OPSVIEW Utilities Option › How to Use the Automation Analyzer (Option 7.2) › How to Select Messages for Analysis

How to Select Messages for Analysis

The fields on the Automation Analyzer Specification panel provide options for limiting the message analysis. You can limit the analysis in these ways:

• Specify a time and date range so that only those message events that occurred in the range are analyzed.
• Restrict the analysis to only WTORs, or to only WTORs and WTOR replies.
• Indicate whether you want the analysis to include echoes of commands that were issued by z/OS or other subsystems.
• Indicate whether you want the analysis to include messages that MPF is suppressing.
• Indicate whether you want the analysis to include “command response” messages.
• Indicate whether you want the analysis to include “hardcopy only” messages.
• Specify the data set name of a particular OPSLOG for analysis.

If you make no entries on the Automation Analyzer Specification panel, the analysis starts from the beginning of the currently active OPSLOG and continues to the current time.

The fields appear on the Automation Analyzer Specification panel:

Start

To analyze only a portion of the message events, specify the desired starting date and time. All message events that occurred after the start date and time are analyzed.

To specify the current date and time, type an asterisk (*) into the fields.

If you leave the fields blank, the start date defaults to the current date and the start time defaults to 00:00.

End

To analyze only a portion of the message events, specify the desired ending date and time. All message events that occurred before the end date and time are analyzed.

To specify the current date and time, type an asterisk (*) into the fields.

If you leave the fields blank, the end date defaults to the current date and the end time defaults to 23:59.

Analyze WTORs Only

Specify Y to restrict the analysis to only WTORs. Or, specify N.

Replies

Specify Y if you want the analysis to include replies issued to WTORs. Or, specify N.

Note: If you specify Y in this field, you must also specify Y in the Analyze WTORs Only field.

Command Echo

Specify N if you want the analysis to include echoes of commands. Or, specify Y.

MPF Suppressed

Specify N if you want the analysis to include messages that MPF is suppressing. Or, specify Y.

Command Response

Specify N if you want the analysis to exclude command response messages. Or, specify Y.

Hardcopy Only

Specify N if you want the analysis to exclude hardcopy only messages. Or, specify Y.

Use OPSLOG Data From

Specify the OPSLOG that you want the Automation Analyzer to analyze.

If you enter a fully qualified data set name, enclose it in single quotes. If you omit the single quotes, CA OPS/MVS uses your TSO user ID as a prefix for the data set name.

Specify an asterisk (*) if you want the Automation Analyzer to use the OPSLOG from the currently active subsystem.

Log name

Specify the OPSLOG log name that you want the Automation Analyzer to analyze.

Specify either a one- to sixteen-character log name, if you know it, or a question mark (?) to be presented with a list of the active log names for the currently active subsystem. The list is similar to the one presented to a user of OPSLOG Browse when the LOGNAME primary command is used.

Specify an asterisk (*) if you want the Automation Analyzer to use the current live OPSLOG from the currently active subsystem.

After you have indicated which messages you want to be analyzed, press Enter. A message appears to indicate that the analysis has begun. When the analysis is complete, the Automation Analyzer Results panel appears. The next section discusses how to use this panel.