Filtering the Active Environment Display

As mentioned above, when you enter the active environment the screen is probably displaying a number of jobs from your site that are not relevant to these exercises. The following steps show how you can filter the display.

1. Enter SHOW in the COMMAND field. The Show Screen Filter window is displayed.

   Figure 10 Show Screen Filter Window

   --------------------------- Show Screen Filter ---------------------(3.SHOW)-

   Filter            Save   (Y/N) Desc:                                      

   Memname                                                                    

   Group                                                                      

   Sch Lib                                               Tbl                 

   ======== In Process Y ======= | Ended          Y | ======= State Y ========

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

   Wait Sched   Y  Wait time   Y | Ended "OK"     Y | Free      Y  Forced OK Y

   Wait Conf    Y  Wait Cond   Y | Not "OK"       Y | Held      Y  Tbl Held  Y

   Wait SUB     Y  Wait quant  Y | Rerun          Y | On Req    Y  CMEM Forc Y

   Submitted    Y  Wait contrl Y | Disappeared    Y | Deleted   N  Note      Y

   Wait Exec    Y  Tbl Active  Y | Abended        Y | Late      N  Restarted Y

   Executing    Y                | Unexpected CC  Y | Pseudo    N             

   On Out Queue Y                | JCL Error      Y |                        

   Task Type: Job Cyc Emr Stc Cst Est Ecj Ecs Tbl Tbc                        

                Y   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y                          

   Res Name                                                                  

   Resource Type: In Y Out Y Conds Y Resource Y Control Y                     

   Owner                                                                      

   Odate:  From              To               Priority                        

   Job                       Appl                                             

   CPU Id           LPAR                                                      

                                                                        

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

             OPt command toggles between Commands and Options display     11.07.49

   The Show Screen Filter window enables you to filter the display based on certain fields and values. The following steps explain what you need to know in order to create the filter for use in these exercises. Filtering is explained in greater detail in A Closer Look At Filters .

2. Specify that you want to create and save a filter called IDGS by entering IDGS in the Filter field, and Y in the Save field. Specify a description for the filter by typing GS-EXERCISES in the Desc field.
3. Define the filtering criteria by specifying IDGRP in the Group field. The filter appears as shown below:

       +------------------- Show Screen Filter -----------(3.SHOW)+

       |  Filter  IDGS      Save Y (Y/N) Desc: GS-EXERCISES       |

       |  Memname                                                 |

       |  Group   IDGRP                                           |

       |  Sch Lib                                      Tbl________|

   The Group field works on a prefix basis. By assigning the IDGRP prefix value, the filter will only display jobs whose Group name begins with IDGRP. This means only the current jobs in group IDGRP1. In later chapters, it will also display jobs belonging to groups idGRP2, idGRP3, and so on.

4. Press Enter to exit the window. The Active Environment now displays only IDJOB1 and IDJOB2.

Figure 11 Filtered Display in the Active Environment Screen

Filter: IDGS      ------- Control-M  Active  Environment ------ UP    <D> - (3)

COMMAND ===>                                                    SCROLL ==> CRSR

O Name     Owner    Odate  Jobname  JobID   Typ ----------- Status ------------

  IDJOB1   ID       020201                  JOB Wait Confirmation (for      

                                                Schedule)                   

  IDJOB2   ID       020201                  JOB Wait Schedule              

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