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: the screen level and the field level.
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 choose 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 access the online help facility at the top end of the
hierarchy
Choose PF1 (Help) from the Main Menu.
The main Entire Operations Help menu appears with a list of selectable topics and a short explanation of their meaning:
10.09.19 Entire Operations Help 14:05:23
----------------------------- 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
Enter the number of the required topic for detailed information:
1 Help about Help - Entire Operations online help
2 Maps - Main items of online screens/maps
3 Networks and Jobs - Maintenance of networks and jobs
4 Schedules - Maintenance of schedules
5 Calendars - Maintenance of calendars
6 Active Jobs - Display and modification of active jobs
7 Symbol Tables - Maintenance of symbols and symbol tables
8 Logging - Selection and display of log information
9 Dynamic JCL - How to work with dynamic JCL
10 Administration - System administration functions
11 Active Conditions - Maintenance of active conditions
12 Editor - Edit functions for various objects
more ...
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Quit End Forw |
Choose PF8 (Forw) to display the next help screen:
11.09.19 Entire Operations Help 09:21:08
----------------------- 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
Enter the number of the required topic for detailed information:
13 Reports - Entire Operations reporting facility
14 Cross-References - Cross-references about object use
15 Direct Commands - Direct commands for function execution
16 Import/Export - Import/export functions
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Quit End Back |
You can choose PF7 (Back) to return to the previous help screen.
To select a help topic
In the Option ==> field at the top
of the screen, enter the number that corresponds to the required topic, for
example, 5 for .
Press ENTER.
The first help screen for the selected topic (here: Calendars) appears:
05.12.14 Entire Operations Help 12:29:24
--------------------------- 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. Choose PF8 (Forw) to display
more help and choose PF7 (Back) to return to the previous help
screen.
Some help screens provide
direct access to help texts on a related topic or on another level in the help
screen hierarchy. You can enter the number or letter for the required topic
next to the Option ==> field and press ENTER
to display the associated help text. On help screens which list several topics,
an asterisk (*) marks the topics on which more help is directly
available.
To invoke a screen help
Choose 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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Some help screens provide direct access to help texts on a related topic or on another level in the help screen hierarchy. Proceed as described in Step 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 |
Note:
If the question mark (?) is available as a
wildcard for specifying a name range in a field, the field help function may
not be available.
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 Finding System Messages.
Entire Operations displays status or error messages at the following locations:
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| On the current screen | If Entire Operations is used online.
In many cases, additional information is written to the Entire Operations log. Subsequent to more complex errors it is recommended to have a look there. For more information, see Log Information. |
| Message column of the Active Jobs or All Active Jobs screen | Contains the last status message or error message for
the active job.
For more information, see the Message column described in Listing All Active Jobs for All Active Networks. |
| Entire Operations System Log screen | Contains all status messages and error messages.
If database problems prevent you from writing to the log file, then the messages will be written to the SYSOUT of the Monitor tasks. For more information, see Log Information. |
| Monitor Task(s) SYSOUT | Contains mainly start and end messages of the Monitor
tasks.
In this case, some other important events are also logged in addition. |
| Console | On mainframes, weighty messages of the Monitor tasks are
written to the system console.
In most cases, they are to be answered by the operator. An example of this is the non-availability of the database, while the Entire Operations Monitor is running. |
You can use the TECH direct command to
display technical information on your current Entire Operations session as
shown in the following example:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Entire Operations 5.5.1 19-01-29 | | | | System Automation Tools 3.5.1 19-01-29 | | Entire System Server 3.6.2 Nd. 55523 | | Natural 8.2.7.0007 | | Editor 8.2.7 11-07-25 | | | | Program MENUEOR | | Map | | Library SYSEOR syseor | | Codepage IBM01140 | | | | User - Id NOPSAG | | Date / Time 19-02-04 11:32:20 | | Terminal 1 40 VIDEO | | TP/OP System COMPLETE DAEF MVS/ESA SP7.2.2 JES2 z/OS 2.2 | | | | PF3 End PF4 NOP Fixes PF5 SAT Fixes | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
For further information, see TECH in the Direct Commands documentation.