This document tells you how to log on to Adabas Review, use the online help system, use function codes, PF keys and commands, and how to end your Adabas Review session. It is organized in the following topics:
Adabas Review is a standard Natural application that resides in the Natural library SYSREVDB.
To access Adabas Review:
Access Natural as you do normally.
At the NEXT prompt, enter LOGON SYSREVDB.
At the prompt, enter MENU.
Your Adabas Review administrator can tell you if an alternative logon procedure has been defined.
When you log on to Adabas Review, the Main Menu screen is displayed.
This section covers the following topics:
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Code Description
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AA Available Adabas Nuclei
AO Adabas Online System
EB Edit Buffer Pool Report
EL Edit Pulse Report
ER Edit Report Definition
ET Edit Target Definition
EX Edit Cluster Services Report
LH List History Reports
LR List Report Definitions
LS List Started Reports
LT List Target Definitions
UP User Profiles
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Command: ______________________________________________________________________
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Notes:
The following PF keys are available on many of the Adabas Review screens:
Other Adabas Review commands and PF keys are local to a particular function or screen. These commands are usually shown on the relevant screen and have PF keys assigned to them.
Commands used in the list functions are not displayed on the screen. These commands may be displayed by using the online help system.
Adabas Review is menu-driven. A series of function codes and commands are used to navigate through its functions. Functions may contain several "layers" of screens.
Entering function codes singly accesses one layer at a time; entering a string of function codes enables you to bypass intervening screens and go directly to the screen you want.
For example, you can list the reports that have been started (LS) for Adabas Review by entering the following on the command line of the Adabas Review main menu:
LS
The LS code accesses the Started Reports screen.
Commands are used to perform specific tasks within a function.
To issue an Adabas Review command:
type the command on the command line and press ENTER
Or:
press the PF key corresponding to the command, if one has been
defined.
A command may be included in a string, provided the command is the last element.
Some commands are standard throughout Adabas Review, and may be issued from any screen. These include the following:
Other Adabas Review commands are local to a particular system or function. These commands are usually listed on the relevant screen and have PF keys assigned to them.
Line commands used in the list functions are not displayed on the screen. These commands may be displayed by using the online help system.
Online help is available for Adabas Review functions at any time during the Adabas Review session. You may view general help screens describing functions and commands or, if available, help windows for a specific data entry field:
To access the general help screens:
To access specific help windows:
Enter a question mark ( ? ) on the data entry field.
If specific help is not available, the general help for the screen is displayed.
The following PF keys are available within the online help system:
The Adabas Review repository is an Adabas file used for storing report definitions, historical data, and target definitions for Adabas Review.
Depending on the configuration at your site, more than one Adabas Review repository may be associated with your system. For example, if your site has Adabas Review installed on more than one database, there may be an Adabas Review repository for each database.
The Review command SETFILE (or SET) and SETALL (or SETA) may be used to access different Adabas Review repositories and the reports stored on them.
The SETALL command differs
from the SETFILE command in that
it allows you to also change the current DBID/HUBID where Adabas Review is
communicating. Changing this value has the same effect as entering
DBID=nnnnn or HUB=nnnnn into the command line.
To access different Adabas Review repositories:
Enter the command SETFILE or SET on the command line of any Adabas Review screen and press ENTER.
Provide the DBID and FNR for the Adabas Review repository you wish to access and press ENTER.
You are now able to access reports stored on a different Adabas Review repository. The setting remains until you either change it again or log off Adabas Review.
The TECH command provides access to information about the Adabas Review system. It invokes the Technical Information function, which displays Adabas Review environmental and maintenance information. This function is useful for determining
the environment in which Adabas Review is executing; and
the maintenance (ZAPs) applied to the current version of Adabas Review.
You can access the Technical Information function from
the Main Menu
the List Report Definitions (LR) screen
the List Started Reports (LS) screen
To access technical system information:
Type TECH on the command line of one of the appropriate screens and press ENTER.
The TECH command Database System Environment screen is the first to appear:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! 10:07:43 REVIEW Technical Information 2009-06-01 ! ! DATABASE System Environment ! ! ! ! Current REVIEW Target.......... 15690 ! ! REVIEW Nucleus version ........ 4.5.0 ! ! ! ! Link routine exit version ..... 4.5 ! ! Link routine exit status ...... Installed correctly ! ! ! ! Repository status ............. FILE AVAILABLE ! ! Repository dbid ............... 15650 ! ! Repository fnr ................ 50 ! ! ! ! NATURAL nucleus version ....... 4.2 ! ! REVIEW NATURAL code version ... 4.5.1 ! ! ! ! TP monitor type ............... TSO ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Press PF2 for REVIEW fix list, ENTER to exit ! +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
From this screen, you can
Press PF2 to continue to the Maintenance Information screens.
Press ENTER to exit the Technical Information function.
The Database System Environment screen displays information about the following environment variables:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Current Review target | Database ID in local mode or the hub ID in hub mode. |
| Review nucleus version | Version of Adabas Review, either local or for the given Adabas Review hub. |
| Link routine exit version | Version of the Adabas Review link routine exit for the TP monitor currently being used. |
| Link routine exit status | Status of the Adabas Review link routine exit for the TP monitor currently being used. |
| Repository status | Status of the Adabas Review repository identified by the repository DBID. |
| Repository DBID | Database of the Adabas Review repository. The default corresponds to NTFILE 241 in the Natural NATPARM parameter module. This database cannot be in the hub address space. |
| Repository FNR | File number of the Adabas Review repository. |
| Natural nucleus version | Version of Natural currently installed at the user's site. |
| Review Natural code version | Version of the Natural code of the Adabas Review software. |
| TP monitor type | Type of TP system currently being used. |
To obtain information about maintenance (ZAPs):
Press PF2 from the Database System Environment screen.
The TECH command Review Technical Information screen appears displaying the first set of maintenance (ZAP) information:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! 12:53:16 REVIEW Technical Information 2003-07-07 ! ! Released/test zaps applied to REVIEW nucleus code for database 204 ! ! ! ! 2001 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Press PF2 to see optional zaps, ENTER to exit ! +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
From this screen, you can
Press PF1 to invoke HELP from any Technical Information function screen.
Press PF2 to continue through the maintenance screens.
Press ENTER to exit the Technical Information function.
Maintenance information screens display, by number, all of the ZAPs that have been applied to the current version of Adabas Review.
The ZAP numbers are displayed in rows, from left to right in the order they were applied. If the maintenance screen displays released/test ZAPs, the test ZAPs are highlighted. Other maintenance screens display optional ZAPs.
The types of maintenance screens available vary with the operating environment in which Adabas Review resides. Any or all of the following maintenance information screens may be displayed:
ZAPs (released/test, and optional) applied to Adabas Review nucleus for DBID nnnnn
ZAPS (released/test, and optional) applied to Adabas Review link routine exit; and
INPLs (released/test) applied to the Adabas Review Natural code.
Note:
For z/VSE systems, the first and the second screen display all zaps
that are applied to the Adabas Review nucleus and the Adabas Review link routine exit.
An Adabas Review session may be ended in any one of the following ways:
To end the current function and return to the menu from which the
function was called:
To end the function you are using and return to the Adabas Review Main
Menu:
To end your Adabas Review session from the Adabas Review Main Menu:
Press PF3 (Exit); or enter the QUIT command on the command line and press ENTER.
Or:
Press PF12 (Fin); or enter the
FIN command on the command line and press ENTER.
To end your Adabas Review session without returning to the Main Menu:
