Using Views to Manage History Files

Like history files, views are added through the context menu. With the Create view menu item. Review the chapter Viewing history files.

Add view

A prompt will appear to supply the dataset name.

Supply dataset name

The list of view definitions in the supplied dataset name will be downloaded. As with history files, right-clicking and selecting Open, or double-clicking, opens the list of fault entries in the Reports List view.

View definitions in a separate folder

Column Configuration

The column configuration can be changed and set as the default. The default configuration only applies to history files and local views. Views defined on the host do not change.

Column configuration

Reports List Filters

If there is a filter defined for a view's columns, the menu shows the filter definition for those columns. An option is available to reset all filters to avoid changing each column individually.

View column matching

A column match filter works the same as in the ISPF interface. The screenshot explains the wildcards. If the filter is not one defined by a view, clearing the filter will remove the filter.

Specify filter

There are five types of column filters that can be specified:

  1. STRING - Filters on String values using wild cards * and %

  2. BOOLEAN - Filters for a value of Yes or No.

  3. INTEGER - Filters on Integer values with operators

    Operator Definition Example
    None Equal to 20
    = Equal to =20
    < Less than <20
    <= Less than or equal to <=20
    > Greater than >20
    >= Greater than or equal to >=20
    != Not equal to !=20
  4. HEXADECIMAL - Filters on hexadecimal Integer values with operators

    Operator Definition Example
    None Equal to F0
    = Equal to =F0
    < Less than <F023
    <= Less than or equal to <=AD1
    > Greater than >17A4D2
    >= Greater than or equal to >=C
    != Not equal to !=D12A
  5. DATE - Filters on Date values with operators

    Operator Definition Example
    None Equal to 2023/02/28
    = Equal to =2023/02/28
    < Less than <2023/02/28
    <= Less than or equal to <=2023/02/28
    > Greater than >2023/02/28
    >= Greater than or equal to >=2023/02/28
    != Not equal to !=2023/02/28

There can be filters defined for any number of columns, and are applied whether the column is visible or not.

Filters can be chained together for a column by using a semi-colon (;) to separate each filter. For example, the JOBNAME column might have the following filter value:

SYS*;PENN;*PP1

This would be the same as any job name starting with SYS, or equal to PENN, or ending with PP1.

Local Views

The plug-in supports creating views locally. These views are not saved to the host currently. They will only be available under the local.views folder of the Systems Information view.

Create view

To add history files to the view, right-click the local view, and select Edit Local View. Then drag an existing history file or view definition onto the local view.

Add history files to local view

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