Changing global options

Use the Global Options Menu panel to modify the Collector global options.

Select 3 Configure Global Options from the Collector Main Administration Menu panel, CIU000 (shown in Collector Main Administration Menu panel, CIU000). The Collector Global Options Menu panel, Figure 1, is displayed. From this panel, you can set or modify the following global options that apply to all the regions being monitored:
  • Whether VSAM file sharing is to be used
  • Start of changeWhether the CICS® IA collector is terminated when a CICS IAerror occursEnd of change
  • Whether high-level tracing is on or off
  • Whether CICS TS tracing is on or off
  • The National Language to be used in screens and messages
  • The date and time formats to be used in screens and messages
Figure 1. Collector Global Options Menu panel, CIU300
 CIU300        CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS - V5R1M0        2012/08/19
                          Global Options Menu                         12:20:28PM
                                                                           
 Modify the options and press Enter to update, or press F12 to cancel.    
                                                                          
 Control options 
   VSAM file sharing  . . . . . : Y  (Yes/No)      1     
   Terminate on Abend . . . . . : N  (Yes/No)      2   
   High Level Trace . . . . . . : N  (1/2/3/No)    3   
   Restore Trace flags. . . . . : N  (Yes/No)      4                                                                      
                                                                        
 National Language Option . . . : E  Code: ENU   5   
                                                                          
 Date and Time Formats                                    6   
   Date . . . . . . 4 1. MMDDYY 2. DDMMYY     Separator  . . . . . . . . /
                      3. YYMMDD 4. YYYYMMDD                               
                                                                          
   Time . . . . . . 1 1. 12 hrs 2. 24 hrs     Separator  . . . . . . . . :
                                                                          
       
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
CICS Sysid:  TLS3   CICS Applid:  IYCLZC03   TermID:  TC20                
                                                                          
 F1=Help      F2=           F3=End       F4=          F5=Refresh   F6=    
 F7=          F8=           F9=          F10=         F11=         F12=Cancel
Note:

 1  VSAM file sharing

This option is used to specify whether the Collector is to save the dependency and affinity data for all monitored CICS regions to a single set of VSAM files that you have shared between regions using either VSAM RLS or function shipping, or to multiple separate, region-specific, sets of files. Type Y or N. The default is N (No), data will be saved in separate sets of files.

To control the operation of multiple instances of the Collector, running on different regions, from a single CICS terminal, set this option to Y.

Start of change 2  Terminate on AbendEnd of change

This option is used to specify whether the Collector is terminated with an IUZT abend when an error occurs when CICS IA queries DB2®. Type Y or N.

 3  High Level Trace

This option is used to specify whether the high-level trace is to be turned on for the Collector. Type 1, 2, or 3 to specify which level of trace points you want to collect, or type N to turn off this option. The default is N (No), trace is turned off.

The CICS IA trace points are of the following types:
  • The points of level 1 are included in CICS IA modules at the entry and exit of a module.
  • The points of level 2 are included in CICS IA® modules in all other cases.
  • The points of level 3 are included in GLUE or TRUE.

You can set this levels through the CINT transaction.

 4  Restore Trace flags

This option is used to specify whether to restore Trace flags values after a CICS IA stop. Type Y or N. The default is N (No), trace is turned off.

 5  National Language Option

The 1-character code for the National Language to be used by CICS IA. The possible values are as follows:
E
US English.
K
Japanese. For Japanese to be displayed, the terminal must be configured with the CICS SOSI attribute.

 6  Date and Time Formats

To set the date format to be used by CICS IA, type the corresponding number (1 - 4) in the Date field. The default is 4. Type the separator character to be used in dates (for example, / or ) in the Date Separator field. The default character is "/".

To set the time format to be used by CICS IA, type the corresponding number (1 for 12-hour clock format or 2 for 24-hour clock format) in the Time field. The times are shown in the local time. The default is 1. Type the separator character to be used in times in the Time Separator field. The default character is ":".