Setting monitors from the ISPF panels

You can browse and set the EXTERNAL MONITOR job option of an operation from the JOB, WTO, AND PRINT OPTIONS panel (see Figure 1 for an example).

Figure 1. EQQAMJBP - Job, WTO, and print options
EQQAMJBP ---------------- JOB, WTO, AND PRINT OPTIONS -------------------
Command ===>

Enter/Change data below:
Application            : VALE1           
Operation              : CPU1 001           
 JOB CLASS          ===> _            ERROR TRACKING     ===> Y 
 HIGHEST RETURNCODE ===> ____         EXTERNAL MONITOR   ===> N 
 CRITICAL           ===> P            COND RECOVERY JOB  ===> N 
 CLASS              ===> WLMCLASS     POLICY             ===> _ 
Job release options:                 
 SUBMIT            ===> Y             HOLD/RELEASE      ===> Y 
 TIME DEPENDENT    ===> N             SUPPRESS IF LATE  ===> N 
 NOP               ===> _             MANUALLY HOLD     ===> _
 DEADLINE WTO      ===> N     
WS fail options:
 RESTARTABLE       ===> _             REROUTEABLE       ===> _ 
Print options:
 FORM NUMBER       ===> ________      SYSOUT CLASS      ===> _
In the current plan, you can browse if a specific operation has an external monitor from the BROWSING OPERATIONS panel. The BROWSING DETAILED OPERATION INFORMATION panel in Figure 2 shows an operation that has an external monitor.
Figure 2. EQQSOPDP - Browsing detailed operation information
EQQSOPDP ---------- BROWSING DETAILED OPERATION INFORMATION -------------------
Command ===>                                                                   
Application           : VALE1                                    
Operation             : CPU1 1                                                 
Occurrence token      : B5D4F445E1B92646                                       
Jobname and Jobid     : VPJOB1            JOB00505                             
Reader date and time  :                                          
Status                : Ended in error    S806                                 
 on Work Station      :                                                        
Job or Sysout class   :                  Auto submit: Yes  Hold/release : Yes  
Form number           :                  Time depend: No   Suppress late: No   
Priority              : 5                Rerouteable:      Restartable  :      
Deadline WTO          : No               Ext monitor: Yes    
Critical              : Path handling request                                  
WLM Policy            :                  WLM CLASS  : WLMCLASS                 
Date and time for  :       Planned           Actual                            
 Input arrival        : 18/06/21 19.00                           
 Start                : 18/06/21 15.00               
 End                  : 18/06/21 15.02     
 Applied Run Cycle    : HOL2
 User data            :                     
 Deadline             : 18/06/21 22.30     Moved to Tail end                      
 Deadline Action      : Alert Only
 Duration             : 00.02.00                        
 Latest start         : 18/06/28 23.58
 Not started alert    : 18/06/22 12:00
 Not started action   : 18/06/23 13:00    Action: Set to error                                         
Resources          :   Parallel servers    R1      R2     Special resources    
 Required number      :         1            0       0            0            

In addition, you can use the mass update utility, in the application description, to update multiple operations with the EXTERNAL MONITOR job option. For more information about mass update, see Mass update or batch loader?.