Changing the order of displayed columns

Customize a workspace by changing the order of the displayed columns.

Before you begin

Complete workspace customization preparation. For more information about these preparation steps, see Customizing a workspace.

Procedure

Use the ISPF file editor session to locate the DISPLAYCOLS workspace definition statement.

For example, in the KOBSITEC workspace, scroll beyond the DISPLAYCOLS statement to find the first <SUBPANEL> tag statement:

                                                   
 000079 DISPLAYCOLS='DELTASTAT(CAPTION='Status',WIDTH=7), 
 000080 SITNAME(CAPTION='Situation_Name',WIDTH=30),   
 000081 ORIGINNODE(CAPTION='MSN_Event_Source'),           
 000082 GBLTMSTMP(CAPTION='HUB_Event_Time',DATETIME),     
 000083 LCLTMSTMP(CAPTION='Agent_Event_Time',DATETIME),   
 000084 ATOMIZE(WIDTH=30,SCROLL),                         
 000085 TYPE(CAPTION='Type')'

Use the ISPF file editor session to change the order of the display columns.

You might want to change the order of display columns. For example, to move the MSN Event Source header definition from the third column position to the second column position, adjust the DISPLAYCOLS statement as follows:

 
 000079 DISPLAYCOLS='DELTASTAT(CAPTION='Status',WIDTH=7), 
 000080 ORIGINNODE(CAPTION='MSN_Event_Source'),           
 000081 SITNAME(CAPTION='Situation_Name',WIDTH=30),       
 000082 GBLTMSTMP(CAPTION='HUB_Event_Time',DATETIME),     
 000083 LCLTMSTMP(CAPTION='Agent_Event_Time',DATETIME),   
 000084 ATOMIZE(WIDTH=30,SCROLL),                         
 000085 TYPE(CAPTION='Type')'

Use the ISPF file editor session to save your workspace source changes.
Press PF3 (End) in your enhanced 3270 user interface session to close the workspace source view.
As the PF3 (End) action is processed, a refreshed view of the modified workspace is displayed, that is, the KOBSITEC workspace in this example:
Figure 1. Customized workspace view that shows the MSN Event Source moved to the second column position

Tip: The KOBSITEC workspace is refreshed following a PF3 (End) action. A different workspace might not be refreshed following a PF3 (End) action. If a refresh does not occur, you can exit and reenter the modified workspace to see your changes.