Online Facility

Users of Control-V communicate with the system via the Online facility, a set of integrated, interactive fill-in-the-blanks screens that provide access to Control-V information. Its operation is characterized by:

• Uniform ISPF-like screen handling conventions
• Menu-driven functions
• Dynamic PFKey assignment
• "All information on the screen" approach
• Concurrent management of many screens (including TSO applications)

The Online facility allows access to the Repository, to the IOA Core, and to indexes and compressed reports. It enables the user to see and update the following:

• Mission definition parameters
• Index definitions
• Report copy count, print destination, and so on.
• Sections of reports that belong to the user
• Status of active missions
• Status of prerequisite conditions under the supervision of Control-V
• IOA Log file
• Calendars

The Online facility can be activated under the following environments, regardless of whether the Control-D monitor is active:

• TSO (native)
• TSO/ISPF
• IMS/DC
• VTAM
• ROSCOE/ETSO
• IDMS/DC
• CICS
• COM-PLETE

TSO users can activate other online application programs (including ISPF) concurrently with the Online facility under the multiplication environment created by Control-V.

Control-V provides full color support when activated from a screen with extended seven-color support.

The Online facility is explained in depth in Online Facilities.