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How to Issue IMS Commands from OPSLOG

If your site uses the IMS Operations Facility (IOF), you can issue IMS commands from the OPSLOG Browse command line. The syntax you use to issue IMS commands depends upon whether you use a slash (/) as your IMS command character.

The following describes the syntax of your IMS command character:

• A slash (/)

  Use two slashes to prefix the IMS command. You may know that there really should be three slashes prefixing the command-one to tell OPSLOG that you are entering a command, one to route the command to your primary IMS, and one to act as the standard slash that begins all IMS commands. You can use three slashes, but it is not necessary. If you want to issue a command to IMS without a leading slash (for example, to enter a transaction), use the OPSCMD command with its IMSID() keyword.

• Any character other than a slash

  Prefix the command with all the appropriate characters. For example, if you associated a period (.) with an IMS having an IMSID of IMST, use this syntax from the OPSLOG Browse command line to issue an IMS command to IMST:

   /./display active