Viewing archived sysouts

  1. From the Output Manager main menu, choose option V, View Reports, and press Enter. The View Reports menu is displayed.
  2. Choose option A, Archived Syouts, and press Enter.
  3. Specify search criteria, or leave the fields blank, and press Enter.
    The resulting list is filtered by your search criteria.
  4. The following columns are displayed when the Option menu is set to display all columns:
    Archive Name
    The logical name of an archive that Output Manager generates when archiving the SYSOUT. This name is based on an archive mask that is associated with the SYSOUT selection criteria. It can be a job name, a writer name (if one is specified in the JCL for the job), or a concatenation of these two values. Exception: For third-party archives that you recall, this name is the report ID.
    Notes:
    1. This field may be blank for archives that were created with a previous level of the product that did not support archive names. In this case, the report administrator can optionally populate the field with a value in one of the following ways:
      • To populate the field with the job name, run the SQL statements in the SBJTSAMP member BJTSQL02.
      • If the archives are for third-party (CA-View) reports that you recalled, run the SQL statements in the SBJTSAMP member BJTSQL03 to populate the field with the REPORTID value that resides in the BJTAVR table.
    2. For any additional third-party (CA-View) archives that you recall, Output Manager populates this field with the value from the REPORTID field in the BJTAVR table instead of with the job name or writer name.
    Job Name
    The name of the job that produced the archived report.
    Job ID
    The job ID of the job that produced the archived report.
    Archive Time
    The date (YYYY MM/DD) and time (HH:MM) when the report SYSOUT was captured and archived.
    Cond
    The last non-zero condition code for a job or the highest non-zero condition code for any job step
    Step Name
    The name of the job step that is associated with the archived report.
    Proc Step
    The name of the procedure step that is associated with the archived report.
    DD Name
    The DD name that is associated with the archived report.
    Lines
    The total number of lines in the archived report.
    Pages
    The total number of pages in the archived report.
    Migrated
    The migration status of an archived report, or the state of a migrated archived report as it is being recalled. Valid values are: No (the archived report has not been migrated off DASD and is available for viewing), Yes (the archived report has been migrated off of DASD to DFSMShsm-managed tapes or equivalent storage), ISV (the archived report is currently in a foreign archive store and has not yet been migrated to Output Manager), Unknown (the migration state cannot be detected), Submit (the recall procedure for the archived report has started), Failed (the recall procedure for the archived report ended abnormally), Print (the recall procedure printed the archived report as SYSOUT and the SYSOUT is awaiting archiving by Output Manager), ErrorCap (the capture process for the converted third-party archived report failed), or Expired (the archived report is not on DASD and has not been migrated to other storage; it is unavailable for viewing).
    Job Class
    Indicates the JES execution class.
    Last Printed
    Indicates the date on which the sysout was last viewed.
    Tip: You can change the set of columns that are displayed on this panel from the Option pull-down menu.
  5. To view a sysout, type V (View) next to the sysout, in the CMD column, and press Enter. Or, to view the job associated with a sysout, type ? in the CMD column next to the sysout, and press Enter.
  6. Optionally, you can use the following line commands in the view session:
    • Find: Type FIND 'string', or F 'string', where string is a string of characters to be found, to search for lines that contain the specified character string. If the search string contains more than one word you must contain the search string in quotes.
    • RFIND: Type RFIND to repeat the last FIND command.
    • FX: Exclusive find. Type FX string, where string is a string of characters to be found, to search for lines that contain the specified character string and hide lines that do not contain the string.
    • COLS: Toggle the column number display on and off.
    • eXclude: Type EXCLUDE string or X string, where string is a string of characters to be hidden, to hide lines that contain the specified character string.
    • FIX: Fix a portion of the view screen and prevent that area from scrolling. Type FIX on the command line, position your cursor on the line directly below the section to be locked, and press Enter. All of the rows above the cursor are now fixed, and the scroll keys scroll the section of the screen below the fixed section.
      Note: Fixed rows are supported in Page by Page mode only. To turn on Page by Page, open the General View Preferences panel (item 2 on the Options drop-down list), and select "Show page by page."
    • FORMVIEW: Change the current formatted view by selecting one from a list of available formatted views.
    • GOTO: Adjust the view to begin at the cursor location. Place your cursor at a location within the archive, type GOTO on the command line, and press Enter to move the line on which the cursor is located to the top.
    • HEX: Toggle hex viewing mode on or off.
    • HILITE: After marking an area, type HILITE on the command line and press Enter to highlight the marked area. When an archive contains highlights, you can view them using the Show All Highlights option on the File drop-down list.
    • HILITES: Displays a list of all highlights within the archive.
    • IPRINT: Batch-print the archive.
    • LOCATE: Type LOCATE n, where n is a line number, to jump to that line number within the archive.
    • MARK: Mark an area of the archive. You must use the MARK command on both the first and last positions of the area to be marked. To add a mark, type MARK on the command line, position your cursor to the first character of the area to be marked, and press Enter. Then, type MARK on the command line again, position you cursor to the last character in the area to be marked, and press Enter.

      Tip: Once an area has been marked, you can add a note or highlight to the mark.

    • MTELL: Display the row and column coordinates, width, and height of a marked area. Place your cursor at a location within the report or archive, type MTELL on the command line, and press Enter.
    • NOPR: Remove the currently displayed page from the range of pages to be printed.
    • NOTE: After marking an area, type NOTE on the command line and press Enter to add a note to the mark. When an archive contains notes, you can view them using the NOTES command or the Show All Notes option on the File drop-down list.
    • NOTES: Display a list of all notes within the archive.
    • NP: Scroll to the next page of the archive.
    • PAGE: Toggle the page break indicator on or off.
    • PP: Scroll to the previous page of the archive.
    • PR: Add the currently displayed page to the page range of pages to be printed.
    • RESET: Reset a previous issued line command, such as FIND or EXCLUDE.
    • RNUM: Toggle the display of row number on or off.
    • TOGGLE MODE: Toggle the page-by-page view mode on or off.
    • TP: Display the General View Preferences panel.
    • VP: Display the Viewer Preferences panel.
  7. Press F8 to scroll down to view the archive content.
  8. When you are finished, press F3.