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Use FINDHELP

To find information on alerts, issue the following command:

FINDHELP alert

To find information on alerts using the Online Help Information Menu, enter alert in the parameters column next to the FINDHELP option as follows:

 SYSVIEW ------- MENU, Online Help Information Menu ---
 Option ====>                                                  Scroll *===> PAGE
 ------------------------------------------------- Lvl 2 Row 1-15/15 Col 1-79/79
 Option Command  Parameters                   Description
 _  1  CHANGES                              What's new in this release?
 _  2  COMMANDS                             List commands and subcommands
 _  3  FINDHELP  alert                      Search online help topics
 _  4  QUICKREF                             MVS/QuickRef from Chicago-Soft
 _  5  TOPICS                               Online reference topics
 .   .   .                                     .
 .   .   .                                     .

The following help screen is displayed:

SYSVIEW FINDHELP ---------- Search Online Help Topics ------------------------
Command ====>                                                 Scroll *===> PAGE
------------------------------------------------ Lvl 3 Row 1-16/30 Col 1-79/158
List      TOPICS    Topics 679     Lines 113016    Hits 39
Options   ALL CHARS              Section
String    alert
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cmd  Help       ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6...
____ ALERTS   |   ALERTs          <Normal>
____ .        | ALERTS Command
____ .        | The ALERTS command displays z/OS system data collection excepti
____ .        | Data collection values will be displayed by the ALERTS command
____ .        |                      displayed alert.
____ .        |                 GSVXEXTR_OPTIONS_ALERTS.  EXTRACT is only val
____ DASDRESP | Alert status is only displayed if the "CURRENT" interval is
____ IMSALERT |                      displayed alert.
____ .        | IMSALERT Command
____ .        | The IMSALERT command displays IMS data collection exception
____ .        | alerts.  Data collection values will be displayed by the
____ .        | IMSALERT command if the current value exceeds a threshold defin
____ .        |   IMSALERT        <Normal>
____ IMSSTATE |                      displayed alert from the IMSALERT command.
____ IMSTHRSH |                      displayed alert from the IMSALERT command.
____ LISTCONS |   Alrt            Messages queued alert percent.  Valid only for