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Dialog Feature

An online expert answers your questions about CA Auditor, z/OS, and audit and security topics. For information about a specific concept or z/OS feature, enter a brief question on the command line. Here are a few guidelines:

• Short questions work best. For example, What is the PPT? or How do I control APF?
• Punctuation is optional. You can use uppercase, lowercase, or any combination of the two.
• Correct spelling is not critical, except for key words or acronyms, such as APF, PPT, or SMF.
• Use one question about one subject. Do not refer to different key words in the same question. For example, What are the security exposures in APF and the PPT?.
• Do not use pronouns.

You can use the dialog feature to switch to a different CA Auditor feature instead of entering the menu option number. For example, you can enter Show me SMF options or I want to compare files, and you are transferred to that option. The guidelines for instructing CA Auditor to change options are the same as listed above. If you use the dialog feature to change to another option, when you leave that option, CA Auditor does not return you to the previous option. Instead, CA Auditor displays the screen that you would see if you had not used the dialog feature.

You cannot use the dialog feature to ask questions from the online help, tutorials, notebook, or data set browse displays.