Use the Command Flow Editor to edit
the command flow collector options for your currently connected user
ID. The collector must be in the Stopped state.
To open the Command Flow Editor, double-click
your user ID, or select the Edit collector options icon, from the IA Operations view.
The command flow editor
If
the collector is currently stopped, you can use the command flow editor
to view or edit the command flow collector options.

You can use
the command flow editor to edit the following options for the command
flow for your user ID:
- Command Flow Options
- Command Flow ID: can be up to 16 characters in length.
- Traced Terminal ID: can be up to four characters in length, or
you can use an asterisk (*) to match any terminal ID.
- Traced user ID: can be up to eight characters in length.
- Records Before Stopping: the number of CICS IA journal records
collected before stopping. A value of 0 indicates that no limit is
applied.
- Tasks Before Stopping: the number of CICS tasks processed before
stopping. A value of 0 indicates that no limit is applied.
- Transaction Exclude List: can be up to eight characters (only
alphanumeric characters or the @, #, or $ characters). The name of
the list of transaction name prefixes to exclude. Data is not collected
for any transaction with a name that begins with a prefix in this
list.
- Program Exclude List: can be up to eight characters (only alphanumeric
characters or the @, #, or $ characters). The name of the list of
program name prefixes to exclude. Data is not collected for any program
with a name that begins with a prefix in this list.
- Journal
- Journal Copy Criteria: you can select LAST, USER,
or CFID (command flow ID).
- Application
- Application Filter: can be one of the following values:
- All Applications: the collector collects
data for all applications. This option disables the rest of the Application
fields.
- Specific Application: the collector saves
data for the specified application only. You can specify an application
name and its version.
- None: the collector ignores the application
filter. This option disables the Application fields.
- Application Name: can be up to 64 characters long. The name cannot
start with a space.
- Major/Minor/Micro versions: used to define the exact version of
application specified. The values must be in the range 0000 to 9999.
- Transaction List
- Transaction List: can be up to four characters in length.
- You can enter up to five separate transaction IDs.
- Misc
- Dynamic Call: you can select Y or N.
- User Exit Name: can be up to eight characters in length.
- Region Applid List
- These APPLIDs specify the regions where the command flow is started.
- You can enter up to 15 CICS® APPLIDs.
Any text you enter is changed to uppercase characters. The values
are not checked for content, they are only checked for the number
of characters.
If you change a query but do not
save it, when you try and start your user ID, a warning is displayed
so that you can avoid the data loss. When the editor closes, a warning
is displayed and you can choose whether to restore the editor with
the unsaved changes, or ignore the warning and lose the changes.
You
cannot open the command flow editor when the collector is running;
the corresponding button is disabled automatically when it starts.
If the command flow editor is open and you can open the IA Operations
view and click start, a warning is displayed and you can choose whether
to stop the collector and save the command flow changes. You can use
the editor to change some values, but you cannot save the changes
until you stop the collector. If you attempt to save the changes while
the collector is still running, a warning message is displayed. Click Yes on
the warning message to stop the collector, or click No to
return to the editor.
The application filter
You
can select applications in the CICS IA plug-in as
you can on the host system with the CINT and CINC transactions. In
the command flow editor, set the Application Filter to Specific
Application and click the Application Filter button
. A window opens where you can select the applications you
require.
You can select an application from the list, or enter
a partial name in the Filter by Application Name field.
To further
refine your selection, you can also enter your requirements in the
optional fields Major version, Minor
version, and Micro version. The
matching applications are listed in the table. Select the appropriate
row and click OK.