Log browser navigation controls
The main log browser panel (that displays a formatted view of log browser records) contains a variety of controls for navigating logs.
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- The data set name or log stream name of the log file that you
are browsing.
If you are browsing a merged view of more than one log file, this is the name of the first log file in the list that you selected. A plus sign (+) after the name indicates that you are browsing more than one log file.
Log stream names are prefixed by the log stream type followed by a colon (:). For example, SMF:IFASMF.ZOS1.MAN1.
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- The Record number identifies the record
currently at the top of the display, starting at 1.
The record number of a particular record can change depending on the set of log files that you are browsing and the time slice that you have selected. If you have selected a time slice, then record number 1 is the record at the start of the physical disk track (or equivalent) where the slice starts. If you are browsing an entire single log file, then record number 1 is the first record in the file. If you are browsing a merged view of multiple log files, then the record numbers depend on how the records are merged in time sequence.
To scroll to a particular record number, use the LOCATE command: for example, L 10504. Then bookmark the position by creating a tag or a label.
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- To cycle through different combinations of column headings and data, press the Right function key (F11) or the Left function key (F10).
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- For details of the primary commands that you can enter on this panel, select Help > Commands Help from the action bar.
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- To scroll forwards or backwards by an amount of time, specify
an amount of time between < and > in
the 24-hour clock format hh.mm.ss.thmiju, and then
select (move your cursor to, and then press Enter) either < or >.
To scroll to a point in time, edit the date and time displayed next to the Date/Time field, and then press Enter.
To scroll to the point in time already displayed next to Date/Time, select the Date/Time field. This is useful when you have edited the date and time values to scroll to a point in time, and then, later, you want to return to that point in time.
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- If filtering is on, the line above the first log record displays
the word Filtering.
If tracking is on, the line displays the word Tracking.
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- The date displayed to the left of the Time column heading is the date of the record currently at the top of the display.
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- The Code column displays the log code of
each log record.
To display the log type of each log record:
- Enter DISPLAY on the command line. The Display settings window opens.
- Select the option to display the log sequence number (LSN) with the log record type, and then press the Exit function key (F3).
- Press the the Right function key (F11) until the LSN column scrolls into view.
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- If you are using a session, you can permanently bookmark a position, that you or other users can return to, by creating a tag.
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- For a list of the line actions that you can perform on a log record (such as S, to browse the details of a log record), enter / (slash) next to a log record.