Entire Operations provides a comprehensive online help facility to help you select the appropriate function, command or item from any system screen.
Help texts are available on two levels:
This section covers the following topics:
The hierarchy of the help screens reflects the hierarchy of Entire Operations system screens. This means that you can invoke the online help facility from any system screen and you immediately see the help text defined for that screen. You can then return to the system screen or ask for more help.
The easiest way to invoke online help for any system screen is to simply
press PF1 (Help). Alternatively, you can enter the direct command
HELP in the Command => line
of any screen and press ENTER. From the Main
Menu, there is also a third alternative: selecting the Help
option.
To enter the online help facility at the top end of the hierarchy
Press PF1 (Help) in the Main Menu.
The main Entire Operations Help menu appears with a list of selectable items and a short explanation of their meaning:
05.12.14 Entire Operations Help 12:24:56
----------------------------- Table of contents ------------------------------
Option ==> H00000
E n t i r e O p e r a t i o n s H e l p
Please select one of the following items to get detailed information:
1 Help about Help - The Entire Operations Help System
2 The Maps - Functionality of Entire Operations Maps
3 Networks and Jobs - Maintenance of Networks and Jobs
4 Schedules - Definition and usage of Schedules
5 Calendars - Definition and usage of Calendars
6 Active Queue - Display and modification of Active Jobs
7 Symbol Tables - Symbol table editing
8 Logging - Selection and display of Log Information
9 Dynamic JCL - How to work with dynamic JCL
10 System - System Administrator Utilities
11 Active Conditions - Maintenance of Active Conditions
12 Editor - The Entire Operations Editor
more ...
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Quit End Forw |
Press PF8 (Forw) to display the next help screen:
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----------------------- Table of contents (continued) ------------------------
Option ==> H0000020
E N T I R E O P E R A T I O N S H E L P
Please select one of the following items to get detailed information:
13 Reports - Entire Operations Reporting Facility
14 Cross References - Entire Operations Cross References
15 Direct Commands - How to use the Command Line
16 Import/Export - Usage of the Import/Export Utility
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Quit End Back |
You can press PF7 (Back) to return to the previous help screen.
To select a Help item
in the Option ==> field at the top of the
menu, enter the number that corresponds to the required item, for example,
5 for .
Press ENTER.
The first help screen for the selected item (here: Calendars) appears:
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--------------------------- Calendar Maintenance -----------------------------
Option ==> H13000
Function
This screen displays a list of defined calendars.
The calendar owner may be preselected.
Modification is allowed for own and linked owners only.
Line Commands ( * Enter letter for more help)
C Copy of a calendar.
D Deletion of a calendar.
* L List (display) of a calendar (modification not possible).
* M Modification of a calendar.
S Short description.
W Where used.
Shows the job networks, for which the calendar is defined.
New calendars can be added with * PF2.
more ...
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Help texts may consist of one or more screen pages. If a help text
consists of more pages, you are notified by the prompt more ... at
the bottom of the screen. Press PF8 (Forw) to display more help and
press PF7 (Back) to return to the previous help screen.
Some help screens provide direct access to help texts on a related
item or on another level in the help screen hierarchy. You can enter the number
or letter for the required item in the Option field at the
top of the help screen and press ENTER to display the associated
help text. On help screens which list several items, an asterisk
(*) marks the items on which more help is directly available.
To invoke a screen help
Press PF1 (Help) from any system screen.
A help text appears with general information about the screen from which you invoked the online help (example):
03.11.16 Entire Operations Help 18:01:05
---------------------------- Network Maintenance -----------------------------
Option ==> H11000
Function
A list of the defined or active networks.
Various functions are available via line commands.
New networks can be added with PF2 (appl. to master networks only)
The fields on the map
Cmd For the line command.
Run Number of currently active runs for this network.
Owner The owner of the network.
Network The network name.
Node The default node for the jobs in the network.
Description A short explanation.
A bigger description is available with 'Description'.
Note: Character 'L' (Loop) is displayed between column Cmd and
column Run if a definition loop was detected in the network.
more ...
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Quit End Forw |
Some Help screens provide direct access to help texts on a related item or on another level in the Help screen hierarchy. Proceed as described in [5] above.
On the field level, you can invoke a window containing a help text for the field or a selection list:
To invoke a field help text from a system screen
Enter a question mark (?) in the selected input field
and press ENTER.
A window similar to the example below opens with an explanation of the field:
05.12.14 ***** Entire Operations ***** 13:04:49
Job Maintenance Owner NOPALL Network EA0250S1 Version
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| Job Definition (Master) | -J
| | -J
| Job Name ==> ST11-TEST_ Mod ==> SAG 05.11.14 14:04 | -J
| Description ==> Where it all starts_______________________________ | -J
| Job Type ==> JOB | -J
| Execution Node ==> N0082 MVS/ESA | -J
| |
| Special Type ==> ________ Symbol Table ==> ?A0250S1__ | -J
| Restartable ==> N Symbol Table Version ==> __________ |
| Suffix Symbol ==> +------------------------------------------+
| | |
| | Symbol Table |
| End-of-Job Action Errors se | | *
| | The Symbol Table contains the Variables |
| Enter-PF1---PF2--PF3--PF4--- | for the Dynamic JCL Generation. |
| Help Add End Edit | It can be maintained manually or be |
+----------------------------- | modified by programs. |
| |
| Enter * to select a Symbol Table. |
+------------------------------------------+
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Help Add End Save Up Down Menu |
If you do not know the appropriate values for an input field of an Entire Operations definition screen or window, you can usually open a selection window and select a value from a list: see the section Selecting Items from a Menu for further information.
The following PF keys are available in the online help facility:
| PF Key | Name | Function |
|---|---|---|
| PF2 | Quit | Leave the online help facility. |
| PF3 | End | Return to previous screen. |
| PF7 | Back | Scroll up (backwards). |
| PF8 | Forw | Scroll down (forward). |
You can use the direct command HELP to
display the long text of an Entire Operations system error message.
For the syntax that applies to the direct command
HELP
and all options provided with the command, see the Direct
Commands documentation.
For further information on system messages and the locations where they appear, see the section System Messages.
You can use the TECH direct command to
displays technical information on your current Entire Operations session as
shown in the following example:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Entire Operations 5.4.3.1 11.08.15 | | | | System Automation Tools 3.4.4.1 11.08.15 | | Entire System Server 3.5.4 Nd. 146 | | Natural 8.2.5 | | Editor 8.2.5 25.07.11 | | | | Program MENUEOR | | Map | | Library EOR543 Entire Operations 543 | | Codepage IBM01140 | | | | User - Id JMT John M. Test | | Date / Time 04.09.15 11:44:16 | | Terminal 1 48 VIDEO | | TP/OP System COMPLETE DAEF MVS/ESA SP7.2.1 JES2 z/OS 2.1 | | | | PF3 End PF4 NOP Fixes PF5 SAT Fixes | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
For further information, see TECH in the Direct Commands documentation.