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.

Tip: For a more detailed version of the following information, move the cursor to the command line of the main log browser panel, and then press the Help function key (F1).
Figure 1. Main log browser panel navigation controls
A log browser panel annotated with numbered callout labels.
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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:

  1. Enter DISPLAY on the command line. The Display settings window opens.
  2. Select the option to display the log sequence number (LSN) with the log record type, and then press the Exit function key (F3).
  3. 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.