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Standard CA GMI Features

CA GMI user-interfaces provide a rich set of standard features for working with your products and related object data. These features include the following:

• Simultaneous connection to several z/OS hosts, with separate views for each host, or all hosts consolidated into a single view
• Table views of all data, customizable with the ease of point‑and‑click
• Graphical views of any numeric data, easily customized, with a wide range of two‑dimensional and three‑dimensional features
• Filtering and sorting on any field
• Summary Totals and Statistics (aggregate functions such as total, average, minimum, and maximum)
• Scaling (KB, MB, GB, and so on) and color coding features
• Drill‑down feature to zoom to related object data
• Wizards for simple or complex summaries (Summary Objects)

  Note: Currently, you can create and manage Summary Objects using only the Windows Client. You can view Summary Objects using both the Windows Client and the Web Client.

• Reporting features for customized and printed reports
• Multiple output formats, including:
  • Web page (HTML)
  • Email
  • PDF
  • Excel
  • Microsoft Access Database (MDB)

    Note: This output format is only available from the Windows Client.

  • Comma Separated Values (CSV)

    Note: This output format is only available from the Web Client.

• Schedulers for producing and sending report output on a regular basis
• JCL management (edit, model, drag and drop, substitute, submit, and schedule)

  Note: Currently, JCL management is only available in the Windows Client.

The following sections provide examples of some of the standard features of the Windows Client:

• Standard Object Views
• Standard View Options
• Other Standard Features