Interactive reanalysis options
Many of the general options specified for an installation are also applicable to interactive reanalysis. See Options for information about all available options and the different ways in which they can be specified.
- Options line for interactive reanalysis
- Options that apply to all interactive reanalysis sessions that you initiate can be
specified here. These options take precedence over any options that are specified
through an options file (see Options data set
name). The options are the equivalent of the PARM field
options that are used by batch reanalysis jobs.
The option GSR(O) is shown as an example on the options line in Sample Interactive Reanalysis Options display.
- Redisplay this panel before each reanalysis
- If this option is set to Y, then the Interactive Reanalysis Options display is shown
each time that an interactive reanalysis is requested.
Make your changes. Then press PF3 (to continue with the current options), or press PF12 (to undo any changes). What happens next depends on the Display panel to alter allocated data sets option.
If this option is set to N, then the Interactive Reanalysis Options display is not shown.
- Display panel to alter allocated data sets
- If this option is set to Y, then you are presented with an ISPF EDIT display screen of
the pseudo JCL stream that is generated by Fault Analyzer.
Type RESET on the command line and press Enter. Make your changes in accordance with the instructions that are displayed. Then enter the EXIT (PF3) or CANCEL (PF12) command as appropriate to initiate the interactive reanalysis.
For more information about this option, see Data sets used for interactive reanalysis.
If this option is set to N, then the interactive reanalysis commences without first displaying the pseudo JCL EDIT screen.
- Prompt before opening an MVS dump data set
- Sometimes access is required to a storage location that is not contained in the saved
minidump:
- During the interactive reanalysis.
- As a result of displaying storage locations from within the interactive report.
An example of this display is shown in Sample Confirm MVS Dump Open display.You are only prompted at most one time during any interactive reanalysis session. If the open is canceled by entering CANCEL or EXIT, no further attempts are made to open the MVS dump data set. Likewise, if the open is confirmed, Fault Analyzer checks the MVS dump for all references to storage locations not contained in the minidump.
If this field is set to N, then the associated dump data set is opened if required without prompting you first.
- Always prompt to select TCB for MVS dump data set analysis
- A single character ('Y' or 'N') that controls whether or not the TCB selection display
is shown before analysis of an MVS dump data set is performed.
If this option is set to 'N', the TCB selection display is shown only if Fault Analyzer is unable to select a TCB. This might, for example, happen with console dumps when no tasks have abended.
If this option is set to 'Y', the TCB selection display is always shown. If Fault Analyzer is able to select a TCB, then that TCB will be preselected on the display. Accept this TCB, or change to another, then press Enter to perform the analysis.
- Prompt for missing side files
- A single character (Y or N) that controls whether the Compiler Listing Not Found
display is shown when no compiler listing or side file is found for a program. The default setting of this field is based on whether any DataSets option specification exists in the IDICNFxx parmlib member for any DDnames from the following list:
- IDIADATA
- IDILANGX
- IDILC
- IDILCOB
- IDILCOBO
- IDILPLI
- IDILPLIE
- IDISYSDB
If no data sets for any of these DDnames were specified in the IDICNFxx parmlib member, then the default setting of this field is 'N'. Otherwise, it is 'Y'.
By clearing this field, and pressing Enter, the value is reinitialized to its default setting.
- Current list of excluded programs (Edit)
- If the "Prompt for missing side files" option is set to
Y
, then the current list of excluded program names, for which compiler listing or side file searching is not performed, is provided. The list can be modified by placing the cursor on the Edit point-and-shoot field and pressing Enter. This results in the Excluded Program Names display being shown. An example of this display is shown in Excluded Program Names display.There are two program exclusion lists, which contribute to the combined list in effect shown in the display:- A user-specified list created via the Fault Analyzer ISPF interface and saved in the user's ISPF profile.
- A global list specified via the FAISPFOPTS(GlobalExclude(...)) option in the IDICNFxx parmlib member.
By including the special program name "-DROPCNF-" in the user-specified list, a user can eliminate any global program names that might exist.
Press PF3 to exit the display and save any changes made.
Type ADD on the command line, followed by one or more blank-delimited program names that you wish to add as user-specified exclusions, and press Enter. If the program name does not adhere to required naming conventions, then a message is issued.
Program names must be valid PDS or PDSE member names, with the addition of the optional wildcard characters '*' (zero, one or more characters) and '%' (a single required character) to make the name more generic. The program names specified are not case sensitive.
The following are examples of valid program name specifications:- *XMAI*
- PAYROLL0
- SELOPT%
- SUBRTN*
- TZ%%C*
Use the D line command to delete individual entries from the user-specified list. Individual entries cannot be deleted from the global list via this display.
The program name exclude list can also be edited from the Compiler Listing Not Found display. For details, see Prompting for compiler listing or side file.
- Options data set name
- This field can optionally specify the name of a PDS or PDSE data set in which a member
(see
Options member name
) contains Fault Analyzer options. The data set and member name are used as the IDIOPTS user options file. This data set can, for example, be used if more options than fit on the options line at the top of this display are required.Note:- The options data set is only used if the
Use this data set during reanalysis
option is set to Y. - Options that are specified on the options line take precedence over options that are specified in this data set.
- The options data set is only used if the
- Options member name
- This field is the member name of the data set specified in
Options data set name
. - Use this data set during reanalysis
- If this option is set to Y, then the data set and member name that are previously specified are used by Fault Analyzer during the interactive reanalysis. If it is set to N, then the data set and member name are not used.
- Edit the options data set before reanalysis
- If this field is set to Y, then an ISPF EDIT display screen of the member in the
options data set specified above is presented prior to commencing the interactive
reanalysis. An example is shown in Sample options file EDIT for interactive reanalysis.
Change the options data set (if required). Then enter the EXIT command (usually mapped to PF3).
- Data set name (PDS/E)
- Specifies the name of the data set used for z/OS® Debugger Deferred Breakpoints set via COBOL Explorer.
Standard ISPF data set name specification rules apply, that is, if the data set name is not enclosed within single quotes, then it is prefixed by the current TSO prefix.
The data set name specified need not exist, as it is allocated automatically when required. If an existing data set name is specified, then it must be the name of a PDS data set allocated RECFM=VB and LRECL=255.
A member name must not be specified.
- User Notes Recovery Data Set Name
- Specifies the name of a data set to be used for user notes recovery.
- Standard ISPF data set name specification rules apply: If the data set name is not enclosed within single quotes, then it is prefixed by the current TSO prefix.
- If you specify the name of an existing data set, it must be a sequential data set allocated with RECFM=VB and LRECL=1024. If the data set is not empty, it must contain valid user notes recovery information.
- If the specified data set does not exist, a User Notes Recovery Data Set Create display like the example in User Notes Recovery Data Set Create display is shown.
- Each TSO/ISPF user should use a unique user notes recovery data set. If a user's notes might contain sensitive information, protect data set access accordingly.
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