Profiles View

Modify Servers, Profile Settings, and Data Sets in the Profiles View

Follow these steps:

1. Verify that a server connection is available and active in the Profiles view.

2. Right-click the server name and select one of the following actions:

   Note: The Profile view selectively displays right-click options for different nodes. The right-click actions that are unavailable for the selected node are disabled. To view all available options, click the View Menu icon on the Profiles view toolbar.

• • Expand Tree
    Lets you expand the tree.

  • Collapse Tree
    Lets you collapse the tree.

  • Add New Server
    Opens the New Server Definition screen, so that you can add another server.

  • Refresh Server Status
    Refreshes the server status.

  • Update Server
    Opens the Update Server Definition dialog, so that you can make changes to either the name, host, port, or User ID.

    Note: You may choose to save your mainframe password. Check the Save Password box in the Update Server Definition dialog if you want the application to preload the saved password into the Logon dialog whenever you are prompted to enter your user ID and password. If you prefer to replace the saved password with a new password anytime, click Clear Password. You can use a new password when you log on.

  • Delete Server
    Lets you delete the server and all its profiles, after confirmation.

  • Reset Server Password
    Lets you reset the server password.

  • Add Profile
    Opens the New Profile Definition screen, where you can add another profile to your server. After you have expanded the tree, you will see your default profile. Right-clicking the Default Profile opens a menu with the preceding items with other options.

  • Update Profile
    Opens the Update Profile Definition screen, where you can update your profile name.

  • Delete Profile
    Lets you delete your profile, after confirmation.

    Note: You can use Ctrl-click or Shift-click to delete multiple profiles.

  • Add Dataset (available when you right-click the product name or Protsym)
    Lets you add a fully qualified data set depending on the node.

    Note: For CA SymDump System and CA SymDump Batch, you can choose to use the data set defined in the product's installation defaults. Check the Use Default Data Set box to use the product-defined default data set.

  • Update Dataset (available when you right-click the data set name)
    Lets you update the data set name.

  • Delete Dataset (available when you right-click the data set name)
    Lets you delete the selected data set name from the Profiles view.

    Note: You can use Ctrl-click or Shift-click to delete multiple data sets.

  • Add Symbolic (available when you right-click the data set name)
    Allows you to add listings to the Protsym using the Load Listings into Protsym dialog.

  • Send Content to Views
    Sends the contents of the selected files to the appropriate views. For example right-clicking a Protsym profile and selecting Send content to views, populates the Protsym view with details of the Protsym data sets checked.

  • Display Options
    Allows you to view the current installation options that are in effect and the product initialization status for the batch, the System profiles in the Profiles view, and CICS profiles (CICS data sets) in the Profiles view.

  • Use Cheat Sheets
    Cheat sheets are additional help options. Cheat sheets provide step-by-step instructions for performing tasks. Cheat sheets also demonstrate some tasks such as opening a view from the main window.