Preceda Console

From the Actions menu, the following sub-menu are available. This menu changes depending on the active window (e.g. spool files, jobs messages).

If viewing Jobs, the following Actions Menu is displayed:

Refresh	Updates the information currently displayed on the console window.
View Job Log	Views the job log produced by the selected job.
Change	If the selected job has a status of JOBQ, the job can be moved to a different queue on the server.
End Job	If the selected job has a status of JOBQ or ACTIVE, this ends the job.
Hold	If the selected job has a status of JOBQ or ACTIVE, this holds the job.
Release	If the selected job is currently HELD, this releases the job and allows it to continue processing.
View Job Spool Files	This displays all spool files produced by the selected job.
Reply to Message	If the selected job has a status of MSGQW, this displays the message and allows a reply to the message.

 

If viewing Messages, the following Actions Menu is displayed:

Refresh	Updates the information currently displayed on the console window.
View Message	Views the selected message text.
Remove	Removes the selected message text

 

If viewing Spool Files, the following Actions Menu is displayed:-

Refresh	Updates the information currently displayed on the console window.
Download Spool File	Downloads the selected spool file in the format chosen as set in the Options - Spool File tab.
Send to Printer	This option uses Preceda Presenter to store and convert the spool file to a format the printer can understand and is used for printing on preprinted forms such as Security Pay Advices and Payment Summaries. The first time this option is selected, Preceda guides you through the installation process before you can continue.
Change	Change the Output Queue on which the spool file resides.
Delete	Deletes the selected spool file.
Hold	Holds the selected spool file with a status of READY or WTR.
Release	Print a selected spool file which has a status of HOLD.

 

When using the Spoolfiles option from the Console Toolbar the View Spoolfiles and Download Spoolfiles have a special purpose.

View Spoolfiles

To view a spoolfile, select and double click the file from the list. The Spoolfile is displayed in HTML format with a Toolbar at the top.

The arrows enable quick movement through pages or you can go directly to a page in the report by entering the page number. <F3> and <Shift><F3> can be use to move through the pages.

Download Spoolfiles

This option allows the downloading of spoolfiles to your desktop. The format of the file can be chosen using the Options pull down in the console.

When a spoolfile is selected the Red Traffic Light (Hold) icon will hold a spoolfile.

If held the Green Traffic Light (Release) becomes activated and can be used to release a held spoolfile.

The Distribute icon can be used to distribute spoolfiles. The process works in the same way as the distribution of Packages in Report Manager with the obvious exception that Report Manager's Run by User functionality does not apply.

 

The status bar located at the bottom of the window, is used to display feedback from the system during and after processing. It displays:

• Information and or completion messages such as Processing, etc.
• The name of the user for whom the information is being displayed
• The name of the user currently logged on
• The number of jobs running on the mainframe.

 

This is the area within the Console where your selected window displays the outcome of your choice, such as the Spool files. The information displayed depends on the settings in the View | Options menu choice.

Each column can be sorted by clicking on the column heading . For example if sorting spool files by user, click on the user data title. All spool files are sorted in user ascending alphabetical order (A to Z). To reverse the sort order, click on the user data title again, and they are resorted in descending alphabetical order (Z to A).

To select a spool file, job or message highlight the line, this enables any icons or actions that can be used. To select multiple entries at the same time hold down the Shift key and use the Up and Down arrow keys, or hold down the Shift key and select with the mouse

Preceda Console control various default settings and security, which is system wide and applies to all users of the database, the options that can be made in Console options are:-

Default Settings

This allows for settings required as the default on opening of Preceda Console to be defined.

Name	Possible Values
Default Spoolfile User	*CURUSR ( the current user)
	a username
	blank
Default Output Queue	blank
	an output queue name
	*APPUSER (any application user as defined in PAYUSR)
Default Output Queue Library	blank
	an output queue name
	*APPUSER (any application user as defined in PAYUSR)

 

This allows you to control the security for users to define what they are allowed to access for jobs, messages, and spoolfiles.

Name	Possible Values
Spoolfile Security	G - Group: any user/output queue in PAYOPR or PAYUSERR S or Blank - System: any user/output queue on the System D - Default: only the default spoolfiles user/output queue
Job Security	G - Group: any user in PAYOPR S or Blank - System: any user on the System D - Default: only the default message user
Messages Security	G - Group: any user in PAYOPR S or Blank - System: any user on the System D - Default: only the default jobs user
View Security	Blank - Default view all spoolfiles on the Console S - use Security Profiles to restrict viewing of spoolfiles.