Getting Started with Natural Review

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# Getting Started with Natural Review

Natural Review (REVIEW NM) is a monitoring facility that provides response time and user activity information about Natural applications running under the TP monitor CICS. The product includes a User Profile System which is an administrative facility used for defining access privileges to Review.

The Natural Review documentation contains all information required to install and use Natural Review.

This section describes the procedures for logging on to Natural Review, using the online help system, using function codes, PF keys and commands, and ending your Natural Review session.

This section covers the following topics:

- Natural Review Logon Procedure

- Natural Review Main Menu

- Using the Online Help System

- Natural Review Function Codes

- Natural Review Commands

- Ending a Natural Review Session

#### Notation vrs or vr

When used in this documentation, the notation vrs or vr represents the relevant product version (see also Version in the Glossary).

#### Related Documentation:

Installing Natural Review in the Installation for z/OS documentation

## Natural Review Logon Procedure

Natural Review is a standard Natural application that resides in the Natural library `SYSRNM`.

To access Natural Review

1. Access Natural as you do normally.

2. At the `NEXT` prompt, enter `LOGON SYSRNM` and then `MENU`,

   or enter `SYSRNM` at the `NEXT` prompt.

When you have successfully logged on to Natural Review, either the Natural Review logo screen or the Main Menu screen (see below) is displayed.

Note that the `SYSRNM` utility now runs in utility mode. This means, a `LOGON` to the library `SYSRNM` will no longer be performed to start the utility. See the section Utility Activation in the Natural Utilities documentation.

## Natural Review Main Menu

If you press ENTER from the Natural Review logo screen, the Natural Review Main Menu, similar to the one shown below, is displayed.

    10:11:35              ***** REVIEW NM UTILITY *****                  2006-03-02
                                  - Main Menu -

                        Code  Function

                         NM   Natural Monitor System
                         UP   User Profile System

      REV00001 - Welcome to Review NM running under CICS
      Command ===>
      Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
            Help        Exit                                                  Fin

The Main Menu displays the Natural Review systems available at your site.

Your Natural Review user profile may be configured to bypass the Natural Review Main Menu and display one of the system menus instead.

The Main Menu provides access to the two systems of Natural Review. On the command line, type the code that corresponds to the system you wish to use, and press ENTER.

Depending on how Natural Review is configured at your site, you may use any or all of the following systems:

Code | System | Description
--- | --- | ---
`NM` | Natural Monitor | Used to obtain response time and user information about Natural applications running under CICS.
`UP` | User Profile | Used to create user profiles that define access privileges to Natural Review.

## Using the Online Help System

Online help is available for Natural Review systems and functions at any time during the Natural 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

- Press PF1 or enter the `HELP` command on the command line.

To access specific help windows for options available in lists

- Enter a question mark (?) on the data entry field (`Sel` column). If specific help is not available, the general help for the screen is displayed.

To access help about another context than the current

- Enter question mark (?) or `HELP` followed by the function code or command on the command line (`NM` system only).

The following PF keys are available within the online help system:

PF Key | Command | Description
--- | --- | ---
PF3 | `Exit` | Exit from the display.
PF7 | `-` | Scroll one page backwards.
PF8 | `+` | Scroll one page forward.
PF9 | `- -` | Scroll to the top of the text.
PF10 | `++` | Scroll to the bottom of the text.

## Natural Review Function Codes

Natural Review systems are menu-driven. A series of function codes and commands are used to navigate through the systems.

Function codes are used to access both the Natural Review systems and the functions within each system. Functions within systems may contain several "layers" of screens.

Entering a single function code 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 display the Summary of Active Users screen by entering the following string on the command line of the Natural Review Main Menu:

    NM SA

The `NM` code accesses the Natural Monitor system, and the `SA` code accesses the Summary of Active Users screen.

Similarly, you can list the reports that have been started on the Natural Monitor system by entering the following on the command line of the Natural Review Main Menu:

    NM RT LS

The `NM` code accesses the Natural Monitor system, the `RT` code accesses the Response Time Subsystem, and the `LS` code accesses the Started Reports screen.

## Natural Review Commands

Commands are used to perform specific tasks within a function.

To issue a Natural Review command

- Type the command on the command line and press ENTER;

  or press the PF key corresponding to the command, if applicable.

A command may be included in a string, provided the command is the last element.

Some commands are standard throughout Natural Review, and may be issued from any screen. These include:

Command | PF Key | Description
--- | --- | ---
`COLOR OFF` |  | Return to a noncolor display.
`COLOR ON` |  | Display color attributes, if applicable.
`EXIT` | PF3 | Terminate the function and return to the menu screen that precedes it.
`FIN` or `QUIT` | PF12 | Terminate the Natural Review session. Assigned to PF12 on the Natural Review Main Menu. On all other screens PF12 returns you to the Natural Review Main Menu.
`HELP` or `?` | PF1 | Display the help screens for a particular screen or field. The question mark (?) is used to display help for a specific field. A keyword may be entered after `HELP`.
`LFILE` |  | Display the used system files and allow to change the Natural Review repository files.
`LOGO` |  | Display the logo screen.
`LOGON library` |  | Log on to the specified Natural library.
`MENU` | PF12 | Terminate the function, and return to the Natural Review Main Menu, except when you are already on the Natural Review Main Menu. There PF12 terminates the Natural Review session.
`MSG` |  | Display detailed explanations of Natural Review messages. May be issued with or without a message number. If no message number is included, Natural Review displays the explanation for the last message received.
`REVPROD` |  | Display the version number of the Natural Review subsystems being used in the current session of Natural Review.

The following PF keys are available on most Natural Monitor screens:

PF Key | Command | Description
--- | --- | ---
PF1 | `Help` | Access the help system.
PF3 | `Exit` | Exit from the display.
PF12 | `Menu` | Return to the Natural Review Main Menu.

Other Natural Review commands and PF keys are local to a particular system or function. 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.

Examples of list functions include the List Started Reports (`LS`) functions in the Natural Monitor system, and the List User Profiles (`LU`) function in the User Profile System.

## Ending a Natural Review Session

There are several ways to end a Natural Review session. Any one of the following may be used:

To end the function you are using and return to the menu from which the function was called

- Press PF3;

  or enter the `EXIT` command on the command line and press ENTER.

To end the function you are using and return to the Natural Review Main Menu

- Press PF12;

  or enter the `MENU` command on the command line and press ENTER.

To end your Natural Review session while on the Natural Review Main Menu

- Press PF3 (`Exit`);

  or press PF12 (`Fin`).

To end your Natural Review session from the command line of any Natural Review function

- Enter the `FIN` command on the command line and press ENTER;

  or enter the `QUIT` command on the command line and press ENTER.

### On this page

- Natural Review Logon Procedure
- Natural Review Main Menu
- Using the Online Help System
- Natural Review Function Codes
- Natural Review Commands
- Ending a Natural Review Session