Specifying Requests in ISPF
The Simulated Date Time Settings screen lets you specify requests for simulated system date and time scenarios for your applications. The following figure shows the format of the Simulated Date Time Settings screen.
Simulated Date Time Settings Screen for the ISPF Interface
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System ID: CW40
Type Legal on the command line for Copyright/Trade Secret Notice Information
Line Commands: S - Set H - Set and Hold R - Reset D - Delete A - Set Active
Status Codes: Q - Queued P - Pending A - Active E - Executing * - Error
C - Completed N - Not Active X - Queued Exec D/T
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Each line is an entry where you can type information defining which portions of your application or applications are to be tested using Xchange. Each individual entry that you create is called a pattern job request. All the entries together constitute the request table. When you press Enter, the commands you put in the C portion of the C/S field are executed for each corresponding pattern job request.
There are three aspects of Xchange operation that are especially important to understand:
- Creating a pattern job request does not automatically run the specified job.
- The date and time for a job specified in a pattern job request are exchanged no matter which user runs the job. The user ID in the Owner field on a request line (a line without a job number present) indicates who created the Xchange request—not who initiated the job. The user ID in the Owner field on a non-request line (a line with a job number present) indicates who initiated that job.
- If external security is used to verify the authority of a request’s owner, it is invoked by Xchange when the designated job executes an SVC11 or other TIME services call—not when the pattern job request is created.
An online help facility and tutorial are available by pressing PF1 or typing HELP on the COMMAND line and pressing Enter. When you enter the HELP command, a list of contents is displayed, allowing you to navigate through the help facility. For context-sensitive field-level help, press PF1 when your cursor is in a field on the screen.
The remainder of this section discusses four aspects of using the Simulated Date Time Settings screen:
- Line commands
- Status codes
- Fields
- PF keys
This section contains the following topics: