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Execute

When you select an object from the Object Tree menu, the Windows Client displays a default empty table. To fill a table with data, click Execute.

Observe the following:

• If you have the View z/OS Execution option set to Automatic under the Tools - Options General tab then Execute automatically occurs each time you open a z/OS object from the Object Tree menu. Also, if you have the View z/OS Execution option set to Automatic in the Options wizard Hosts Defaults page then Execute is not displayed in the View Menu. If you have the Open System View Execution option set to Automatic in the Options wizard Hosts Defaults page then Execute occurs automatically when you open an Open Systems object from the Object Tree menu. Also, if you have the Open System View Execution option set to Automatic in the Options wizard Hosts Defaults page then Execute is not displayed in the View Menu nor is the Execute icon displayed in the User View toolbar of Open System objects.
• The Execute function does not display a dialog and has no parameters.

The Execute command causes the Windows Client to request the host to collect, filter, and sort the necessary data, then send the results to your computer for viewing.

If you change sort keys and click Execute again, the Windows Client redisplays the table using data stored in memory on the host, without requesting a new collection.

If you create a new filter and click Execute again, the Windows Client initiates a new collection.

If you add a new term to the filter expression using the AND operator, the Windows Client redisplays the table with the new filter using data stored in memory on the host, without requesting a new collection.

• Example One - For example, if the original filter expression is:

  Volumes INCL TSO/
  

  And the revised filter expression is:

  Volumes INCL TSO/ AND % Allot>90
  

  Then clicking Execute redisplays the table without initiating a new collection because the term following the AND operator is a refinement on the original expression, which has not changed.

• Example Two - However, if the revised filter expression is one of the following:

  Volumes INCL T/ AND % Allot>90
  

  Volumes INCL TSO/ OR Volumes INCL F/
  

  Then clicking Execute initiates a new collection because, in the first case, the original term of the filter has changed, and in the second, the term following the OR operator calls for an expansion of the filter rather than a refinement.

  To force a new collection, use the Refresh function from the View menu or click the Refresh data button on the toolbar.

  Definitions of sort keys and filters for a window remain in effect only for as long as the window is open, unless you save them with the Save or Save As commands.

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