Customizing a user profile

To customize your user profile, use the User Profile Member workspace.

1. From the menu bar select Edit > Preferences.
   The User Profile Member workspace opens.

   

   The User Profile Member workspace contains a number of tabbed panels that contain user profile settings that you can change and save. The following settings are available:

   Date/Time

   This panel contains the following date and time format settings

   Date begins with

   Enter MM for the American format, MM/DD/YYYY.

   Enter DD for the European format, DD/MM/YYYY.

   Enter YY for the Mathematical format, YYYY/MM/DD.

   Date separator

   Enter your preferred separator character. You can use any displayable character.

   Time Clock

   Enter 12 or 24 for 12 or 24 hour clock format

   Time separator

   Enter your preferred time clock separator character. You can use any displayable character.

   Colors

   This panel contains color assignments for various workspace elements and indicators. You can enter your preferred color in the input field for each item.

   Session/Logon

   This panel contains settings that apply to your logon session to the interface.

   First workspace to be displayed

   Specifies the workspace that you want to be displayed at logon, the default is KOBSTART.

   First NAV1 Plex-level Value

   Specifies the plex (Sysplex, CICSplex, IMSplex) for which data is displayed on the first workspace. The value is a simple text string.

   First NAV2 System-level Value

   Sets the system, subsystem, or region within the plex for which data is displayed. The value is a simple text string.

   Engage Trace

   You can choose whether to engage trace at the start of your logon session by entering Y or N.

   Global Query Timeout Value

   Specifies the number of seconds that a workspace waits before timing out all queries combined. Each subpanel is apportioned a percentage of this value that is based on each query definition. You can enter a number in the range of 0 - 999. If you enter 0, the timeout mechanism is disengaged.

   Auto/Update

   This panel contains auto update settings that determine the refresh frequency of the data that is displayed in a workspace.

   Auto Update Frequency

   You can enter the auto update frequency. The allowable range is 5 - 999 seconds.

   Auto Update Suspend Cycle Count

   You can enter the number of refresh cycles that are allowed before auto update is automatically suspended. The allowable range is 10 - 9999 refresh cycles.

   Hub Check

   Hub Check when no data is displayed

   The interface detects when a workspace displays no data, and can automatically check the connection to the hub Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Server. The Hub Check when no data is displayed setting controls the number of consecutive No Data displays before a hub connectivity check is triggered. The allowable range is 0 - 9 cycles. A setting of 0 means no hub connectivity check. Any positive number drives the hub connectivity check, and if the hub is found to be unresponsive, the interface goes to Hub connectivity administration. For more information about Hub connectivity administration, see Hub connectivity administration.

   Limit Hub Check to Auto/Update

   To limit the Hub connectivity check to when Auto Update is enabled, set to Y, otherwise set to N.

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   Click the >> tab to access more menu items (detailed in the following entries).

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   Click the << tab to return to the previous set of tabs.

   ISPF

   This panel contains options for controlling the behavior of the tab key on your keyboard, within the enhanced 3270 user interface.

   Tab to action bar

   To use the tab key to navigate between action bar options, set to Y, to disable, set to N.

   Tab to point-and-shoot fields

   To use the tab key to navigate to push buttons, set to Y, to disable, set to N.

   History

   Use this panel to configure the time period that is shown in your historical data.

   Historical Last nnn Minute(s)

   This option when selected shows the history data summary over the last nnn minutes. You can configure the number of minutes that are specified by nnn by entering a value and selecting OK. The default value is 10 minutes.

   Historical Last nnn Hour(s)

   This option when selected shows the history data summary over the last nnn hours. You can configure the number of hours that are specified by nnn by entering a value and selecting OK. The default value is 2 hours.

2. Make one of the following choices:
   • Click OK to save and view your settings for the current session only. Your settings are saved for the current session and you are returned to the workspace you were in before you set preferences.
   • Click Save if you are satisfied with your settings and want to save them permanently to a profile member. The Profile Save As dialog box opens:

     

     Your user ID is already entered in the Member Name field.
   • Press Enter to save the profile to the member name in the Member Name field. If the member already exists, it is updated. If it does not exist, a new member with that name is created.