Selecting the Inquiry Output from the Catalog

To select the output from the catalog, you must first find the name of the inquiry that created the output you want to replay. In addition, if you are reviewing output from a production or user reporting catalog, select the run date/time group (or cycle) containing the output that you want. Once you have selected the cycle, the inquiries are presented in either Alphabetical or Execution order, depending on what you have specified in your MICF User Profile Options for the default display order.
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To select the output from the catalog, you must first find the name of the inquiry that created the output you want to replay. In addition, if you are reviewing output from a production or user reporting catalog, select the run date/time group (or cycle) containing the output that you want. Once you have selected the cycle, the inquiries are presented in either Alphabetical or Execution order, depending on what you have specified in your MICF User Profile Options for the default display order.
Sample Production Catalog Display panel shows a sample production inquiry output catalog display. The contents of this display vary depending on the specifications that are entered in the data entry fields at the top of the panel. The Catalog parameter shows the 1-8 character name of the production reports and graphics catalog you are currently displaying. The catalog title (or long name) is shown in the panel title area at the top of the panel. Use the Run Date, Catalog Group, and Inquiry Name parameters to specify a part of the catalog to be displayed.
Sample Production Catalog Display
-------------------  Daily Mgmt. by Objective Reports (MBO)  ------------------ Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  Catalog  ===> DAILYMBO                              Catalog Group ===> ________ Run Date ===> _______                               Inquiry Name  ===> _____  Line Cmds: S Select  Cmd   Name                    Title                      Date   Time CSV Grf Rpt  -  -------- ----------------------------------------  -------- ----- -   -   -  _  26FEB06  February 26, 2006                         06/02/26 01:32  _  27FEB06  February 27, 2006                         06/02/27 01:15  _  28FEB06  February 28, 2006                         06/02/28 02:06  _  29JUN06  June 29, 2006                             06/06/29 00:49  _  30JUN06  June 29, 2006                             06/06/30 01:48  _  31MAR06  March 31, 2006                            06/03/31 01:22  _  01SEP06  September 01,2006                         06/09/01 02:15  _  02SEP06  September 02, 2006                        06/09/02 01:42 ****************************** BOTTOM OF DATA  ********************************
A catalog structure is provided to simplify inquiry output retrieval. Inquiry outputs are stored by run date/time (or cycle) and also in "groups" of related inquiries. This panel can display:
Catalog cycles
A list of the run date/time groups (or cycles).
Catalog groups
A list of the logical groups of inquiries (catalog groups) for the selected run date (or cycle).
Inquiries
A list of the inquiries that are cataloged under a specific catalog group for the selected run date (or cycle).
To review inquiry outputs, first select Run Date. When Run Date is blank, you can use the Select (S) command to select an entry (or cycle) from the display or you can specify a number to select reports and graphics that are based on relative execution date/time (or cycle). Here are some examples:
  • Specify 1 (or select the first entry from the display) for the most recent reports and graphics. For example, yesterday or last week. This action is named a relative cycle number.
  • Specify a date in ddmonyy format (for example, 10OCT00 for October 10, 2000) to review outputs that are cataloged on that date.
  • Specify a three character month abbreviation (for example, OCT or JUL) to review all outputs for a specific month.
  • Specify * (asterisk) to review all outputs in the current production or user reporting catalog.
  • Specify 0* for all dates beginning with 0 like 01OCT00 or 02OCT00.
When the RETURN command is used to exit Reports and Graphics, MICF remembers your run date specification. If your run date specification was either a relative cycle number or was chosen with the S line command, the next time you enter the Reports and Graphics option MICF automatically selects the same relative cycle. For example, if you select the first entry from the cycle display to review the most recent daily reports, MICF automatically selects the most recent daily reports the next time you enter the Reports and Graphics option.
If you entered an asterisk as the run date, the next time you enter the Reports and Graphics option MICF automatically shows you all outputs in the current catalog.
Sample Shared Inquiry Output Catalog Display
-----------------------  Shared Inquiry Output Catalog  ----------------------- Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  Catalog  ===> SHARED                                Catalog Group ===> GENERAL Run Date ===> _______                               Inquiry Name  ===> _____  Line Cmds: S Select  Cmd    Name                     Title                      Date   Time  Grf Rpt  -   --------  ----------------------------------------  -------- -----  -   -  _   CHARGE    DP Charges by Costcenter Audit            00/10/21 15:17  N   Y  _   DLYTSO    Daily TSO Performance Analysis            00/10/29 08:12  Y   N  _   DLYTSO    Daily TSO Performance Analysis            00/10/28 08:10  Y   N  _   DLYTSO    Daily TSO Performance Analysis            00/10/25 17:32  Y   N  _   ENGPGM    Engineering Program Analysis              00/10/23 11:12  Y   Y  _   EXCEPT    CA MICS Exceptions Review                 00/10/11 10:02  N   Y  _   PRINT     Printer Utilization Analysis              00/10/02 11:15  N   Y ****************************** BOTTOM OF DATA  ********************************
To help you find the inquiry name that you want in the catalog, each inquiry output catalog is also divided into catalog groups. When you select a production or user reporting catalog cycle or when you select the shared, private, or batch staging inquiry output catalog, you see a list of the catalog groups that are available.
You can either type in the name of the catalog group you want to see after the Catalog Group prompt, or you can select the group by entering S next to the group name in the Cmd column. Once you have done so, the catalog group name is shown after the Catalog Group prompt and the entries in the table at the bottom of the screen are all the inquiry output that is contained in that group. To see the list of all inquiry output in the catalog (or production or user reporting catalog cycle), enter an asterisk (*) after the Catalog Group prompt. To see the list of all inquiries in all catalog groups starting with the same sequence of characters, code that sequence followed by an asterisk after the Catalog Group prompt. Here is an example:
Catalog Group ===> S*
This shows you the inquiry output in all catalog groups starting with S. Thus if the catalog contains catalog groups that are named AVAIL, CAPACITY, FINANCE, SECURITY, SERVICE, and STANDARD, you would see the list of inquiry outputs for the catalog groups SECURITY, SERVICE, and STANDARD.
Figure 2-15 illustrates a sample shared inquiry output catalog display for the GENERAL catalog group. You see a similar display when you select run date and catalog group for a production or user reporting catalog.
If the list of inquiries is long, you can scroll through it using the standard ISPF DOWN and UP commands. You can narrow down the list by entering the beginning characters of the names you are interested in after the Inquiry Name prompt. Only inquiries with names starting with these characters are shown.
Regardless of your MICF User Profile
Reporting Job Stream Default Display Order, you can still sort the display into either order. For Alphabetical order by inquiry name, use the primary command SORT and sort on column 1. To sort the display by execution order, enter the primary command SORT and sort on column 8. For example, enter, SORT 8. Execution order (column 8) is a non-displayed column, but can still be used for sorting the display.
The information about each inquiry is displayed on a single line. The information includes the inquiry name, the inquiry title, the date and time the inquiry was executed, and whether the output includes CSV file output (CSV), graphics displays (Grf), or printed reports (Rpt). Since the same inquiry can be executed multiple times against different data sources, it is possible to see multiple entries for the same inquiry. This condition should occur only when the date or run times differ.
You can select the inquiry output that you want to view from this list by entering S next to the inquiry's name in the Cmd column.
You then see the Inquiry Output Replay panel. The use of this panel is discussed in the next two sections.