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Customizing the Status Monitor Display Format › Create a Status Monitor Display Format

Create a Status Monitor Display Format

You can create format definitions to customize what information is displayed on the status monitor.

Follow these steps:

  1. Enter /FORMATS at the prompt.

    A list of the status monitor formats appears.

  2. Press F4 (Add).

    The List Description panel appears.

    Note: You can also use the C action code to open a copy of an existing display format definition that you can modify.

  3. Complete the fields as required.
  4. Press F8 (Forward).

    The List Format panel appears. The panel provides a text editor window.

  5. By using the text editor, enter column headings and variables to specify the information to display on the status monitor.
    1. Specify the headings.

      A heading can be up to ten lines. These lines are known as heading lines.

    2. Specify the corresponding variables beneath the heading lines. Specify the variables in a single line, which is known as an entry line.

      If the name of a variable is longer than the data to be displayed, create a shorter alias for the name.

    Note: Each line has a limit of 75 characters. If you require more characters, you can extend the heading-entry combination over subsequent lines. You can have up to ten such heading-entry line combinations.

  6. Press F3 (File).

    The format is created.

Example: Definition for a Display Format

This example contains two heading-entry line combinations.

 PROD------------------------ CAS : List Format ---------------------Page 2 of 2
 Command ===>                                   Function=Browse Scroll ===> CSR


 LINE ----+----10---+----20---+----30---+----40---+----50---+----60---+----70---+
 **** ****************************** TOP OF DATA ********************************
 0001             Resource                       States              Modes    
 0002 System   Name      Type              Current  Desired   Res Pre Ref Tng ACT
 0003 &SYSNAME &QNAME    &ZRMSTTYPE        &CURRENT &DESIRED  &RM &PM &FM &TG &AM
 0004 Table Name                                                              
 0005 &ZRMSTTABLE                                                             
 **** ***************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ******************************