TRIANGLE _ 5 SYSPRINT SORT PREPARE A 1 5 L TRIANGLE S 6 SYSPRINT WEEKLY PRINT A 1 15K L TRIANGLE _ 7 SALESMEN WEEKLY PRINT A 1 4167 L TRIANGLE _ 8 SUMMARY MONTHLY PRINT DONE A |
Enter S in the line command area to the left of SYSPRINT WEEKLY PRINT to select it for browse. An alternate way to select this data set is to enter its menu number, 6, in the command area.
IOF Job Summary commands are fully documented in Chapter 8. Some of the other available line commands are:
Let's continue our example by showing the IOF Browse panel that would be produced by selecting the SYSPRINT WEEKLY PRINT data set on the IOF Job Summary.
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BROWSE - SYSPRINT WEEKLY PRINT - Page 1 Line 1 Cols 1-80
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> CURSOR
******************************** TOP OF DATA *********************************
Weekly Sales Report Summary Page 1
Week Ending January 7, 1997
Region Office Total Sales
New England Boston 221,433.97
New England Hartford 34,977.00
New England ** Total ** 256,410.97
New York Albany 45,932.44
New York Buffalo 23,439.19
New York New York 1,434,912.56
New York Rochester 72,545.14
New York Syracuse 33,167.99
New York ** Total ** 1,608,997.32
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The IOF Browse screen looks much like an ISPF browse screen. The top line shows the ddname (SYSPRINT), step and procstep names (WEEKLY PRINT), and current page number, line number, and columns (page 1, line 1, cols 1-80).
The data set is displayed next. You can use the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT and FIND commands to position within the data set. These commands are on your standard PF keys.
IOF Browse presents the data on the screen as it would appear on a printed page. In the example above, note the blank lines that were produced by printer control sequences.
IOF Browse honors printed page boundaries. You can scroll up or down to a particular printed page, or to a specific line on a page. See Chapter 9 for a full description of IOF Browse features.
Press END to return to the IOF Job Summary, or RETURN to return to the Job List Menu. Remember that you can cancel, modify, copy, and release held data sets from the IOF Job Summary, and you can select other data sets for browse. From the Job List Menu you can cancel, print, or modify jobs, and you can select other jobs for review.
This sample session has quickly demonstrated how to review the jobs you submitted. You have seen examples of:
This brief introduction illustrated how easily and quickly you can review your jobs using IOF. A few of the most frequently used features were explained. Together with the IOF HELP facility, this introduction should enable you to use IOF immediately to review your jobs.