This facility provides the user with an automated means of generating reports that are tailored to each individual's needs. It also has the capability of remembering the data set names that it processes. This feature can be used to generate utility commands (either for CA Disk or some other utility) to perform some other function. We will now quickly go over the general flow of the facility, and later on will go into more detail on how all of the panels interact.
There are two very basic paths in the online reporting environment:
The first path is executed by selecting options 0 through 4 on the primary option menu for online reporting (DMS042A), and the second path is selected with options 5 through 9. You must define your report before you can exercise the second path.
As you use this function of CA Disk, keep in mind that no matter where you are in processing, you can enter the command CANCEL to return to the primary option panel of the online reporting facility. This allows a graceful escape regardless of where you are in processing.
All of the report definitions that you generate must be saved in a special report definition data set. If the data set has not already been generated, or if you want to create your own, select option 0 from the main menu (DMS042A). This will take you to an ISPF panel where allocation information for the data set is specified. After this information is entered, CA Disk will allocate and format the data set. You are now ready to define reports.
Options 1 through 4 are used to create, modify, list and delete report definitions. Selecting option 1 allows you to define a new report. This will take you through a whole series of ISPF panels that prompt you for information about the report. After you finally make it to the end (defining grand total fields is the last step), you will be returned to the primary option menu. From here you are free to define more reports, modify the one you just created, or enter the report generation phase.
The ISPF online reports can include the SMS constructs and attributes. See the ISPF Custom Reports in the Systems Guide for information about adding these report fields.
Report generation begins by selecting option 5 (even though option 9, Generate Commands, is under this category on the menu, it's not really used to generate reports). By selecting this option, you are telling CA Disk to scan online volumes.
The first panel in report generation prompts you for the volumes you want to process. Here you can specify a number of volumes or volume patterns to scan. You should specify only those volumes that you are sure contain the data sets you are interested in looking at, in order to conserve computer resources.
From the volume selection panels you move to some selection test panels. These panels allow you restrict the reports to a subset of the data sets that are actually on the volume(s) being scanned. After entering selection tests, you are taken to a panel that has a list of all the reports that have been defined. You can select one or more reports to be included in the run.
After selecting the report(s), you are taken to a panel that asks you to confirm report requests. The commands listed on the screen are the same ones you would enter to execute the reports in batch. At this point you can choose to run the reports in foreground (assuming you are authorized to), submit a batch job to generate them, or simply exit the reporting phase. If you elect to execute the job in batch, you will be prompted for the proper JCL and the job will be submitted.
If you decided to run the reports in foreground, the screen will clear and a message will be displayed as each volume is scanned. After the report is formatted, it will be presented to you in ISPF browse mode (at this point it's merely a temporary data set). When you are finished looking at the report, press the <END> key. This will take you to a report disposition screen. From here you can choose from several options: rebrowse the report, save the report to a permanent data set, print the report with a batch job, generate utility commands, and/or save the report commands for later use. Pressing the <END> key at this point will return you to the top menu of the online reporting facility.
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