Navigating and Using the IOA Variable Database Facility

To enter the IOA Variable Database facility, select option IV in the IOA Primary Option menu. The IOA Variables entry panel is displayed.

Figure 6 IOA Variables Entry Panel

 ----------------------- IOA Variables - ENTRY PANEL  ---------------------(IV

COMMAND ===>                                                               

SPECIFY DATABASE NAME                                                      

DATABASE ===>                 (Blank for Database selection list)          

MODE     ===>                 (Blank or ADMIN for Administration mode)     

USE THE COMMAND "SHPF" TO SEE PFK ASSIGNMENT                         16.21.43

• To display the list of all databases: Press Enter. The List of Databases screen is displayed. For more information, see List of Databases Screen.

  Note: Control‑O installations can access an unlimited number of databases. Control‑M and other INCONTROL product installations can access the IOAVAR database only (even if other databases are displayed).

• To display the Values of Database screen of a specific database: Type the database name in the DATABASE field on the Entry Panel and press Enter.

  An asterisk (*) can be used as a mask character in the DATABASE field of this screen.

When entering either the List of Databases screen or the Values of Database screen, you can either enter as a regular user or an administrator, as follows:

• To enter the IOA Variables Database facility as a regular user, leave the MODE field blank. This enables you to view and update variables in the databases, but you cannot perform administrative functions (add or delete variables).
• To enter the IOA Variables Database facility with full administrator functionality, type ADMIN in the MODE field.

  Note: Security module IOASE42 prevents regular users from accessing the IOA Variables Database facility as an administrator. For more information on this security module, see the INCONTROL for z/OS Security Guide.

  In ADMIN mode, only those variables actually written to the IOA Global Variable database are displayed. For example, if using the SET command of the Control-M CTMAPI utility, you prepare a global variable to be written to the database, without subsequently issuing the CKP command, such a variable is not displayed in ADMIN mode.