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Displaying Command Output

The formatted screens let you edit JCL and add information to the CA Workload Automation SE database. Also, you can get information from CA Workload Automation SE by typing various commands on the top line of any screen. The command that you enter usually stays on the top line of the screen. The information that you request is displayed below it. Try this process now. Move the cursor to the top line of the JCL Library Maintenance screen (above the FUNCTION field and the screen name). Type the following command:

/DISPLAY,ST=KEY

Press Enter. You see a screen that lists the PF and PA keys. The screen also tells you the commands that are executed by pressing those keys:

/DISPLAY,ST=KEY

*** KEY DISPLAY ***  (SD1001 )                                        PAGE 0001
KEY      FUNCTION

           --- INITIALIZATION ---
PF12  VTAM LOGOFF KEY
           --- DEFAULT ---
PF01  /PURGPG
PF02  /COPY
PF03  /NXTMSG (FORMATTED SCREENS USE PF3 TO RETURN TO MENU)
PA01  /PAGE+1 (FORMATTED SCREENS USE PF8 FOR /PAGE+1)
PA02  /PAGE-1 (FORMATTED SCREENS USE PF7 FOR /PAGE-1)

The screen that you see can vary, depending on the way PF and PA keys were defined in your shop.

If the output from this command cannot all fit on one screen, press Enter to scroll to the next screen.

When you are finished looking at the output, you have three choices:

• You can repeat your command by simply retyping the first character. This command shows any data that has changed after you first entered the command.
• You can enter another command by typing the new command directly over the old command on the top line of the screen. This command can be either a request for different output or DB to return to the Data Base Maintenance Menu. (If your new command is shorter than the old command, use the Erase EOF key to erase the characters you do not need.)
• Sometimes your new command is similar to the old command. In this case, you can modify the parts of the command that are different.

Try the third choice now by typing JCL over KEY. When you press Enter, the output on your screen changes to look like the following example:

/DISPLAY,ST=JCL

*** JCL DISPLAY ***                                                  PAGE 0001
            DATASET NAME                     INDEX ALT  DSORG  VOLSER   LTERM

CAI.CA7.CAIHELP                               255  N/A  PDS    M80008  MASTER
CAI.L200.OVERRIDE                             254  N/A  PDS    M80008  MASTER
CAI.L200.JCLLIB                               200  N/A  PDS    M80008  MASTER
CAI.L200.PDSLIB                               000  N/A  PDS    M80008  MASTER

This screen lists the JCL libraries that have been defined to CA Workload Automation SE. The list that you see is different, depending on the JCL libraries that are used in your shop. Each library has an index number in addition to its name. This number is the number that you use to tell CA Workload Automation SE where JCL is stored.

Return to the Data Base Maintenance Menu now. Type DB over the /DISPLAY command. Use your Erase EOF key to blank out the characters at the end of the /DISPLAY command. Then press Enter to display the menu.