Checking for the correct version of the QMF panel library

Both the home panel and help panels should display correctly.

Prerequisites
Starting QMF

Procedure

To check that the correct version of the QMF panel library is being accessed, complete the following steps:

  1. Check that the correct version of the QMF home panel is displayed, as shown in the following figure. On the home panel:
    1. Check that Version 13 Release 1 displays beneath the panel name ( A ).
      If the version and release information is not correct and you started QMF under TSO, check your allocation for DD statement ADMGGMAP to make sure that it points to QMF1310.SDSQMAPn. In place of specify the 1-character national language ID that is associated with your NLF.
      For example, for English QMF, the DD statement should be pointing to QMF1310.SDSQMAPE.
      If the version and release information is not correct and you started QMF under CICS®, check that the ADMF DD statement in the startup JCL for the CICS region in which QMF resides correctly points to the GDDM ADMF data set. The DSQ1nADM installation job (DSQ1EADM for English QMF) writes the QMF Version 13.1 GDDM maps to this data set. Note that the QMF Version 13.1 home panel no longer displays the Licensed Materials and Copyright information at the top of the panel. This information has been moved to online help and can be accessed using PF1 option 17 (About QMF).
    2. Check that you are connected to the Db2® for z/OS® database into which you just installed QMF ( B ).
      The following example shows that the database is named DB2P.
      Figure 1. QMF Version 13.1 home panel
      
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QMF HOME PANEL                       Query       Management     Facility      
Version 13 Release 1  A                                                           
                                     ******     **    **       ******** ___   
Authorization ID                   **     **   ***   ***      **       ___    
 KMRAMEY                          **     **   ****  ****     *******  ___     
                                 **     **   ** ** ** **    **       ___      
Connected to                    **   * **   **  ****  **   **       ___       
 DB2P B                          ******    **   ***   **  **       ______     
                                      ** ___________________________________  
                                         http://www.ibm.com/qmf               
Enter a command on the command line or press a function key.                  
For help, press the Help function key or enter the command HELP.              
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1=Help        2=List        3=End         4=Show       5=Chart        6=Query 
7=Retrieve    8=Edit Table  9=Form       10=Proc      11=Profile     12=Report
OK, you may enter a command.                                                  
COMMAND ===>
  2. Verify the existence of Version 13.1 online help.
    1. Press the Help function key.
      The main help menu for QMF Version 13.1 is displayed, as shown in the following figure. Be sure that topic 1 reflects the correct version of QMF.
      Figure 2. Main help menu in QMF Version 13.1
      +-----------------------------------------------+
|        Help: Query Management Facility        |
|                                               |
| Select a topic.                               |
|                                1  to 11 of 17 |
|     1. What's new in QMF Version 13 Release 1 |
|     2. Learning about QMF                     |
|     3. Profile                                |
|     4. QMF commands                           |
|     5. Prompted Query                         |
|     6. SQL (Structured Query Language)        |
|     7. Table Editor                           |
|     8. Forms                                  |
|     9. Reports                                |
|    10. Charts                                 |
|    11. Data analytics                         |
+-----------------------------------------------+
| F1=Help  F3=Exit  F7=Backward  F8=Forward     |
| F9=Keys  F12=Cancel                           |
+-----------------------------------------------+
    2. Press Cancel (F12 by default) to return to the home panel.

What to do next

If the version and release information is incorrect or the help does not display at all, verify that the DSQ1nPNL installation job ran successfully and that the DD statement for the DSQPNLn file points to the correct Version 13 Release 1 data set. In place of n, specify the 1-character national language ID that is associated with your NLF.

If you started QMF under CICS, additionally check the CICS startup job stream to ensure that the DSQPNLn data set is properly allocated.