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Creating a window

By default, the 

MainView

 terminal session starts with a single window. You can create multiple windows, horizontally and vertically. This capability enables you to monitor and manage several systems from a single point of control and see varying levels of detail from a single display.

You can open a maximum of 20 windows simultaneously in each ISPF session.

To split a window horizontally or vertically

  1. Indicate how you want to split the screen:
    • For a horizontal split, type HS on the COMMAND line.
    • For a vertical split, type VS.

  2. Place the cursor where you want the new window to begin and press Enter.The command splits the display at the cursor position and creates another window.

To open a hyperlink in a new window

  1. Create a new window by splitting the display either horizontally or vertically.
    The number of the active window is shown in the CURR WIN field in the window control area at the top of the display. The new window is empty and has a window status of T in its window information line, which means the window is available to receive view or window commands.

    Tip

    You can change the active window by entering the following command on the COMMAND line:

    Wn

    The variable n specifies the number of the window that you want to be the active window. The value of n can be from 1 through 20. For more information about this command, type HELP Wn on the COMMAND line.

  2. In the ALT WIN field, type the number of the new window in which to open the hyperlink.

  3. Place your cursor on a highlighted element in the window that you want to hyperlink from, and press Enter.The hyperlink is shown in the new window.

    Tip

    Use an ampersand (&) and the window number (such as &2) to retain the alternate window between actions to avoid having to retype the number every time you want to hyperlink to a view in that window.

Example of creating a window in Plex Manager

  1. Enter the following CONTEXT command to access the Plex Manager product and the PLEX view:
    CON * PLEXMGR;PLEX

    Note

    The asterisk (*) specifies the local CAS where your terminal session is connected. For more information about this command, type HELP CON on the COMMAND line.

    PLEX is the Plex Manager view that lists all active MainView products, their targets, and their target status.

    The PLEX view is displayed:

     ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss -------- MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ------------
     COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> CSR
     CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>
     >W1 =PLEX============SYSB=====*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====PLEXMGR==D===17
     C Product  Context  System   Description                              Status
     - -------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------- -------
       MVDB2    DB2L     SYSB     PRODUCTION DB2                           Active
       MVIMS    IMSCTL   SYSA     IMS                                      Active
       MVIMS    IMSM     SYSA     IMS                                      Active
       MVMVS    SYSB     SYSB     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      Active
       MVMVS    SYSC     SYSC     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      InActive
       MVMVS    SYSA     SYSA     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      Active
       MVVP     SSICICS  SYSA     SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE V                   Active
       MVVP     PUBCICS  SYSA     BBCS PUBLIC CICS                         Active
       MVVP     GUPCIC4  SYSA     GUPTA CICS V4.10                         Active
       MVVP     GUPCICS  SYSA     GUPTA CICS V5.10                         Active
       MVVP     TERXCICS SYSA     TENERA                                   Active
       MVVP     SYSB     SYSB     MAINVIEW VistaPoint                      Active
  2. On the COMMAND line, type HS, move the cursor down the screen to a position where you want the top of the second window to appear, and press Enter.The second window that you created should be displayed as the active window in the CURR WIN field.

  3. In the ALT WIN field, type 2, but do not press Enter.This action sets the second window that you just created as a destination for a hyperlink from the first window.

  4. In the first window, place the cursor on a product in the list and press Enter.For example, if selecting MVDB2 from the first window (W1) displays that product's main menu n the second window (W2).

     ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss --------- MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ------------
     COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> CSR
     CURR WIN ===> 2        ALT WIN ===>
     >W1-PLEX------------SYSB------*--------ddmmmyyyy--hh:mm:ss----PLEXMGR--D----17
     C Product  Context  System   Description                              Status
     - -------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------- -------
       MVDB2    DB2L     SYSB     PRODUCTION DB2                           Active
       MVIMS    IMSCTL   SYSA     IMS                                      Active
       MVIMS    IMSM     SYSA     IMS                                      Active
       MVMVS    SYSB     SYSB     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      Active
       MVMVS    SYSC     SYSC     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      InActive
       MVMVS    SYSA     SYSA     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      Active
      W2 =MAIN============DB2L======*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====MVDB2==D=====18
     CMD View Name  Description
     --- ---------- ------------------------------
         ADMIN      Administrative Views
         DMON       Monitors by Target - Interval
         DMONC      Monitors by Target - Cluster
         DMONR      Monitors by Target - Realtime
         DMONS      Monitors by Target - Session
         DOBJ       Objectives Review - Interval
         DOBJR      Objectives Review - Realtime

    Note

    Window 2 (W2) is now the active window, as indicated by the 2 in the CURR WIN field.

  5. On the COMMAND line, type VS, move your cursor in the second window to a place where you want to split the window in half vertically, and press Enter.The third window that you created should be displayed as the active window in the CURR WIN field.

    Note

    Placing your cursor in the window control area at the top of the display and pressing Enter splits the entire display either vertically or horizontally.

  6. In the ALT WIN field, type 3, which makes window 3 the destination for a hyperlink from any window.

  7. Select another active product from the first window to hyperlink to that product's main window in window 3, as shown in the following example:

     ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss --------- MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ------------
     COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> CSR
     CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===> 3
     >W1 -PLEX-------------SYSB-----*--------ddmmmyyyy--hh:mm:ss----PLEXMGR--D---17
     C Product  Context  System   Description                              Status
     - -------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------- -------
       MVDB2    DB2L     SYSB     PRODUCTION DB2                           Active
       MVIMS    IMSCTL   SYSA     IMS                                      Active
       MVIMS    IMSM     SYSA     IMS                                      Active
       MVMVS    SYSB     SYSB     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      Active
       MVMVS    SYSC     SYSC     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      InActive
       MVMVS    SYSA     SYSA     MAINVIEW for z/OS                      Active
     >W2 -MAIN--------------DB2L-----*- >W3 =MAIN==============SYSB=====*=======ddm
     CMD View Name  Description         | C View Name  Description
     --- ---------- ------------------- | - --------- ----------------------------
         ADMIN      Administrative View |   ADMIN      Administrative views
         DMON       Monitors by Target  |   CFMON      Coupling Facility views
         DMONC      Monitors by Target  |   EZMENU     Easy access menu
         DMONR      Monitors by Target  |   JOBACT     Job activity views
         DMONS      Monitors by Target  |   SYSACT     System activity views
         DOBJ       Objectives Review - |   USER       User-created views
         DOBJR      Objectives Review - |   UTILITY    System utilities

    The main menu shown in window 3 is the result of a hyperlink from the active MVMVS product in window 1. You now have multiple windows open with a different product in each window. With multiple windows, you can track several targets from a single display. You can also use multiple windows to select views that contain hyperlinks, and progressively move to more detail in each window.

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