Using the Abend-AID web browser interface

The Abend-AID Web Browser Interface is an easy-to-use interface that lets you access the Abend-AID Viewer mainframe viewing server databases using standard Web browser software. Communication between the Web browser client and the Abend-AID viewing server is accomplished through HTTP requests. See Abend-AID Web Browser Interface for the valid URL format for accessing the interface.

Page layout

For Release 17.02, the Abend-AID Web Browser Interface has been enhanced with a new look and feel. As shown in the following figure, after you enter the Abend-AID Web Browser Interface URL your site has assigned for this product and you log in with your user ID, the Home menu is displayed with icons for the most frequently used screens and major facilities. Use the mouse to click on each large icon to access that screen or menu. The toolbar is located at the top of the page and shows the screen names in order from left to right of the screens as you access them. If you access several screens during your session, the names are collapsed, but are still in access-order. At the far-right on the toolbar are three small icons for performing actions/functions: Tools, Fast Path Commands, and Help Information. Click on each icon to display its associated screen or, if applicable, its menu of functions.

Abend-AID Web Browser Interface Page layout

Diagnostic/informational displays

Once you select a report from the Abend-AID Directory and access any of the diagnostic/informational screens for that report, click on the down arrow following Navigation in the upper-left of the screen to display links to related screens/menus for the selected report. Click on the arrow following Abend Code in the center of the screen above the screen title to display such additional report information as program, date, offset, and time. Scroll bars are available at the right and bottom of the screen for lengthy and wide displays, respectively.

You can access additional related screens for the report by clicking the Tools Icon on the toolbar and then the Command Line option. Here you can enter fast-path and primary commands. The Command List option from the Tools Icon displays the list of available commands for the current screen.

Mouse right-click

The mouse right-click provides ease of use for several screens and menus. Because the results of using a right-click differ depending upon where you are clicking, several of the most common uses are described below.

• Right-clicking anywhere on any screen pane that does not have an overriding right-click option displays a drop-down menu containing several common commands such as Back, Home, Cancel, Refresh, and Help.
• Right-clicking on a table heading or in a masking field brings up the drop-down menu described in Reset Mask.
• Clicking on a checkbox selects the checkbox and displays a drop-down menu of various screens and actions.
• Right-clicking on any field brings up a drop-down menu, with (at minimum) the Help command.

Reset mask

To reset the masking parameters in any field, simply type over the characters, use the space bar, or delete them. To reset all of the masking fields, mouse right-click any of the table headings or masking fields. A drop-down menu appears with the following options:

• Help
• SORT Ascending
• SORT Descending
• Resets
  • Reset SORT only
  • Reset MASK only
  • Reset Columns only
  • Reset ALL
• Hide column data

By default, Abend-AID does not restore the mask parameters from your last session on the Abend-AID Directory and the Source Program Directory. To enable this functionality in your user profile, refer to the  .

Sorting

Use sorting to organize data alphabetically or chronologically. Sorting is done on a column-by-column basis, but more than one column cannot be sorted at any time. If you sort another column, the previous column automatically reset.

To sort a column, hover your cursor over the column heading until the heading is highlighted and the option Click to SORT by this column  appears. Click on the column heading and the reports sort accordingly.

Reset sorting

When you hover your cursor over the column heading after initially sorting the column, the option  Click to RESET SORT on this column  appears. Click on the column heading, and the data returns to the original organization.

Online help

Online help is available for any Abend-AID Web Browser Interface screen, field, system message, or command. You can access Help information by clicking on the Help Information icon on the Abend-AID Web Browser Interface toolbar or by right-clicking on a field. When you click on the Help icon from the toolbar, a drop-down menu appears with the following options:

• Help for current screen: Provides access to screen, field, message or command help.
• Visit BMC.COM: Displays a pop-up window for access to the main Web site, BMC.COM.
• BMC Support Center: Displays a pop-up window for access to BMC Support website. You can access technical support, search and view knowledge-based articles and documentation, use product forums, and download the latest patches and fixes.

• About 

  Abend-AID

  : Displays product copyright information.

When you right-click on a field to select Help, Help information for that particular field is displayed in a new screen. To return to the previous screen, you can click on the screen title on the toolbar, press PF3, or enter End on the Command Line option of the Tools icon menu.

PF keys

The following table describes the Abend-AID Web Browser Interface default definitions assigned to all 24 PF keys. For the Abend-AID Viewer default PF key definitions, see PF-keys.

Default Abend-AID for CICS Web Browser Interface PF Key Definitions