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Operate Menu

The Operate menu provides tools for managing the object data. The Operate menu options are:

Execute

Tells the Windows Client to request the host to collect, filter, and sort data either in real-time or for the last interval, and then sends the results to the computer for viewing.

Note: If you have the View z/OS Execution option set to Automatic in the Options wizard General page then Execute is not displayed in the Operate Menu nor is the Execute icon displayed in the toolbar of z/OS objects. If you have the Open System View Execution option set to Automatic in the Options wizard General page then Execute is not displayed in the Operate Menu nor is the Execute icon displayed in the toolbar of Open System objects.

Refresh

Retrieves the latest data from the database so that the table displays current data. Refresh differs from Execute; typically, Execute initiates a process.

More

The Next toolbar icon and the Next menu option in the Operate menu, instructs the system to retrieve the Next chunk of a "More" object, or Next block of records. These "More" objects usually have CA Vantage SRM system parameters controlling the amount of records to be selected in the Next chunk.

Some z/OS objects are too big to read into memory all at once, these are called "more" objects. The initial request gets the first group of nnn records, then a More or Next request must be made to get the next group of nnn records. This can be repeated until all records are retrieved.

There is a system parameter associated with each more-object that provides the default nnn value. You may specify as many of these parameters as needed to provide appropriate values for your use. But remember, for each value you specify, that is the number of records for the associated object that will be read into memory at a time. The higher the number, the more memory required.

When a More object is input to a join process, all parts of the More object are read into memory above the bar as part of the join preparation. That is, the entire object is placed into memory, not just one part of it, as preparation for the join. If a filter is not applied to the More object to find a considerably smaller subset of the object records to take part in the join, placing the entire More object in memory, even though it is above the bar, will still consume a large amount of memory, and impact the paging space needed to support the memory usage. So be careful to do proper planning and analysis when implementing joins upon More objects.

Note: For more information, see the section Memory and Paging in the CA Vantage SRM Reference Guide.

Next (Next block of records)

The Next icon toolbar icon and the Next menu option in the Operate menu instructs the system to retrieve the data sets for the next volume or storage group in the data sets By Volume and By Storage Group objects. (These objects are located in the Data Set Management folder.)

Filter and sort criteria defined for the object are observed when you click Next.

Note: The Next icon is also available on More objects.

Example of using the Next icon or the Next menu option

In the Data sets by volume object, you can click the Next icon or select the Next menu option to page through all the volumes defined on the system. Similarly, if the table shows data sets by storage group, clicking the Next icon or the Next menu option displays the list of data sets in the next pool or group.

Open Zoom

Use the Open Zoom function from the Operate menu or the Open Zoom icon on the object toolbar to obtain more information about a selected record. After you select Open Zoom from the Edit menu or click the Open Zoom toolbar icon, the Windows Client displays all the source objects to which you can zoom from the current table. Click the zoom view you want to display.

Monitor

Allows the user to immediately collect a specific range of data, and reporting interval in minutes.

Note: For more information about Monitor, see the section Monitor Mode.

Mode

Use Mode to specify the source of the data you want to view. Depending on the object, options can include: Last Interval (LI), Real-Time (RT), Snapshot Copy (SC), Disk Checkpoint (DC), and Disk Interval (DI).

Note: For more information about data collection Modes, see the section Selecting an Object Mode.

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