Displaying and Setting Trigger Information

Triggers are a very powerful tool of goal driven automation. Because they influence the behavior of applications and application groups, the automation administrator needs to be very careful when connecting triggers to resources.

For information on event and trigger support refer to IBM Z® System Automation Defining Automation Policy.

In SA z/OS two commands are available to display trigger information:

INGTRIG

This command shows all triggers that are defined and used by resources within the automation manager scope. You can view all resources that use a trigger by entering the action code S in its command field. Entering the action code S against a resource on this panel shows the trigger details for the resource (that is, it invokes the DISPTRG command for the resource).

DISPTRG

This command displays the trigger conditions for a resource. To display the DISPTRG command dialog for a resource, enter, for example:

DISPTRG BATB000P100

If you enter this command without parameters or SA z/OS cannot find the resource that you specified, SA z/OS prompts you for more information to help locate the resource. If there is more than one resource that matches the resource specification, you are presented with a selection list.

Use command code S against a trigger to view details about the events that must be set to activate it. This displays the Trigger Condition List. From this panel you can use the following command codes against an event:

S to set or U to unset the events that have been defined for the resource
D to view a list of the resources that use the event as a trigger