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3.6 Bypassing the Execution Run Time Screen

As described previously, a "MICF Execution" panel may be
displayed after you have selected a report but before the
report options panel is displayed.  The MICF Execution panel
allows you to designate the execution mode of the inquiry.
There are three execution modes:  batch, foreground, and SAS
DMS.  The execution mode determines whether CA MICS
StorageMate reports will execute while you wait and then
display the results at your terminal, or whether a jobstream
will be created that will produce the report in batch.  The
advantage of the first method (foreground) is that you can
see your results after a short delay.  The advantage of the
second method (batch) is that you can continue working at
your terminal while the report is produced, and the report
will be printed rather than displayed on your terminal.  If
you select batch execution, the MICF Execution panel also
allows you to specify the job card information to be used.

If you always run your reports in the same mode, or if you
have a great number of reports to generate, you can set the
mode defaults to the desired settings and then bypass the
display of the MICF Execution panel.  This is accomplished by
changing the 'Execution Mode' default parameters in MICF.
This default is 'Yes' for all new users, meaning that the
MICF Execution panel will always be displayed.

The specific steps for turning off the panel display are:

 1) From the main StorageMate menu, select option 0 to enter
    the options facility.

 2) Select option 0, 'MICF Options', which allows you to
    modify the options MICF uses during inquiry execution.

 3) Select the option 'User Profile Parameters' from the MICF
    Options panel.

 4) Scroll down in the display until you reach the 'Execution
    Mode' selections.  Select the mode (Batch or Foreground)
    and also change the 'Yes' to 'No' to suppress the display
    of the panel.

 5) Scroll through other items on this menu to ensure other
    options are set correctly for your environ- ment.  For
    example, if you have selected batch execution of reports,
    verify the default job card information is correct.

 6) Press your END PF key until you return to the CA MICS
    StorageMate main menu.

The display of the execution mode panel can be turned back on
by repeating this process, but changing the 'No' in step 4 to
'Yes'.