{"id":36,"category_id":1,"slug":"logview","type":null,"name":"Log View","code":"LOG","content":"<p><strong>Display CICS system logs online<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>In the CICS message log are messages from CICS (signons and signoffs, security violations, statistics, terminal errors, transaction abends, PLI abend messages, etc.), messages from DL\/1, CICS application programs and program products.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Browse CSMT, CSCS, CADL, etc. logs on any CICS terminal. Browse logs individually or combined.<\/li>\r\n <li>No need to wade thru pages of terminal errors looking for security violations.<\/li>\r\n <li>Browse selections can be made by CICS applid.<\/li>\r\n <li>Logs can be browsed separately or combined in date and time sequence.<br>\r\n &nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Browse CICS logs on your CICS terminal with CICS\/Log View<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Full function browsing enables up, down, top, bottom, left and right scrolling.<\/li>\r\n <li>Searches can be done by date and time.<\/li>\r\n <li>FIND function allows finding any character string within a log.<\/li>\r\n <li>Log entries are in date and time sequence.<\/li>\r\n <li>HELP screens are available for every screen and function.<\/li>\r\n <li>See messages from your programs, about security violations and about storage violations.<br>\r\n &nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Automate operations; notifications can be triggered by specific error messages<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Have log entries meeting specific conditions written to a CICS printer.<\/li>\r\n <li>Have log entries meeting specific conditions displayed upon the system console.<\/li>\r\n <li>Get immediate notification on your CICS terminal when a specific condition occurs.<\/li>\r\n <li>MacKinney Systems CICS\/Message must be installed.<br>\r\n &nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Exclude unwanted entries from being logged<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Specify criteria to keep unwanted entries from being logged.<\/li>\r\n <li>Multiple sets of criteria can be set up with CICS\/Log View.<\/li>\r\n <li>Specify criteria as exceptions to ignore the automatic notification criteria.<\/li>\r\n <li>Excluded messages can be viewed with the SHOW command.<br>\r\n &nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Print complete logs or selective portions of logs on the system printer<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>A batch facility (included) allows printing log entries on the system printer.<\/li>\r\n <li>Specify parameters to selectively print log entries or print all entries.<\/li>\r\n <li>Prints can be limited to specified applids, queues, dates, or time of day.<\/li>\r\n <li>CICS\/Log View has the ability to search for character strings and print is included.<\/li>\r\n <li>Start transactions specified in a log entry.<\/li>\r\n <li>Write a log entry record image to a specified queue.<br>\r\n &nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Archive and\/or purge old entries<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>Specify the number of days to be kept and all other entries are dropped.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","summary":"","featured":0,"status":1,"passwords":1,"extended_info":"0","deleted_at":null,"created_at":"2017-11-14T23:21:27.000000Z","updated_at":"2017-12-01T01:14:49.000000Z","sorted_releases":[{"id":1027,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"3.1","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p>\r\n<ul><li>This release begins usage for the MacKinney License Keys software to manage license keys. Reference&nbsp;the&nbsp;<span class=\"fontstyle2\">MacKinney License Key Usage Guide&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">manual for information on&nbsp;<\/span>installing Log View Release 3.1 and later license keys.<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2025-10-31T16:38:06.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":1031,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.4","notes":"<p>Contains change to use the next level of password verification.<\/p><p>Note: This release was not available for download.<\/p>","released_on":"2016-05-19T20:13:22.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":22,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.3","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>This is mostly a service release. All fixes available for release 2.2 have been applied.<\/li>\n <li>TD messages up to 2000 bytes in length can be stored.<br \/>\n (When viewed, the records \"wrap\" on the display at column 137.)<\/li>\n <li>The programs can now run above the 16mb line.<\/li>\n <li>The DCT entries have been brought up to date for CICS Transaction Server.<\/li>\n <li>A common copybook is used for both operating systems.<br \/>\n (Not all queues are available on VSE CICS TS 1.1)<\/li>\n <li>PPT, PCT, File, and DCT entries are now supplied as input records for DFHCSDUP.<br \/>\n (The DCT is also provided using DFHDCT macros for releases of CICS TS that do not support DEFINE TDQUEUE statements for RDO.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2003-06-12T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":23,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.2","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Year 2000 compatible. Four digit year maintained throughout entire system<\/li>\r\n <li>Password protection<\/li>\r\n <li>Applids maintained online<\/li>\r\n <li>New applids automatically added<\/li>\r\n <li>No compiling necessary for installation or CICS upgrades<\/li>\r\n <li>Minimum CICS requirement: CICS 1.7<\/li>\r\n <li>Removed need for separate DCT copybooks<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1999-05-26T22:32:16.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":24,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.1","notes":"<p>Added separate CICS 3.1 and 3.2 destination tables and DCT entries for MVS<\/p>","released_on":"1994-01-29T00:33:07.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":25,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.0","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Log entries are written to the file only once at the end of the file to reduce VSAM space. Slower response may result when viewing a selected queue as more records are being searched for the requested queue.<\/li>\n <li>Automatic screen refresh<\/li>\n <li>Operator write to CSMT log<\/li>\n <li>Exclusion of entries and SHOW command to display them<\/li>\n <li>Log selection by applid when multiple CICS systems are using the same log file<\/li>\n <li>Start a transaction when a specific log entry is found<\/li>\n <li>Write designated log entries to a specified queue<\/li>\n <li>Message highlighting<\/li>\n <li>Initialization of LOG VIEW file from scratch<\/li>\n <li>Installation queue and applid default selection<\/li>\n <li>Installation selection of queues to display<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1991-08-08T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]}],"releases":[{"id":22,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.3","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>This is mostly a service release. All fixes available for release 2.2 have been applied.<\/li>\n <li>TD messages up to 2000 bytes in length can be stored.<br \/>\n (When viewed, the records \"wrap\" on the display at column 137.)<\/li>\n <li>The programs can now run above the 16mb line.<\/li>\n <li>The DCT entries have been brought up to date for CICS Transaction Server.<\/li>\n <li>A common copybook is used for both operating systems.<br \/>\n (Not all queues are available on VSE CICS TS 1.1)<\/li>\n <li>PPT, PCT, File, and DCT entries are now supplied as input records for DFHCSDUP.<br \/>\n (The DCT is also provided using DFHDCT macros for releases of CICS TS that do not support DEFINE TDQUEUE statements for RDO.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2003-06-12T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":23,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.2","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Year 2000 compatible. Four digit year maintained throughout entire system<\/li>\r\n <li>Password protection<\/li>\r\n <li>Applids maintained online<\/li>\r\n <li>New applids automatically added<\/li>\r\n <li>No compiling necessary for installation or CICS upgrades<\/li>\r\n <li>Minimum CICS requirement: CICS 1.7<\/li>\r\n <li>Removed need for separate DCT copybooks<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1999-05-26T22:32:16.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":24,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.1","notes":"<p>Added separate CICS 3.1 and 3.2 destination tables and DCT entries for MVS<\/p>","released_on":"1994-01-29T00:33:07.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":25,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.0","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Log entries are written to the file only once at the end of the file to reduce VSAM space. Slower response may result when viewing a selected queue as more records are being searched for the requested queue.<\/li>\n <li>Automatic screen refresh<\/li>\n <li>Operator write to CSMT log<\/li>\n <li>Exclusion of entries and SHOW command to display them<\/li>\n <li>Log selection by applid when multiple CICS systems are using the same log file<\/li>\n <li>Start a transaction when a specific log entry is found<\/li>\n <li>Write designated log entries to a specified queue<\/li>\n <li>Message highlighting<\/li>\n <li>Initialization of LOG VIEW file from scratch<\/li>\n <li>Installation queue and applid default selection<\/li>\n <li>Installation selection of queues to display<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1991-08-08T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":1027,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"3.1","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p>\r\n<ul><li>This release begins usage for the MacKinney License Keys software to manage license keys. Reference&nbsp;the&nbsp;<span class=\"fontstyle2\">MacKinney License Key Usage Guide&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">manual for information on&nbsp;<\/span>installing Log View Release 3.1 and later license keys.<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2025-10-31T16:38:06.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":1031,"parent_id":null,"product_id":36,"release":"2.4","notes":"<p>Contains change to use the next level of password verification.<\/p><p>Note: This release was not available for download.<\/p>","released_on":"2016-05-19T20:13:22.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]}]}