Each IPCS panel and each IPCS subcommand can have its own local defaults, including the source. The local defaults for a panel are used by the dialog facilities, subcommands, and command procedures used on that panel. This arrangement allows you to view several, related dumps in parallel, which is helpful when diagnosing from multiple dumps from systems in a sysplex. The following rules apply to local defaults for panels:

• Local defaults in effect when you initiate processing are associated with that processing. The processing can consist of a dialog panel, a subcommand, or a command procedure, such as a CLIST or a REXX exec.
• When entered on a panel, commands that read the source, such as a dump, run on the source being viewed in the panel.
• When entered on a panel, commands that write to the source can change the defaults being used.

To specify local defaults for processing, use any of the following techniques:

• Split your screen and use the IPCS Default Values panel to set the local defaults for each screen.
• Start analyzing one source using IPCS dialog panels. Then, enter the IPCS Browse panel and specify a different source on it. The other IPCS dialog panels will continue showing the first source.
• Start analyzing one source using IPCS dialog panels. Then, enter a subcommand on the IPCS Commands panel and specify a different source in the subcommand. All further subcommands entered on the IPCS Commands panel will apply to the second source, but the other panels will apply to the first source.

  At any time, you can enter a subcommand specifying the first source to make subcommands entered on the IPCS Commands panel apply to the first source.