Using the Send Broadcast dialog
Notes:
- By default, you can use this facility only if you
have a security authorization level of 9.
- The message will interrupt the recipient's current
session, unless a receiving status has been set by the BRECEIVE
command to prevent interruption, or the user is running a Windows script
that cannot receive messages. If PCTRANSFER
has been set then broadcasts are queued, regardless of the BRECEIVE
setting.
- If you intend to broadcast a message to a Sysplex
Group then, before proceeding, please review Broadcasting or sending a message
to a Sysplex Group.
To specify the message details
Use these input fields in the Send Broadcast dialog:
Send to
- Use the drop-down list associated with the left-hand
field and, if applicable, the right-hand input field (see Note below)
to specify the message destinations.
- Note: If you select a value other than All
Users then an additional input field will appear immediately
to the right of the Send to
field which enables you to specify a qualifying name or pattern. A pattern
is a generic name where a '+'
(plus) sign indicates one of any character, and a '*'
(asterisk) symbol indicates any number of any character.
- All Users
All terminals logged in to IBM Session Manager.
- Applid
Users logged in to an applid, which may correspond to a VTAM or real
applid, or an APPL statement name. Use
the drop-down list associated with the additional input field to select
a value, or use this field to specify a pattern.
- Note: Applids view provides a list of applids - see
Applids view.
- Brdvar
Users with a session which has been allocated an id-string. Use the drop-down
list associated with the additional input field to select a value, or
use this field to specify a pattern.
- Note: The session can be active or inactive, so you can
send a message to users of an abended application when it is has been
restarted.
- Group Users
who are members of a group. Use the drop-down list associated with the
additional input field to select the group name, or use this field to
specify a pattern.
- LU Terminals
whose LU names match the name or pattern specified using the additional
input field.
- Profile
Users or terminals whose PROFILEs match
the name or pattern specified using the additional input field.
- User Users
whose userids match the name or pattern specified using the additional
input field.
- Note: You can also use the Send Message dialog (see Send Message dialog)
from Users view to send a message to a particular terminal user.
Message
- The text of the message.
Urgent
- Overrides any inhibiting BRECEIVE
setting in order to display the message immediately at the destination
terminals. Use this parameter with consideration - if used for trivial
messages then it might result in a certain amount of irritation.
Immediate
- Causes the message to be sent immediately.
- Note: If this value is selected then neither Hold
for (see below) nor Hold until
(see below) can be selected.
Hold for
- Enables a message to be held for the (relative)
period of time specified using the accompanying input fields.
- Note: If this value is selected then neither Immediate
(see above) nor Hold until (see
below) can be selected.
- The message is sent to the destination when that
destination logs on, unless the time period has expired.
Hold until
- Causes retention of the message until the time specified
using the accompanying input fields, which may be up to 24 hours from
the current time.
- Note: If this value is selected then neither Immediate
(see above) nor Hold for (see
above) can be selected.
- If the destination is a user or a terminal, after
the message has been displayed at that destination during the login procedure
it is not displayed again at subsequent logins. However, if the destination
is a profile, or a group which may be used by a number of different users,
then a user logging in several times will be presented with the message
at each login.
To broadcast the message
Left-click the OK
button. The Send Broadcast dialog will close and a Response pop-up box
will appear, notifying you of the terminal users to whom the message
has been broadcast. To close this pop-up box, left-click the OK
button.
To cancel the operation
Left-click the Cancel
button. The Send Broadcast dialog will close.
Broadcasting or sending a message to a Sysplex
Group
If you broadcast or send a message to a Sysplex
Group then, by default, the message will be distributed to all group
nodes (that is, members). The global scope of these IBM Session Manager facilities can be changed by setting the variable
t_global_msg in IBM Session Manager. A read-only variable, t_global_msgdef,
reflects the value set by (SYSTEM statement)
parameter SYSPLEXGROUP GLOBALMESSAGES.
If a message has been restricted in scope to the
issuing IBM Session Manager node (by use of variable t_global_msg
or the GLOBALMESSAGES sub-parameter
of SYSPLEXGROUP) then only the issuing
node will process it. Consequently, on whichever node you use to display
held messages, all held messages will
be listed irrespective of each message's scope.
This approach enables a newly started node to have
access to all held messages previously generated.
Note: If all nodes
in a Sysplex Group are shutdown then the held messages are lost. However,
provided at least one node is active, the held messages will be maintained.
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