Read From and search time frame
When you initiate a search, only transactions that ran during the specified time frame are selected. The starting point is determined by the Read From parameter.
Read From specifies if the END or START date and time is used to start reading CMRDETL records to be displayed. BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CICS lists the record in the order it is read. END is the default unless you change the value in BDR#DEF. The default value is displayed next to the Read From field.
The Read From field can be changed to START, END or blank. The following describes each value:
- START => The CMRDETL record is read from the specified START date and time to the END date and time. The data is listed in the order it is read, oldest to newest.
- END => The CMRDETL record is read from the specified END date and time to the START date and time. The data is listed in the order it is read, newest to oldest.
- blank => The record is read according to the default displayed in the MPD.
You can change the default of END by specifying the READFM parameter in the BDR#DEF member in your BBPROF as follows (use all uppercase characters and start in column 1):
READFM START;
Note that changing the default affects the CHISTORY view, any CH* tabular views, the CHISTINT and CTGHSTRY views.
By default, transactions that ran from midnight of the current day up to the moment the Enter key is pressed are searched. You can define a time frame by entering values into the Start Date/Time fields, or the End Date/Time fields.
Each field may contain either an * or a valid date or time. Dates are in the format mm/dd/yyyy; times are in the format hh:mm:ss.
Specifying an asterisk ( * ) in the Start Date/Time and End Date/Time fields is treated as today.
Specifying an asterisk in the Start Time field is treated as midnight of the current day. Specifying an asterisk in the End Time field is treated as current moment.
See Examples-of-selection-criteria for examples of setting the search range.
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