Entire Operations logs all important system events. You can view logs specific to an owner, network or job and specify selection criteria for the log report to be produced.
You can also use the monitoring function to observe all activities currently running in your Entire Operations environment.
The default system log displays information about activities in the
system as a whole such as user actions, date and time of events and messages
about events. If more information is available for any item on the system log,
it is preceded by an asterisk (*). Log information at the job
level can be any of the following:
JCL log
Displays the JCL of a specific job run;
SYSOUT log
Displays the SYSOUT of a specific job run;
System message log
Displays all operating system messages about jobs. The system log
displays the first of these messages. You can select a job from the system log
to display all system messages for that job.
A selection window asks you to select the default log according to owner, network, job and run number.
This document covers the following topics:
Defining Job-Specific Log Information in the section Job Maintenance
To display log information
For a single node item:
From the object workspace, select the object whose log you want to see and choose (if applicable) from the context menu.
Or:
For a selected owner and network:
From the object workspace, select the General node and choose .
A Log Display Selection window similar to the example below opens:
Specify the required selection criteria. The input fields are explained in Fields: Log Display Selection.
Choose .
The logging information is shown in a Browse Log window similar to the example below:
For explanations of the columns, see Columns: Browse Log. The functions of the context menu are described in Available Functions: Browse Log.
The Log Display Selection window provides the following input fields:
| Field/Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Date/Time from | Start date and time for the log
display.
Default: Current date and 00:00:00 for time in the format HH:II:SS. |
| Date/Time to | End date and time for the log display.
Default: Current date and time in the format HH:II:SS. |
| Max. Lines | Maximum number of lines to display in the log.
|
| Owner | Name of the owner whose log is to be displayed.
Select an owner from the drop-down list box or leave the field blank to display the log for all owners. |
| Network | Name of the network whose log is to be displayed.
Select a network from the drop-down list box or leave the field blank to display the log for all networks. |
| Run | Run number or a range of numbers to be displayed
in the log.
Can be used only if an owner and a network are specified. Select a run number from the drop-down list box or leave the field blank to display the log for all run numbers. Default: 1-9999 (all). |
| Job | Job whose log is to be displayed.
Select a job from the drop-down list box or leave the field blank to display the log for all jobs. |
| User | User ID or Monitor task name (or ranges) for which the log is
to be displayed.
Enter (or select) a user ID or Monitor
task name (for example, To display the log for all users and tasks, either leave the field
blank (default) or enter an asterisk only ( |
| Automatically go to end | If this option is selected, scrolls down to the end of the log
report to see the most recent log entries.
This setting can also be specified as a default value in the user profile: see the section User Maintenance in the Administration documentation. |
The Browse Log window contains the following columns:
| Column | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Num | Log line number. | ||
| User ID | User ID or Monitor task
name.
An ID or name preceded by an asterisk ( For more information, see Extended Log. |
||
| Owner | Owner name in Entire Operations. | ||
| Job | Entire Operations job name. | ||
| Network | Name of the job network. | ||
| Run | Job run number. | ||
| Date | Date of log entry. | ||
| Time | Time of log entry. | ||
| Message | Message text.
Depending on the default display option set (see
List
Display Options in the
Administration documentation), the message text is
prefixed with a message code (if one exists), for example: |
||
The context menu of the Browse Log window provides the following functions:
| Function | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Copy | CTRL+C | Copies the currently selected text. In case some text from the selection is not received from a server, a warning is shown and the Copy function is not performed. |
| Select All | CTRL+A | Selects all text. |
| Reverse Order | CTRL+R | Shows text in the reverse order. |
| Find | CTRL+F | Finds the text fragment. |
| Find next | F3 | Finds the next text fragment. |
| Go To | CTRL+G | Moves the cursor to the specified line number. |
| CTRL+P | Prints log data. | |
| Refresh | F5 | Refreshes the log with
"time to"=actual time |
| Refresh with new start time | F4 | Refreshes the log with
"time from"=time from the selected row "time to"=actual time |
| Extended Log | CTRL+E | Displays job-specific
extended log information if
available for the log item.
Extended log information is marked with an asterisk
( |
Job-specific extended logs are available if specified in the job master definition: see Specifying Extended Log Information in the section Job Maintenance.
An asterisk (*) in the User
ID column of a log item indicates that an extended log is
available for the job listed in this log line.
To display an extended log
In the User ID column of the
Browse Log
window, place the cursor in an item that begins with an asterisk
(*) and choose Extended Log from the context
menu, or press CTRL+E.
Or:
From an
Import/Export
window, choose Display.
An Extended Log window similar to the example below opens:
The example contains logs about an import or export operation.
The following types of extended logs are available:
JCL Log
If you specified JCL
logging in the job master definition, the JCL of the job run
selected from the Browse Log window
is displayed in the editor (browse mode). The JCL log source is dependent upon
the operating system, in which the job has run.
SYSOUT Log
If you specified the job SYSOUT to be logged after job
termination in the job master definition, the SYSOUT of the job run selected
from the Browse Log window
is displayed in the editor (browse mode).
Operating System Messages
If you specified operating system
messages to be logged
according to the criteria defined in the job master definition, the messages of
the job run selected from the Browse Log
window are displayed in the editor (browse mode).
Active/Pregenerated JCL Modifications
If you specified to log the changes made to an active/pregenerated
JCL by setting the corresponding option in the Defaults:
System/Log Files
(Administration documentation), JCL changes are visible in
detail for the job selected from Browse Log
window.
Import/Export Log
You can choose Display from an
Import/Export
window to view an extended
log file containing information on an import or export
operation.
Activity monitoring is used to permanently display Entire Operations events that currently occur in your Entire Operations environment.
The following applies to the monitoring feature:
The activity monitoring facility receives its data from the Entire Operations log file.
The activity monitoring facility only displays the most important messages. Error messages and other very important messages appear highlighted.
The default setting displays events starting from the current time.
This section covers the following topics:
To start monitoring and display activities
In the object workspace, select the metanode.
Open the context menu and choose .
An Activity Log window similar to the example below opens:
All current activities within Entire Operations are logged and displayed in this window. Error messages are highlighted in red.
The columns contained on the screen are described in Columns: Activity Log.
You can use the Auto Refresh and Refresh options to update the display and modify the update interval. See also Refreshing Object Lists.
You can use the option to automatically scroll to the latest activity.
The columns in the Activity Log window are described in the following table:
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Owner | Owner of the active network. |
| Network | Name of the active network. |
| Job | Name of the active job. |
| Run | Run number as assigned to the active network by Entire Operations. |
| Job ID | Job identifier as assigned by the operating system or by the job entry subsystem. |
| Time | Last action or check time for the job. |
| Message | Last message issued for the job by
Entire Operations.
For a list of possible messages, see Messages in Active Jobs Lists in the Messages and Codes documentation. |