Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)

Establishing Settings on the Log Data Set Defaults Panel

Log Data Set Defaults is the first option on the Log List pulldown menu. To select this option, position the cursor in the field for option 1 and press Enter. The Log Data Set Defaults panel is displayed.

The initial defaults are displayed. Following is a description of each setting:

• Process Option. Used to provide four process options.

  1. Print data set and delete. With this option you must also specify a SYSOUT class and job statement information.

  2. Delete data set (without printing).

  3. Keep data set (append subsequent information to same data set).

  4. Keep data set and allocate new data set. (For subsequent information.)

• SYSOUT Class. Used to enter the SYSOUT class assigned to your system output dataset. For example, entering A causes ISPF to use the DD Statement "DD SYSOUT=A" when printing the log dataset.
• Local Printer ID. Used to enter the name that your installation has assigned to an IBM 328x type of printer. The default is blank. If you enter a name in this field, you must leave the SYSOUT class field empty.
• Lines Per Page. Used to enter the number of lines per page. Normal values are:
  • 60 (when printing 6 lines per inch)
  • 80 (when printing 8 lines per inch)

  The number of lines per page can range from 1-999. ISPF Interactive System Productivity Facility uses this value to determine when to cause a page eject if the eject control is not provided by the dialog.

• Primary/Secondary Pages. Used to allocate primary/secondary parameters which are specified in terms of the anticipated number of pages of printout. These values are automatically converted by ISPF Interactive System Productivity Facility to the appropriate number of blocks prior to allocating space for the log dataset.

  If you modify the primary/secondary allocation parameters after the dataset has been allocated, the new values take effect the next time you start ISPF Interactive System Productivity Facility. The log dataset is allocated the first time you perform some action that results in a log message, such as saving edited data or submitting a batch job.

  Note: Allocate a value of 0 to prevent allocation and generation of the log.

• Log Message ID. If you select the Log Message ID option, the message ID is automatically added to the long message text written in the LOG dataset.

  If you request default processing options for the log dataset, the following rules apply:

  • If you specify Print data set and delete, you must also specify SYSOUT class and job statement information. If you specify Print data set and delete for both log and list, you can specify different SYSOUT classes, but only one job is submitted for printing both datasets.
  • If you specify routing to a local printer, you must specify a printer ID and SYSOUT must be blank.

    Note: If you do not follow the aforementioned rules or do not specify default options, primary option X or the Return command causes the final termination panel to be displayed.