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Interactive method for Message Advisor ISPF interface panels

The Message Advisor ISPF interface provides structured data entry panels and pop-up panels that let you build certain command sets by typing the required values without remembering keywords or referring to the Reference. The Message Advisor base commands, DEQUEUE, DISPLAY, REQUEUE, and UNLOAD, can be built in this manner.

This section describes how to build and execute these commands by using the Message Advisor ISPF interface panels.

Warning

Note

Only command sets for Message Advisor DEQUEUE, DISPLAY, REQUEUE, and UNLOAD commands can be built by using the structured data entry panels of the Message Advisor ISPF interface.

Other Message Advisor commands and all Message Advisor QPF commands must be built by using ISPF or a similar data set editing facility. Because the Message Advisor interface contains a direct interface to ISPF edit, these commands can be built without exiting the Message Advisor interface.

When a Message Advisor command set is built, it can be executed by submitting a batch job or it can be executed by using the Message Advisor ISPF interface panels. Through the interface panels, you can execute the command set in foreground or background.

If you use a sample command set with the interface panels, the sample command set will populate the interface panel fields, which you can then accept or modify to meet your needs.

To build and execute a DEQUEUE, DISPLAY, REQUEUE, or UNLOAD command set interactively, perform the following tasks:

  • Allocate a request library.

    You may want to allocate a separate library for your command set, such as bmcnode.MAQ.REQUEST.

  • Build a command set from a sample.

    Although a command set can be built by typing the desired commands, subcommands, keywords, and parameters, this topic emphasizes building command sets by using the sample command sets provided by BMC Software. By using these samples, you will minimize errors and reduce the time that is required to build a command set. One or more sample command sets are provided for most Message Advisor commands.

    Warning

    Note

    All sample command sets are shown with the option of including default values. For information about how to create command sets without the defaults being shown, see Session-Control.

  • Execute a command set.

This section contains the following topics:

Related topic

Building-and-executing-a-command-set-in-your-request-library


 

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