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Input Commands

The following input commands are available on the Active Report List panels:

LEFT

Toggles between the three active displays.

LOCATE

Scrolls to the entry whose name you specify as the operand of the command; if the specified name is not in the list, scrolls to the entry whose name immediately precedes that specified.

For sorted lists, the LOCATE command traverses the list based on the first or only sort field.

Valid entries are L, LOC, and LOCATE.

REDISP

Redisplays (or refreshes) a selection list with current information

Because definition and active data can be concurrently updated and added by the started task, batch jobs, and online users, data displayed on a selection list can become outdated. Recent changes and newly added data are obtained when the REDISP command is entered.

The syntax of the REDISP command is as follows:

REDISP [ ON | OFF ]

Where:

ON

Indicates that the display is to be refreshed automatically when the Enter key is pressed

OFF

Indicates that the REDISP command must be entered to refresh the display

The ON and OFF parameters are temporary overrides to the REDISP initialization parameter setting and are only retained for the duration of the session.

If the ON/OFF parameter is omitted, the display is refreshed without altering the current ON/OFF state.

For sorted lists, the REDISP command must be entered to refresh the display.

Valid entries are RED, REDISP, REF, and REFRESH.

RIGHT

Toggles between the three active displays.

SELECT

Selects the report identifier you specify as the operand of the command for display.

If the specified report identifier does not exist, an error message displays.

Valid entries are S, SEL, and SELECT.

SORT

Sorts the Active Report List by report identifier, job name defined to database, execution job name, bundle identifier, report status, and exceptional condition.

Up to two fields can be sorted.

The syntax of the SORT command is as follows:

SORT field1 field2

The following table identifies the field names that can be referenced on the SORT command and the predefined sort sequence used to order the data.

REPORT

Sorts by report identifier.

You can enter REPORT as RID or R.

Sort Sequence: Ascending

JOBNAME

Sorts by job definition name.

You can enter JOBNAME as JOB or J.

Sort Sequence: Ascending

EXECJOB

Sorts by execution job name.

You can enter EXECJOB as EXEC.

Sort Sequence: Ascending

BUNDLE

Sorts by bundle identifier.

You can enter BUNDLE as BID or B.

Sort Sequence: Ascending

STATUS

Sorts by report status.

You can enter STATUS as STAT or S.

Sort Sequence: Ascending

EXCPT

Sorts by exceptional conditional.

You can enter EXCPT as EXC or X.

Sort Sequence: Ascending

To sort the selection list by exceptional condition, enter the command:

sort excpt 

To sort the selection list by execution job name and status, enter the command:

sort exec status  

After the list is sorted, you can use the LOCATE command to traverse the list based on the first or only sort field. For example, if the list is sorted by exceptional condition, LOCATE LATE scrolls the list to the entry or closest entry whose exceptional condition is LATE.

If the SORT command is entered by itself without a field, the standard dynamic list that is sequenced by report identifier is displayed.