Disposition of Audit Trail screen

File-AID allows you to create an audit trail of your Search/Update session. To activate the audit trail feature, enter a Y in the Create audit trail field on the Search/Update Utility screen, shown in Search/Update Utility Screen.

The following figure is displayed when you make a change with Search/Update option U (Update). This screen allows you to specify what to do with the audit trail dataset just created during your session.

If you use the RETURN command (PF4) or a jump command to exit the Search/Update function after a data set change is made, File-AID creates the audit trail dataset but does not display the Disposition of Audit Trail screen. You can use File-AID option 5.5, Print Audit Trail, to print the audit trail dataset.

Disposition of Audit Trail screen

Field Descriptions

Audit trail disposition

Specify one of the following:

PK - Print and keep the audit trail.

PD - Print and delete the audit trail.

D - Delete the audit trail without printing it.

Audit trail dataset

File-AID allocates the audit trail dataset at the beginning of your edit session. If your tso-prefix matches your tso-id, the audit trail dataset name is:

tso-id.FILEAID.AUDT.Dyymmdd.Thhmmss.Msss

tso-id

Your TSO user ID, up to seven characters, or up to eight characters if eight character user ID has been implemented with z/OS 2.3 or later.

Dyymmdd

Gregorian date when the audit trail is created.

Thhmmss

Hour, minute, and second the audit trail is created.

Msss

Millisecond the audit trail is created.

tso-prefix

Your TSO user prefix, up to seven characters, or up to eight characters if eight character user ID has been implemented with z/OS 2.3 or later.

If your TSO-prefix does not match your user ID and the audit dataset name does not exceed 44 characters, the audit trail dataset name is:

tso-prefix.tso-id.FILEAID.AUDT.Dyymmdd.Thhmmss.Msss

When the tso-prefix is included and the construction of the audit dataset name exceeds 44 characters, then millisecond will be omitted. For example, if you had a 4 character tso-prefix and a 5 character tso-id, millisecond would be included. If you had a 4 character tso-prefix and a 7 character tso-id, millisecond would be omitted:

tso-prefix.tso-id.FILEAID.AUDT.Dyymmdd.Thhmmss

Important

When no audit trail prefix is specified for a batch job, the audit trail prefix will default to the batch job name minus the last character.

Audit trail description

Enter an optional 96-position description of the session you just completed. This description is written to the audit trail dataset and prints on the Audit Trail Report.

Specify Batch JCL Information:

Sysout class

Specify the SYSOUT class for the Audit Trail Report.

Specify JOB Statement Information

Specify JOB statement JCL for the batch print job submitted when you specify the PK or PD options.

When you complete this screen, press Enter to process the option entered or, if you want to keep the audit trail dataset for later printing, enter the END command. After processing, the Search/Update Utility screen is displayed

If you enter END from the Disposition of Audit Trail screen, the audit trail can be printed at a later time by using option 5.5, Print Audit Trail. This feature and the Audit Trail Report are described in Print Audit Trail.