A Viewpoint is a customizable, dynamic tool, which enables you to display the jobs and job flows of interest. For example, you can view and monitor jobs:
On a particular Control-M/Server
Belonging to a specific user
Having a particular status, such as failed jobs
Viewpoints are constantly updated and show in real-time the execution status of the batch production. ViewPoints consist of the following components:
Hierarchy: Defines the hierarchical structure used to display jobs. For example, jobs are displayed logically according to their application settings, or physically according to a Control-M/Server.
Collection: Selects a collection of jobs from the active jobs database based on parameter values in the job processing definition. For example, ALL JOBS loads all jobs in the active jobs database. You can filter your collection in the Filter section.
Filter: Determines which jobs are displayed in the Viewpoint. You can use Filtering for managing by exception. For example, you can display those jobs that Ended Not OK and jobs in a Wait status. Although they do reduce system overhead, filters reduce screen clutter, enabling you to focus on jobs that really require monitoring. Each Viewpoint has an associated Global filter, but when a Viewpoint is displayed, you can select a different Global filter to alter which jobs are displayed in the current Viewpoint's session. After Global filters are defined they are available site-wide.
Control‑M includes a set of predefined Viewpoints, but you can define your own Viewpoints.
The following procedures describe how to create, delete, and copy a viewpoint: