Entering Data Recording Requests
The Recording Requests pane of the Setup dialog is where you manage the
requests for recording.
The pane is divided vertically. On the left is a tree structure
representing the configuration created in CASDEF: the products, systems,
views, and fields available in the host systems. Field names will have the
number of requests associated with them (if any) in parentheses.
You can use the right mouse button to bring up a menu of actions that
can be requested for some of these tree entries.
The View Context Menu
- Customize Allows you to create a new,
customized version of this view
by specifying parameters and filters, or to modify such a view.
- Delete Allows you to delete a user view definition file either
saved from MAINVIEW Explorer, or created in the Data Server, and stored in an
add-on directory.
The Field Context Menu
- New Allows you to define a new recording request uing the currently
selected fields. Multiple fields are selected by holding down the CTRL key while
clicking on them.
View names in black are standard views on the host computer. View names in blue
are user views in an
add-on directory. View names in red are customized views.

On the right is the list of recording requests for selected fields. Right
clicking in either pane brings up a context menu. The menu provides the
following options:
- New - Defines a new request for the selected fields. The
selection can be multiple by holding down Shift while clicking to select
a range or by holding down CTRL while clicking to add individual rows to
the selection. If the view is an interval view, the recording interval
will be copied from the mainframe. Otherwise, you will be prompted to
select a recording interval. This interval will be shown in brackets
after the view name.
- Delete - Available when one or more requests are selected in the
right pane. Deletes the selected requests from the corresponding
fields.
- Schedule - Available if the selected requests have a schedule
associated with it. Brings up the Schedule Request
Activity dialog.
Each request has a number of options which can be edited:
- Recording Exit - Use this option to specify which defined exit
is to be used to record this field (or set of fields). Recording exits
are defined as scripts in the "exits" folder. For more information, see
Using Data Server Exits.
- Minimum Number or Rows - Some views show a list of jobs, or
devices, or regions. Usually it is sorted to bring the most interesting
one to the top. Use this option to specify how many rows of data are to
be recorded from each interval. A view such as SYSOVER, with one interval
per line should have "1" specified since recording is done after the end
of every interval.
- Schedule - Use this option to specify the range of hour and the
days of the week that this request is to be active. (see Scheduling).
Scheduling
Requests can be scheduled to be active during certain periods only. Each
schedule has a name and can be used in many requests. A new schedule is
created by selecting "<new>" from the Schedule field of a request in
the Fields setup pane. An existing schedule can be modified by right-clicking
on a request and selecting "Edit schedule" from the menu. In either case a
dialog such as the following appears:
The following items are used in creating or modifying a schedule:
- Name - Name or rename a schedule. The names of all active
schedules will display in the pull-down list on the Fields Setup pane.
Any schedules which are not in use are deleted.
- Start at - The beginning time of the first interval to be
recorded.
- End at - The end time of the last interval to be recorded. If
this is earlier than the "Start at" time, recording will go over
midnight.
- Days of the week - On which days the request is to be
active.
Note that clicking OK is not sufficient to make a permanent change to a
schedule. You must also click Apply or Done in the Setup Dialog to make the
change effective.