Changing global options

Use the Global Options Menu panel to modify the Collector global options.

Select 3 Configure Global Options from the Collector Main Administration Menu panel, CIU000 (shown in Collector Main Administration Menu panel, CIU000). The Collector Global Options Menu panel, Collector Global Options Menu panel, CIU300, is displayed. From this panel, you can set or modify the following global options that apply to all the regions being monitored:

Whether VSAM file sharing is to be used
Whether the CICS® IA collector is terminated when a CICS® IAerror occurs
Whether high-level tracing is on or off
Whether CICS® TS tracing is on or off
The National Language to be used in screens and messages
The date and time formats to be used in screens and messages

Figure 1. Collector Global Options Menu panel, CIU300

 CIU300        CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS - V6R1M0        2023:12:17
                          Global Options Menu                         12:29:36AM
                                                                           
 Modify the options and press Enter to update, or press F12 to cancel.    
                                                                          
 Control options 
   VSAM file sharing  . . . . . : Y  (Yes/No)     ❶  
   Terminate on Abend . . . . . : N  (Yes/No)     ❷ 
   High Level Trace . . . . . . : N  (1/2/3/No)   ❸ 
   Restore Trace flags. . . . . : N  (Yes/No)     ❹ 
                                                                        
 National Language Option . . . : E  Code: ENU    ❺  
                                                                          
 Date and Time Formats                            ❻  
   Date . . . . . . 4 1. MMDDYY 2. DDMMYY     Separator  . . . . . . . . :
                      3. YYMMDD 4. YYYYMMDD                               
                                                                          
   Time . . . . . . 1 1. 12 hrs 2. 24 hrs     Separator  . . . . . . . . :
                                                                          
       
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
CICS Sysid:  1621   CICS Applid:  C62C1C01   TermID:  1037                
                                                                          
 F1=Help      F2=           F3=End       F4=          F5=          F6=    
 F7=          F8=           F9=          F10=         F11=         F12=Cancel

Note:

❶ VSAM file sharing

This option is used to specify whether the Collector is to save the dependency and affinity data for all monitored CICS® regions to a single set of VSAM files that you have shared between regions using either VSAM RLS or function shipping, or to multiple separate, region-specific, sets of files. Type Y or N. The default is N (No), data will be saved in separate sets of files.

To control the operation of multiple instances of the Collector, running on different regions, from a single CICS® terminal, set this option to Y.

❷ Terminate on Abend

This option is used to specify whether the Collector is terminated with an IUZT abend when an error occurs when CICS® IA queries Db2®. Type Y or N.

❸High Level Trace

This option is used to specify whether the high-level trace is to be turned on for the Collector. Type 1, 2, or 3 to specify which level of trace points you want to collect, or type N to turn off this option. The default is N (No), trace is turned off.

The CICS® IA trace points are of the following types:

The points of level 1 are included in CICS® IA modules at the entry and exit of a module.
The points of level 2 are included in CICS® IA modules in all other cases.
The points of level 3 are included in GLUE or TRUE.

You can set this levels through the CINT transaction.

❹ Restore Trace flags

This option is used to specify whether to restore Trace flags values after a CICS® IA stop. Type Y or N. The default is N (No), trace is turned off.

❺ National Language Option

The 1-character code for the National Language to be used by CICS® IA. The possible values are as follows:

E: US English.
K: Japanese. For Japanese to be displayed, the terminal must be configured with the CICS® SOSI attribute.

❻ Date and Time Formats

To set the date format to be used by CICS® IA, type the corresponding number (1 - 4) in the Date field. The default is 4. Type the separator character to be used in dates (for example, / or – ) in the Date Separator field. The default character is /.

To set the time format to be used by CICS® IA, type the corresponding number (1 for 12-hour clock format or 2 for 24-hour clock format) in the Time field. The times are shown in the local time. The default is 1. Type the separator character to be used in times in the Time Separator field. The default character is :.