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Print Change Log

When you select an option to print the change log from the Open Data Set dialog, the Print Change Log wizard displays.

Note: You can only print to a device configured for the mainframe environment.

Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following options:

   Sysout class

   Specifies the position of the sysout class to which you want the printer routed.

   Number of copies

   Specifies the number of copies that you want printed.

   (Optional) Define print destination

   Specifies the printer you want to use. Select one of the following options:

   Destination printer

   Specifies the printer ID of the local or remote printer to which you want the print job routed.

   External JES node

   Specifies the external JES node name to which you want the print job routed.

   Sysout writer name

   Specifies the member name of the sysout writer program to which you want the print job routed.

   Print data set name

   Specifies the name of the data set to which you want to print.

   Print member name

   Specifies the name of the member to which you want to print. Also specify the data set disposition:

   • Select SHR if you want the printed data to replace the contents of an existing data set. This option allows concurrent access to the data set while the print is in progress.
   • Select MOD if you want the printed data added to the end of an existing data set.
   • Click the New button to create a new data set.

     Note: For detailed information about the Allocate screen, see one of the following topics in the online help:

     Allocate a New PDS

     Allocate a New Sequential Data Set

     Allocate a New VSAM Data Set

2. Specify the output format. Specify the following options:

   Output format

   Specifies the format of the change log data. Select one of the following options:

   Character

   Displays records in character format, up to 100 characters

   Hexadecimal

   Displays records in three-line hexadecimal format

   List

   Displays records in character format without scale and record numbers

   Single record

   Displays field names and values for each record

   Field display

   Specifies which fields to print. Select one of the following options:

   All

   Prints all fields in the data set

   Mismatched

   Prints only fields that have different content

3. Click Next.
4. Type 1-4 lines of JCL control statements into the Job information box. If you specified job information in the Configure Mainframe Settings dialog, that information is prefilled and you can edit it if needed.

   Note: Each line can contain up to 73 characters.

5. Click Finish.

   The print job is submitted to the printer you have specified as the default in your mainframe settings.

More information:

Change Log