SDSF panel format

SDSF panels provide current information about jobs, output, devices, sysplex, memory, OMVS, network, log, JES, WLM, system information, and more.

With SDSF panels, there is no need to learn or remember complex command syntax. Action characters, overtypeable fields, action bar pull-downs, and pop-up windows allow you to select available functions.

Sample panel format

Under ISPF, you can select most SDSF functions from the action bar at the top of the screen. To display a pull-down menu of choices, place the cursor on an option on the action bar and press Enter.

Figure 1 uses a sample tabular panel to show the layout of an SDSF panel.

Figure 1. A Sample SDSF Tabular Panel

   Display  Filter  View  Print  Options  Search  Help  1                          
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SDSF DA RS86  2     RS86     PAG  0  CPU  27   3  LINE 1-18 (72)          
 PREFIX=*  DEST=(ALL)  OWNER=*  SYSNAME= 5                                         
 NP   JOBNAME   6 StepName ProcStep JobID    Owner    C Pos DP Real Paging    SIO  
  7   *MASTER*                      STC04388 +MASTER+   NS  FF 3518   0.00   0.00  
      PCAUTH   PCAUTH                                   NS  FF  115   0.00   0.00  
      RASP     RASP                                     NS  FF  460   0.00   0.00  
      TRACE    TRACE                                    NS  FF 5850   0.00   0.00  
      DUMPSRV  DUMPSRV  DUMPSRV                         NS  FF  646   0.00   0.00  
      XCFAS    XCFAS    IEFPROC                         NS  FF 6419   0.00   0.00  
      GRS      GRS                                      NS  FF  24T   0.00   0.00  
      SMSPDSE  SMSPDSE                                  NS  FF  679   0.00   0.00  
      SMSPDSE1 SMSPDSE1                                 NS  FF 1575   0.00   0.00
 COMMAND INPUT ===> 4                           SCROLL ===> PAGE

See	Name	Description
1	Action bar	The action bar permits you to select a pull-down menu to accomplish various SDSF tasks.
2	Title line	The title line shows the panel name as well as other information.
3	Message area	Short error and confirmation messages appear here.
4	Command line	The command line lets you enter SDSF, MVS, or JES commands.
5	Message and information lines	Longer messages appear below the command line. The information lines display responses when you issue some SDSF commands. The example shows the response to SET DISPLAY, which displays settings for filters.
6	Data area	The data area contains the system data. On tabular panels, the data is in columns and rows. Each row represents a single job, TSO user, data set, device or system resource, depending on the panel. The column titles may be customized by the system programmer. For that reason, when using the programming interfaces, you refer to columns by their internal names rather than by their titles. The names cannot be modified. When customizing the columns, system programmers can define a primary list of columns, which is shown when the panel is first displayed, and an alternate list, which you display with the ? command. Typically, the alternate list contains all of the columns in the primary list plus some additional columns. The additional columns may require additional work by SDSF to retrieve the data. These columns are referred to as delayed or delayed-access. The first column is the fixed field; when you scroll right or left, it remains in the same position. In the sample panel, the `JOBNAME` field is fixed. The REXX, Python, and Java interfaces allow you to control which columns are included when you access a panel. Typically, you want to include only those columns that are required.
7	NP column	Input (iNPut) field for brief commands, known as action characters.