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1.4.2.3 Customizing the Online Facility
This section provides a general description of how to
customize the default parameters governing your online
facility sessions. Parameters that are used by the CA MICS
Performance Manager Option online facility are shared with
those used by MICF. Consequently, changes you make to these
parameters are reflected when you use MICF, and vice-versa.
When you use the online facility, you must specify how to
allocate data sets, what printer formats to use, what color
graphics devices you are using, and what ISPF profile you
want to use with the online facility. Defaults for each of
the parameters in these categories were included with MICF
when it was shipped to your installation. Your CA MICS
System Administrator has further tailored these defaults for
your site. In addition, the online facility often gives you
the opportunity to revise parameters temporarily for a
particular inquiry.
For these reasons, we recommend that you start using the
online facility with the default options unchanged. As you
become more familiar with the online facility, you may wish
to reset some of these defaults. To do so, select Option 0,
MICF Options, on the CA MICS Information Center Facility
(MICF) menu, or Option 0, MICF Options, on the Performance
Manager menu. The selection menu is shown in Figure 1-15.
/--------------------------------- MICF Options -------------------------------
| Option ===> |
| |
| 0 - ISPF Parameters |
| Specify ISPF parameters for the MICF environment. |
| 1 - User Profile Parameters |
| Specify defaults for general MICF parameters. |
| 2 - Foreground Execution Parameters |
| Specify defaults for foreground MICF inquiry execution. |
| 3 - Batch Execution Parameters |
| Specify defaults for batch MICF inquiry execution. |
| 4 - Printer Format Parameters |
| Specify defaults for printed report and printer graphics formats. |
| 5 - Color Graphics Format Parameters |
| Specify defaults for color graphics output. |
| 6 - Data Set Allocation Parameters |
| Specify parameters for MICF data set allocation. |
| 7 - SAS Libraries for ISPF Applications |
| Specify SAS user format and auto-call macro library data set names.|
| 8 - Additional Data Set Allocations |
| |
| |
| |
| |
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Figure 1-15. MICF Options Panel
Because each parameter type is fully described in the online
tutorials, we will not discuss them in detail here. We will,
however, walk you through one type of parameter change to
show you what to expect during this process.
Some parameters that you may want to eventually change are:
o Data Set Allocation Parameters
- Space for the work data set
o User Profile Parameters
- Default job card
- Default execution mode (foreground or batch)
- Whether you will be prompted for foreground or batch
execution
- Whether you will be given a chance to edit your JCL
before you submit a job
Suppose you want to change the default job card that is used
each time you submit a batch job from the online facility.
Select Option 1 on the MICF Options panel and press ENTER.
The MICF Parameter Update panel is shown in Figure 1-16. The
top line contains the familiar Command and Scroll prompts.
These are followed by the title "Updating User Profile
Parameters," and the prompt, "Subset Display On." This
prompt refers to the display under the title "Parameter
Title/Parameter Value."
/--------------------------- MICF Parameter Update ----------------------------\
| Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR |
| |
| Updating User Profile Parameters |
| Subset Display On ===> __________________________________________ |
| |
| Parameter Title/Parameter Value |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Batch Execution - Display generated jobstream before submitting jobs (YES/NO)? |
| ===> YES |
| |
| Caps. - Translate ALL screen entry "title/label" fields to uppercase (YES/NO)? |
| ===> NO |
| |
| Caps. - Translate ALL screen entry "value" fields to uppercase (YES/NO)? |
| ===> YES |
| |
| Confirm Delete - Require confirmation to delete an inquiry step (YES/NO)? |
| ===> YES |
| |
| Cycle(s) - Specify the default file cycle(s) for inquiry execution (cc-cc) |
| ===> _________________________________________________________________________ |
| |
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Figure 1-16. Updating User Profile Parameters
The display on the MICF Parameter Update panel is an
alphabetical list of all modifiable user profile parameters.
Figure 1-16 shows the first five parameters in the list.
The line following each parameter contains a prompt arrow and
the current value for the parameter. If you want to change
the value, simply type the value you want over the current
value.
There are four job card parameters in the list that you can
reach by scrolling through the list. Note that the
information changes under Parameter Title/Parameter Value,
but the information above the line does not. If you know the
first letter or letters of the parameter you wish to change,
you can reach it more quickly by specifying this information
in the "Subset Display On" field at the top of the panel.
For example, if you subset the display on "Job", the
parameters shown in Figure 1-17 are displayed. Note that
capitalization is important in subsetting. If you enter
"JOB" or "job", no parameter will be found.
/--------------------------- MICF Parameter Update ----------------------------\
| Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR |
| |
| Updating User Profile Parameters |
| Subset Display On ===> Job |
| |
| Parameter Title/Parameter Value |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Job Card 1 - Default Job statement #1 for ALL MICF batch processing. |
| ===> //jobname JOB (accounting information), |
| |
| Job Card 2 - Default Job statement #2 for ALL MICF batch processing. |
| ===> // MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=A,PRTY=5 |
| |
| Job Card 3 - Default Job statement #3 for ALL MICF batch processing. |
| ===> // |
| |
| Job Card 4 - Default Job statement #4 for ALL MICF batch processing. |
| ===> // |
| |
| ****************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ******************************* |
| |
| |
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Figure 1-17. Subsetting the Display on Job
The information shown for the default job cards varies from
installation to installation. Your CA MICS System
Administrator can provide you with the appropriate defaults
for your installation.
The information on these job cards is supplied automatically
each time you submit a batch job from MICF or from the online
facility. By default, you will be given the opportunity to
edit the generated JCL prior to submitting a batch job, which
also allows you to edit your job card at execution time.
If you want to change one or more parameters on your default
job card, enter the new parameters after the arrow prompt on
Job Card 1, Job Card 2, Job Card 3, or Job Card 4. When you
END from this panel (usually by pressing your PF3 key), the
information you changed is saved. If you make a mistake and
do not want to save your changes, type CANCEL after the
Command prompt.
The other parameter update options work in the same manner.
