Maintaining Personal Groups

Use Groups to group systems for reporting purposes.

The Groups view is displayed when you select option 3 Maintain Group definitions from the System Definitions Menu. However, if you opted to bypass the menu and go straight to System Definitions, you can change from the Systems view by selecting View->Groups in the action bar or by entering the VIEW GROUPS command.

This is the primary panel for maintaining your group definitions. When the list of Groups is displayed:
Figure 1. System Definitions: Personal Groups
  File  Edit  Filter  View  Options  Help
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Personal Groups               Row 1 from 4
Command ===> _________________________________________________ Scroll ===> ____
 
Select to review the Systems in the Group.
 
/   Use  Group                  Description
_    13  PRODMRO1  Production MRO______________________
_    34  WEEKLY    Weekly SMF data_____________________
_     8  MONTHLY   Monthly SMF data____________________
S     2  YEARLY    Yearly SMF data_____________________
********************************* End of list *********************************
 
  F1=Help      F3=Exit      F5=Rfind     F7=Backward  F8=Forward  F10=Actions
 F12=Cancel
This panel is used to maintain Groups. CICS PA uses the related Systems (and their SMF Files) in the generation of Report Set JCL. The Use count shows the number of Systems that are defined to each Group.
Note: The order of the Systems defined to the Group determine the file sequence in the generated JCL. You might need to adjust the order so the files are in the correct time sequence.

Enter the line action I or the NEW command to define a new Group.

Enter the line action S against a Group to specify the Systems that belong to it.

Each listed group has the following attributes:
Use
The Group Use count. This indicates the number of Systems defined to the Group.
Group
The name of a Group. The name can be up to eight alphanumeric (A-Z,0-9) or special (@,#,$) characters.

A Group name is an arbitrary name used to identify a group of related Systems for reporting purposes, such as those systems that connect via IRC/MRO, ISC/APPC, IPIC, or transaction grouping.

Description
Description is free-format text up to 36 characters to describe the group.
Line Actions: The following line actions can be entered against any row in the Groups list:
Display the menu of line actions
S
Specify a Group and its related System(s)
I
Insert a new Group
R
Repeat this row
C
Copy this row
M
Move this row
A
Move⁄Copy after this row
B
Move⁄Copy before this row
D
Delete this row
Note:
  1. Group name must be unique.
  2. A row command on this panel applies to the Group definition and all its associated information. For example, copying a row copies the Group details and all its System relationships. Deleting a row deletes the Group and its relationships, but not the Systems themselves.
Primary Commands: The following primary commands are available:
NEW name
This command creates a new Group.

Also available from File in the action bar.

See Figure 1.

SAVE
This command saves any changes you have made during this invocation of System Definitions.

Also available from File in the action bar.

FIND string
This command (or F) looks for the specified character string in all columns of displayed data. The string need only be enclosed in quotes if there are embedded spaces. The search is not case sensitive. The display scrolls to the row where the string is found and positions the cursor on the matching data. To find more occurrences, use F5 or the RFIND command repeatedly.

If there is no match but the search did not begin at the top of the list, the screen does not change and the message *Bottom of data reached* is displayed. Use F5 or RFIND to search from the top.

If there is no match in the entire list, the screen does not change and a String not found message is displayed.

Also available from Edit in the action bar.

SORT GROUP|DESCription
This command sorts the list of Groups by name (the default) or description. The order is retained on exit.

Also available from Edit in the action bar.

RESET
This command (or RES) removes all outstanding line actions.

Also available from Edit in the action bar.

VIEW SYSTEMS|FILES
This command takes you to the Systems or Files view. Updates are saved when you change views.

Also available from View in the action bar.

MENU
This command takes you to the System Definitions Menu. Updates are saved when you go to the menu.

Also available from View in the action bar.