Editing Service Action properties

On the Action Menu panel, in the Action field, type the name of the Service Action to edit, select Edit Action Properties, and press Enter.As an alternate method, open the Action List panel from the Action Menu panel by selecting List and specifying a wildcard pattern for the action name. (For an example of the Action List panel, see Listing-Service-Actions.) Then type P in the Act field next to an action and press Enter.

The Edit Action Properties panel is displayed.

• The Action field displays the fully qualified name of the selected Service Action, as well as maintenance information (such as who last updated the Action and when it was last updated). When the Worklist is generated, the product automatically updates the additional dataset and Worklist generated information, and status.

• The Status field displays the current status of the action. This field displays one of the following statuses from the DO_WORKIDS table. The Execution Monitor (AEXEMAIN) modifies the status.

  Value	Definition
  blank	The product did not generate the utility job.
  NOT GENERATED	The product generated the utility job but did not run it.
  EXECUTED	The utility job completed successfully.
  ERROR	The utility job started but had an error.

(optional) Enter the following information on the Edit Action Properties panel:

1. In the Description field, enter a description of up to 100 characters.

2. In the Datasets JCL Options field, enter a data set name for the product options file (POF).To override the default installation POF dataset, provide a different POF data set. Providing a different POF data set sets the value in the POF Ovr (override) column on the Action list panel to Y.

   If you do not specify a POF dataset, the product uses the dataset that the installation options module (DOPTS) specifies in the POFDS option.

   Important

   The remaining Data Sets fields are read-only. The product updates the Worklist Generated fields after you have generated the worklist.

After you have generated the worklist, the product sets the following read-only Data Set information:

• JCL—the dataset where the product saved the generated JCL
• Worklist—the dataset where the product saved the generated worklist
• Diagnostics—the dataset or SYSOUT where the product placed diagnostic information

The product sets the following read-only Worklist Generated information after you have generated the worklist:

• On—Date when you last generated the worklist
• By—AUTHID that generated the worklist.

• RC—Return code that resulted when you last generated the worklist, as follows:

  Return code	Definition
  0	The product generated the worklist successfully.
  4	The product issued a warning message.
  8	A generation error occurred.

• Data Sets refers to the data sets where the product placed the generated worklist and JCL. You specify the data sets on the Action Job Generation panel. For more information, see Creating-a-Service-Action.