The Console view

The Console view provides a history of the actions you have performed, such as submitting a job, or changing and saving a file.

The console view is displayed in the z/OS perspective. Every time you submit a job or change a file, an entry is recorded in the Console as a history of your actions, as shown in the following screen capture.

A screen capture of the Console view showing a history of jobs submitted and a data set saved after a change

For a data set entry, you can click the hyperlink to open the data set. For a job entry, you can click the hyperlink to show the completed or running job in the z/OS Job view.

The information shown is not saved when z/OS® Explorer closes.

You can use the Timestamp icon to show, or hide, timestamps in the Console view. The action is effective only for entries after the icon is clicked.

A number of icons are available in the Console view:
Table 1. Console icons and descriptions
Icon Description
Clear Console icon The Clear Console icon clears the contents of the console.
The Pin icon When you have more than one console active, the Pin icon pins the current console so that it is shown in precedence to all the other consoles.
The new console icon The New console icon opens a new console.
The timestamp icon The Timestamp icon displays or hides timestamps for all future entries in the Console view.
The scroll lock icon The Scroll Lock icon disables or enables scrolling in the Console view.