Using the Rule Set Overview panel to manage Rules in Rule Sets

Rule-id

The 1- to 8-character unique ID assigned to this Rule at its creation

Stat

The Rule status, which can be one of the following: ENA, DIS, TST, or SUS

SUS status applies when the Rule is suspended through the use of the If matched, in seconds, and then status fields on the Rule Processor Detail Control panel. Refer to Criteria-match-rate-thresholds.

Text-id

The 1- to 16-character first word of the message or command defined for this Rule

Type

The origin of the event, which can be one of the following types: ALRT, ALRM, CICS, CICa, CMD, DB2, EXT, HWTO, IMP, IMS, IMSa, IMSs, JRNL, MQS, MSG, MSGa, MSGs, NVC, NVM, TIME, or VAR

Fired

The number of times the Rule was triggered

EXEC

The name of the EXEC that will be scheduled if the Rule fires

If the EXEC name specified in the Rule is a variable, its length may be more than 8 characters

Changed

The date (YY/MM/DD) and time (HH:MM:SS) the Rule was last modified

This data is stored in the Rule.

ID

The user ID that made the most recent change to this Rule

This data is stored in the Rule.

Rule-id

The one- to eight-character unique ID assigned to this Rule at its creation

Stat

The Rule status, which can be one of the following statuses: ENA, DIS, TST, or SUS

SUS status applies when the Rule is suspended through the use of the If matched, in seconds, and then status fields on the Rule Processor Detail Control panel. Refer to Criteria-match-rate-thresholds.

Group

The one- to eight-character group name defined for this Rule

Function

The one- to eight-character function name defined for this Rule

Code

The two-character code ID defined for this Rule

Author

The one- to eight-character name of the author defined for this Rule

Description

The description defined for this Rule. This field can be up to 40 characters but on the Rule Set Overview panel, the display is limited to show only the first 25 characters of the description

The Rule Processor Detail Control panel shows the full 40 character description.

Rule-id

The 1- to 8-character unique ID assigned to this Rule at its creation

Text-ID

The 1- to 16-character first word of the message or command defined for this Rule

Text-String

The text string defined for this Rule; can be up to 26 characters and includes the Text ID

Rule-id

The one- to eight-character unique ID assigned to this Rule at its creation

Stat

The Rule status, which can be one of the following values: ENA, DIS, TST, or SUS

SUS status applies when the Rule is suspended through the use of the If matched, in seconds, and then status fields on the Rule Processor Detail Control panel. Refer to Criteria-match-rate-thresholds.

Start Time

Displays (in hours, minutes, and seconds) at what clock time a time-initiated Rule begins firing

This field contains data only for Rules whose Event type is TIME.

Interval

Displays (in hours, minutes, and seconds) how often the Rule fires

For example, an interval of 00:05:00 means the Rule will fire at the Start Time and every five minutes thereafter until the Stop Time or Stop Count value is reached.

The minimum interval is five seconds.

Stop Time

Displays (in hours, minutes, and seconds) at what clock time the Rule should stop firing

Stop Count

Specifies the number of times the Rule is to be fired from the Start Time

For example, a Stop Count value of 12 means that the Rule will begin firing at the specified Start Time and continue firing (at a rate determined by the Interval field) 12 times.

Fired

Shows how many times the Rule was fired

Rule-id

The one- to eight-character unique ID assigned to this Rule at its creation

Job Name

The name of the originating batch job, TSO user ID, or Started Task defined for this Rule Blank means any.

Job Type

The type of originator defined for this Rule: JOB, STC, or TSO

Job Class

The job class of the job defined for this Rule

RACF User-ID

The user ID defined for this Rule, if RACF or CA-TOPSECRET or ACF2 is installed

RACF GROUP

The name of the RACF Group defined for this Rule

Accounting Information

The one- to eight-character unique ID assigned to this Rule at its creation

Con Name

The accounting entered on the Account Info field of the Selection Criteria panel

Rout Code

The MVS console name for messages or commands

Job Class

The MVS route code associated with the WTO or WTOR

Desc Code

The MVS descriptor code associated with the WTO or WTOR

Rule-id

The one- to eight-character unique ID assigned to this Rule at its creation

BiiZ Send

Shows whether events are to be sent to the BMC Impact Manager cell

BiiZ Send

Shows the class name mask used to select Rules

ADD

Displays the Rule Processor Detail Control panel

SORT

Sorts the display in either ascending or descending order using the field name as the sort field

For example, the following command sorts the display by Fired count in descending order, thus the Rules that fired most frequently will appear at the top of the display:

You can also sort and filter the display based on

• Rule-id
• Stat
• Text-ID
• Type
• EXEC
• ID

The default is Ascending | A order for all these fields, except Fired and Changed in which case the default is Descending | D.

UNSORT

Reverses the Sort command and returns the display to its original order; by physical location of the Rule within the Rule Set

This command must be issued before a Move | M, Copy | C, Repeat | R, or Insert | I can be issued.

RESET

Enables you to cancel any pending move or copy line commands that you might have

Filter

Enables you to invoke the Rule Set filter panels to specify filtering selection criteria for the Rule Set

For more information about Rule Set filtering, refer toFiltering-events-for-Rule-Sets.

Select | S

Transfers you directly into the Rule Processor Detail Control panel

Browse | BR

View a Rule in browse mode (the Rule cannot be edited.)

Enable | E

Activates a Rule and effectively starts the selection criteria filtering process

Disable | D

Stops the selection criteria filtering process for this Rule

Test | T

Sets the Rule to test mode. Use the Enable or Disable command to get the Rule out of test mode

Using test mode enables you to see if the Rule fires as expected but the actions specified for the Rule are not taken.

DElete | DE

Deletes a Rule

Insert | I

Transfers directly into the Rule Processor Detail Control panel to create a new Rule before or after the line against which this command is issued

Copy | C | CC

Copies Rules to another location in the Rule Set or to another Rule Set

The Rules can be enabled or disabled.

When you are trying to duplicate a Rule within the same Rule Set, you must use the Repeat | R command. The Copy command will not work.

For more information, refer to Copying-or-moving-Rules.

Move | M | MM

Moves Rules to another location in the Rule Set or to another Rule Set

The Rules can be enabled or disabled.

For more information, refer to Copying-or-moving-Rules.

Before | B

Indicates the line within the Rule List before which a Rule is copied or moved with the Move | M | MM or Copy | C | CC line commands

For more information, refer to Copying-or-moving-Rules.

After | A

Indicates the line within the Rule List after which a Rule is copied or moved with the Move| M | MM or Copy | C | CC line commands

For more information, refer to Copying-or-moving-Rules.

Repeat | R

Creates a new Rule by using the active pattern of a specified Rule

Use this command to create Rules that need only minor modifications rather than re-entering the information for each Rule.

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