IMFC


This command issues an IMF or MainView for DB2 service command to

  • invoke an analyzer display
  • start and stop monitors
  • invoke monitor displays (such as PLOT and DMON)
  • invoke a display for automatic image logging

This command supports only local targets. Local targets are assigned in BBPARM member BBIJNT00 (refer to the MainView Common Customization Guide for more information about this BBPARM member).

Command

Parameters

IMFC

Command/options

TARGET|IMSNAME=,

[IMAGE=,]

[USRID=,]

[SCROLL=YES|NO]

The following table describes the parameters:

Parameter

Function

Notes

Command/options

an IMF or MainView for DB2 service command and any required parameters

1- to 8 alphanumeric characters

TARGET=IMSNAME=

the target for the request

This command supports only local targets. Local targets are assigned in BBPARM member BBIJNT00 (refer to the MainView Common Customization Guide for more information about this BBPARM member).

An IMSID (or alias) value can be used as the TARGET name if it has been specified in the BBIJNT00 member of BBPARM. If TARGET= is not specified, a PM0330E error message is logged in the BBI-SS PAS Journal log and the request is terminated.

IMAGE=

specifies whether to write output to the Image Log (BBIIMAGx )

YES or NO

YES is the default.

USRID=

the user ID to be associated with the command

The user ID is checked when requests to purge monitor services are processed. The default is AUTOID from BBIISP00 or the characters USRID.

SCROLL=

scrolls the display forward one full page (40 lines) from the previous IMFC request if scrolling is available in that particular display

YES or NO

NO is the default.

If you use the parameters SCROLL=YES,IMAGE=NO, the data retrieved will contain every screen one by one until the line END OF DATA is found. If you use the parameters SCROLL=YES,IMAGE=YES, all screens are logged but the data contains only the last screen.

 

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