Viewing Job/Network Accounting Information

You can view the start and end times, elapsed time and CPU time for previous runs of a job. The information is taken from the Entire Operations log file.

This document covers the following topics:

You can display accounting data for a single job or all jobs contained in a network.

Note:
You can also generate reports from accounting data (see Example of Accounting Information in the section Reporting).


Displaying Accounting Data

Start of instruction set To display accounting data

  1. For a network:

    On a Network Maintenance or Active Job Networks screen, type T (Acct/Accounting) in the line command field next to the required network and press ENTER.

    Or:
    For a job:

    On a Job Maintenance screen, type S (Sched.Parms) in the line command field next to the required job and press ENTER.

    Or:

    On an Active Jobs screen, type A (Sc.P) in the line command field next to the required job and press ENTER.

    In the Scheduling Parameters window that opens choose PF10 (Acct).

    A Date / Run Number Selection window similar to the examples below opens:

    For a selected network:

    +----------------------------------------------------+
    |                                                    |
    |  Owner EXAMPLE Network B60-FLOW                    |
    |             Date / Run Number Selection            |
    |                                                    |
    |  From Date 31.01.19  00:00   to 31.01.19  11:39    |
    |  From Run  1____             to 99999              |
    |                                                    |
    |  PF3  End                                          |
    +----------------------------------------------------+

    For a selected job:

    +----------------------------------------------------+
    |                                                    |
    |  Owner EXAMPLE Network E01-CONTI Job E01-J05       |
    |             Date / Run Number Selection            |
    |                                                    |
    |  From Date 31.01.19  00:00   to 31.01.19  11:53    |
    |  From Run  1____             to 99999              |
    |                                                    |
    |  PF3  End                                          |
    +----------------------------------------------------+
  2. If required, changes the field entries to specify the period and number range for which you want to view accounting data. The input fields are explained in Fields: Range Specification for Accounting Data in the section Schedule Maintenance.

  3. Press ENTER.

    An Accounting Information screen similar to the following Example 1 appears:

     30.01.19                ***** Entire Operations *****                16:50:38 
     Owner  EXAMPLE             Accounting Information           Network E01-CONTI 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Job          Run Step JobId Start          Stop         Elapsed min CPU Tm sec
     E01-J01     1382     303599 30.01 05:00:21 30.01 05:00:21      0.00       0.01
     E01-J02     1382     303600       05:00:22       05:00:22      0.00       0.01
     E01-J03     1382     303601       05:00:22       05:00:22      0.00       0.06
     E01-J04     1382     303602       05:00:22       05:00:22      0.00       0.01
     E01-J06     1382     303604       05:00:41       05:01:11      0.50       0.06
     (Network)   1382                  05:00:21       05:05:22      5.01       0.16
     E01-J05     1382     303603       05:00:22       05:05:22      5.00       0.01
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                              ---------- ----------
     Averages from 30.01.19 05:00 to 30.01.19 05:05 are             0.92       0.03
     ******************************* Bottom of Data *******************************
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
    Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
          Help        End   Net               Up    Down  Step

    You can use PF4 (Net/Job) to toggle between the display of job and network-specific information shown in Example 2 below:

     30.01.19                ***** Entire Operations *****                16:55:33 
     Owner  EXAMPLE             Accounting Information           Network E01-CONTI 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Job          Run Step JobId Start          Stop         Elapsed min CPU Tm sec
     -           1382            30.01 04:10:11                     0.00       0.00
     (Network)   1382                  05:00:21 30.01 05:05:22      5.01       0.16
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                              ---------- ----------
     Averages from 30.01.19 04:10 to 30.01.19 05:05 are             2.51       0.08
     ******************************* Bottom of Data *******************************
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
    Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
          Help        End   Job               Up    Down

    For z/OS jobs, you can use PF9 (Step/Job) to toggle between the display of jobs and jobs with job steps shown in Example 3 below:

     30.01.19                ***** Entire Operations *****                16:56:51 
     Owner  EXAMPLE             Accounting Information           Network E01-CONTI 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Job          Run Step JobId Start          Stop         Elapsed min CPU Tm sec
     E01-J01     1382 STEP01     30.01 05:00:00 30.01 05:00:00      0.00       0.01
     E01-J01     1382     303599       05:00:21       05:00:21      0.00       0.01
     E01-J02     1382 STEP02           05:00:00       05:00:00      0.00       0.01
     E01-J02     1382     303600       05:00:22       05:00:22      0.00       0.01
     E01-J03     1382 STEP03           05:00:00       05:00:00      0.00       0.06
     E01-J03     1382     303601       05:00:22       05:00:22      0.00       0.06
     E01-J04     1382 STEP03           05:00:00       05:00:00      0.00       0.01
     E01-J04     1382     303602       05:00:22       05:00:22      0.00       0.01
     E01-J06     1382 STEP06           05:00:00       05:01:00      1.00       0.06
     E01-J06     1382     303604       05:00:41       05:01:11      0.50       0.06
     (Network)   1382                  05:00:21       05:05:22      5.01       0.16
     E01-J05     1382 STEP05           05:00:00       05:05:00      5.00       0.01
     E01-J05     1382     303603       05:00:22       05:05:22      5.00       0.01
                                                                                   
                                                              ---------- ----------
     Averages from 30.01.19 05:00 to 30.01.19 05:05 are             0.92       0.03
     ******************************* Bottom of Data *******************************
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
    Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
          Help        End   Net               Up    Down  Job

    For explanations of the columns on the Accounting Information screen, see Accounting Information/Schedule of Jobs reports only under Fields and Columns: Reporting Fields and Columns: Reports in the section Reporting.

Note:
Step data is only displayed if the Collect z/OS step accounting data option is enabled in the Entire Operations default settings: see Default Setting (3) in the Administration documentation.

Fields: Range Specification for Accounting Data

The fields of the Date / Run Number Selection window are described in the following table:

Field Description
From Date ... to Enter start (From) and end (To) dates and times to specify the time frame for which to display accounting data.

Default is the current date, from midnight until the current time.

For valid date and time input formats, see Date and Time Formats.

From Run ... to Enter start (From) and end (To) run numbers to specify the number range for which to display accounting data.

Default is from 1 to 99999.

Special PF Keys: Accounting Data

You can perform the following functions from the Accounting Information screen using these PF keys:

PF Key Name Function
PF4  Net

or

Job

 
Toggle key for alternate displays:
PF9 Step

or

Job

Toggle key for alternate displays of z/OS jobs:
  • Job and job step data together (see Example 3).

  • Job and network data together (see Example 1).