Graphic parameter definition panels (ERB3RDB, ERB3RDC, ERB3RDD)

If you specified BOTH or GRAPHIC for report mode on ERB3RD3, RMF™ displays the first Graphic Parameter Definition panel, ERB3RDB.

On this panel, you can specify general information about the graphic version of the report.

Note: If you specified TABULAR for report mode on the report format information panel (ERB3RD1) or used DI or WFEX as a prototype, the report format definition utility displays panel ERB3RDF. This panel allows you to save your changes and view the tabular report you have created or cancel your changes. See Saving or cancelling changes on panel ERB3RDF.

Figure 1 is an example of the Graphic Parameter Definition panel ERB3RDB that specifies general information for the graphic version of the SYSINFO report:

Figure 1. Graphic Parameter Definition Panel (ERB3RDB)

ERB3RDB                 RMF Report Format Definition
Command ===>

Report Name: SYSCPU                     Section 7: Graphic Parameter Definition
WLM Mode:    GOAL
             Definitions on this panel are independent of WLM mode.

Enter the following information.  To continue press ENTER.
To quit enter CANCEL. To go backwards press END.


                              GENERAL INFORMATION



NAME FOR HELP PANEL ===> ERBGSYS0     Name of HELP PANEL, if any

TITLE FOR Y-AXIS    ===> Average Number of Active Users

MINIMUM AXIS RANGE  ===> 1            Axis will contain at least this
                                      number of data points
SELECTION RULE      ===> 1            Specify 0, 1, 2 or 3

The fields and their meanings follow:

NAME FOR HELP PANEL

Specifies the name of the help panel that you provide for the graphic report. The field is optional.

TITLE FOR Y-AXIS

Specifies a line of text (maximum of 50 characters) to appear as a label for the bar graph in the graphic version of the report. Sample lines that appear in the graphic parameter table (ERBPTGS3) are:

Percentage of Each User's Time
Percentage of the User's Time
Average Number of Active Users

For an example of the graphic parameter table (ERBPTGS3), see Monitor III data reporter tables.

MINIMUM AXIS RANGE

Specifies the length of the bar graph depending on the text specified in TITLE FOR Y-AXIS as follows. For each line of text listed in the previous example, the minimum axis range is as follows:

100 for “Percent of Each User's Time”
100 for “Percent of the User's Time”
1 for “Average Number of Active Users”

If the length of the largest bar in the report exceeds the value you specify, RMF uses the length of the largest bar.

For an example of the graphic parameter table (ERBPTGS3), see Monitor III data reporter tables.

SELECTION RULE

Specifies how the lines of the tabular report appear as bar graphs on the graphic version of the report. You can select one of the following values:

0 - One bar corresponds to one line of the RMF tabular report
1 - One bar corresponds to one line of the RMF tabular report with sequence number 1 (for example, DEV, HSM, JES, STOR, PROC, DELAY, SYSINFO, and ENQ)
2 - One bar corresponds to the summary of logical lines of the report (for example, ENQR, DEVR reports)
3 - Two bar types can result from all logical lines of a logical block in the RMF tabular report (for example, STORR report) as follows:
- Bar type 1 corresponds to a line of the tabular report with sequence number 1
- Bar type 2 corresponds to each additional line of the logical block for a tabular report with a sequence number greater than 1

For an example of the graphic parameter table (ERBPTGS3), see Monitor III data reporter tables. For a description of logical line number and sequence number, see the panel field description for ERB3RD3 ( Figure 1).

Press ENTER to display the next panel, ERB3RDC, the second Graphic Parameter Definition panel.

On this panel, you can specify labels for the graphic bars in the report. You can specify variable names for bar type 1 labels and bar type 2 labels.

Figure 2 is an example of the Graphic Parameter Definition panel ERB3RDC.

Figure 2. Graphic Parameter Definition Panel (ERB3RDC)

ERB3RDC                 RMF Report Format Definition
Command ===>

Report Name: SYSCPU                     Section 7: Graphic Parameter Definition
WLM Mode:    GOAL
             Definitions on this panel are independent of WLM mode.

Enter the following information.  To continue press ENTER.
To quit enter CANCEL. To go backwards press END.

                        LABEL INFORMATION FOR BAR TYPE I

PRIMARY LABEL       ===> SYSNAMVC  Variable name containing label
SECONDARY LABEL     ===> ________  Variable name containing label
PRIMARY COMPOSITE   ===> _____     Prefix of label
SECONDARY COMPOSITE ===> _____     Prefix of label

                       LABEL INFORMATION FOR BAR TYPE II

PRIMARY LABEL       ===> ________  Variable name containing label
SECONDARY LABEL     ===> ________  Variable name containing label
PRIMARY COMPOSITE   ===> _____     Prefix of label
SECONDARY COMPOSITE ===> _____     Prefix of label

The panel fields and their meanings are as follows:

PRIMARY LABEL/SECONDARY LABEL

Specifies an 8 character variable name for a data value in the graphic version of the report. You can use the variable names that appear in the ISPF data table of the corresponding tabular report.

For example, in Figure 2, the Primary label will appear as average number of active users (SYSNAMVC) on the graphic version of the SYSCPU report.

See Monitor III data reporter tables for examples of the Graphic Parameter table (ERBPTGS3) and the RMF Report Data tables.

PRIMARY COMPOSITE/SECONDARY COMPOSITE

Specifies up to 5 characters of text as a prefix to the variable label specified in PRIMARY/SECONDARY LABEL. In Figure 2, no composite labels appear in the SYSCPU report. You can specify a prefix to appear in the graphic version of the report. The prefix is concatenated to the rightmost contents of the report table variable specified in PRIMARY/SECONDARY label.

See Monitor III data reporter tables for examples of the Graphic Parameter table (ERBPTGS3) and the RMF Report Data tables.

BAR TYPE refers to the number of bars used in the report depending on the logical line and sequence numbers.

See LOGICAL LINE/SEQUENCE NUMBER in the field descriptions for ERB3RD3 ( Figure 1).

Press ENTER to display the next panel, ERB3RDD, the third Graphic Parameter Definition panel.

On this panel, you can specify data columns that you want to appear in the graphic version of the report.

Figure 3 is an example of the Graphic Parameter Definition panel ERB3RDD.

Figure 3. Graphic Parameter Definition Panel (ERB3RDD)

ERB3RDD                 RMF Report Format Definition
Command ===>

Report Name: SYSCPU                     Section 7: Graphic Parameter Definition
WLM Mode:    GOAL
             Definitions on this panel are independent of WLM mode.

Enter the following information. To continue press ENTER.
To quit enter CANCEL. To go backwards press END.

                   COLUMN SPECIFICATION FOR GRAPHIC BAR TYPES

         NAME               LEGEND ID           TRANS ID           BAR TYPE ID

 1. ===> SYSADPVC       ===> 14             ===> 0             ===> 1
 2. ===> SYSADDVC       ===> 08             ===> 0             ===> 1
 3. ===> SYSADSVC       ===> 15             ===> 0             ===> 1
 4. ===> SYSADUVC       ===> 28             ===> 0             ===> 1
 5. ===> SYSADOVC       ===> 29             ===> 0             ===> 1
 6. ===> SYSADEVC       ===> 09             ===> 0             ===> 1
 7. ===> SYSAUPVC       ===> 19             ===> 0             ===> 1
 8. ===> SYSAUDVC       ===> 18             ===> 0             ===> 1
 9. ===> ________       ===> __             ===> _             ===> _
10. ===> ________       ===> __             ===> _             ===> _

The panel fields and their meanings are as follows:

NAME

Specifies an 8 character variable name for a data value from the corresponding tabular report. This value will appear as a bar column in the graphic version of the report. The bar column can be a single bar (bar type 1) or a stacked bar (bar type 2) depending on what you specify for BARTYPE ID. See Monitor III data reporter tables for examples of RMF report data tables.

LEGEND ID

Specifies a number that corresponds to the color, pattern and the text of the graphic chart legend. Variables specified for NAME will appear in the color specified for LEGEND ID. You can specify a decimal value from 04 to 27; the numbers must match the color ID entries on the Color Graphic Option panels.

TRANS ID

Specifies a number that controls how the values for the variable in NAME are scaled on the bar graph in the graphic version of the report.

0 - value appears as is; no division is performed
n - value is divided by 10ⁿ where n equals an integer from 1 to 9.

See Monitor III data reporter tables for examples of RMF report data tables.

BARTYPE ID

Specifies a value that indicates where the data value for the variable in NAME appears for bar types in the graphic version of the report:

0 - indicates the value appears in both bar types
1 - indicates the value occurs in bar type 1
2 - indicates the value occurs in bar type 2

If you specified label information for only bar type 1 on the report parameter definition panel (ERB3RDC), you must specify bar type 1.