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Use the Keep Window

The Keep Window is a dynamic area located just above the highlighted header line on any display. The size of the window is dynamic depending on the number of data lines added. When the window is empty, its borders are not displayed. You can copy any data line from any viewer display into this area, causing that data line to remain in view even after you exit the display.

Examples of data you might add to your Keep Window include:

To add a data line to your Keep Window, first type KEEP on the command line, then place your cursor on the desired data line and press Enter. Alternatively, if you have set a PF key for KEEP, place your cursor on any data line and press that key. The data line is added automatically to your Keep Window.

The following example shows compile information for program SBDEMOC in the Keep Window:

CA SymDump Batch V9.0 ------------ Report ----------------------- Line 22 of 898 Command ===>                                                   Scroll ===> CSR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JobName  SBDEMOC    Step/Tsk  RUN       UserId  USER02      Date  2007/06/05   Program  SBDEMOC    Offset    0003B94   Comp    S=0C7       Time  12.05        ----------------------------------- (Keep) ------------------------------------ COMPILED ON 21 MAY,2007 AT 16.30.20 WITH COBOL FOR Z/OS 3.4.1                  COMPILE OPTIONS: ADV, APOST, NOAWO, DATA(31), DBCS, NODECK, NODUMP, DYNAM,                    NOFASTSRT, LIB, LIST, MAP, NONAME, NONUMBER, OBJECT, NOOFFSET,                  OPTIMIZE, NUMPROC(PFD), RENT, SEQUENCE, SOURCE, NOSSRANGE,                  NOTERM, NOTEST, TRUNC(STD), NOVBREF, NOWORD, XREF, ZWB ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lvl 3 ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+.... **********************                                                         * ABENDING STATEMENT *                                                         **********************                                                                                                                                        PROGRAM: SBDEMOC   OFFSET: 003B8E  LINE: 001284                                                                                                               001284        MOVE MASK1  TO  BINARY-1                                                                                      LINE#   LEVEL/FIELD NAME                      VALUE/LOCATION                   ------  ---------------------------------     -------------------------------- 000329  03 MASK1                              ALL '*'                          

Each user has a separate Keep Window for each report they view. The contents of each is saved in the user profile when a report viewing session is ended and is restored to the same state the next time that same dump is selected for viewing.

Note: You can also use the KEEP command from the Report Index panel, but that window is maintained separately, is not preserved across sessions, and cannot be viewed while a report is loaded.

To remove a data line from the Keep Window, first type KEEP on the command line, place your cursor on the line being removed, and press Enter. If you have a PF key set for KEEP, place your cursor on the line being removed and press that key.

To prevent your Keep Window from being displayed without removing its contents, type KEEP OFF on the command line and press Enter. Type KEEP ON to restore the display at any time. The status of your window display (ON or OFF) is also saved in the user profile for each report you view.

Note: When the Keep Window status is OFF, the data in your Keep Window is not lost; it is simply not displayed until the window display is reactivated. Data cannot be added or removed from the Keep Window while its status is OFF.

On some terminals, adding several lines to your Keep Window can dramatically reduce the number of visible lines of report data. If this is a problem, you can use the PROFILE command to suppress the information area at the top of the display.