Control Center Operations Guide for VSE

Getting Started With Control Center

You can type SQM on a blank CICS screen to reach the main menu.

Figure 1. Control Center Main Menu

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|     mm/dd/yyyy                 CONTROL CENTER V7.1                    hh:mm:ss |
|*-------------------------------  MAIN MENU   --------------------------------* |
|| OPTION    => __  (A)                       USER ID: (B)                     | |
|| DATABASE  => __________________  (C)       CICS ID: (D)                     | |
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|| (E) **************************   DBA FUNCTIONS   ************************** | |
||  1 OPERATOR COMMANDS                                                        | |
||  2 DBSPACE REORGANIZATION                                                   | |
||  3 DBSPACE ANALYSIS                                                         | |
||  4 WORK FILE LABEL DEFINITION                                               | |
||  5 CICS REPORT CONTROLLER                                                   | |
||  6 HELP FACILITY                                                            | |
||  7 PACKAGE UTILITY                                                          | |
||  8 GROUP AUTHORIZATION                                                      | |
||  9 MONITOR UTILITY                                                          | |
|| 10 TABLE UTILITY                                                            | |
|| 11 QMF                                                                      | |
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|*------------------------------------------------------------------ SQC01 ----* |
|(F)                                                                             |
|(G)PRESS ENTER TO SELECT FUNCTION                                               |
|(H)ENTER F1=HELP F3=EXIT                                                        |
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Some things you should know about typical Control Center menus are:

(A)OPTION--Selects the function you want to use. Enter the number of the tool you want to use in this field. The option number is the highlighted identifier displayed to the left of the option description.

(B)USER ID--The 8-character USER ID of the signed on user.

(C)DATABASE--Identifies the database you are working with. When you sign on, this field displays the name of the default database. To work with a different database you can type the name of the new database in this field.

(D)CICS ID--Shows the 8-character APPLID of the CICS system owning the transaction.

(E)DBA FUNCTIONS--Lists the functions available from the current menu.

(F)Error Message Line--Error messages, if any, are displayed on this line.

(G)Instruction Line--Instructions are displayed on this line.

(H)Function (F) Key Line--Displays active

function keys and control keys.

Each of the DBA Functions shown in Figure 1 is described in detail in the chapters that follow, except for the QMF function. Selecting option 11, QMF, directly invokes QMF. If it completes normally, control returns to Control Center, otherwise QMF handles the error.