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Accessing OMEGAMON II Trace Information from !DB/EXPLAIN
106 OMEGAMON II for DB2 User’s Guide: CUA Interface, Version 540
Accessing OMEGAMON II Trace Information from !DB/EXPLAIN
This unit describes how you can obtain OMEGAMON II Application Trace and
Accounting Report information when you are working in !DB/EXPLAIN.
Direction of access
The direction of access when obtaining OMEGAMON II Application Trace and
Accounting Report information is always one-way: from !DB/EXPLAIN to OMEGAMON
II, with OMEGAMON II operating under ISPF.
Prerequisites for using the OMEGAMON II trace information
Ensure the Application Trace Facility has previously been used to trace your applications
and that you have current application and accounting trace information available to you
in datasets whose names are known to you. You must know the name of the dataset
containing the history information for the facility you want to use. You can use the
OMEGAMON II OPTIONS menu to specify the input datasets or DB2 table names to use
for reporting or to change their names, and to specify the report filtering selection criteria.
Procedure to obtain current trace information
If the trace information you have is not current or does not contain information about the
plan or plans you want to study, follow the steps below.
For information about using the OMEGAMON II for DB2 Application Trace Facility, see
OMEGAMON II for DB2 Reference.
Procedure
To perform the tasks, take the actions described in the table.
Step Action
1 Toggle to OMEGAMON II using the appropriate function key.
2 Start the Application Trace Facility writing to a VSAM dataset.
3 Access !DB/EXPLAIN and select the plan or plans you want to study.
Task You Want to Perform Action to Take
Access the OMEGAMON II
Application Trace Facility from
!DB/EXPLAIN
On the !DB/EXPLAIN Plans panel, in the SEL (selects)
column, type A in the SEL field of the plan for which you
want to display application trace information.
Result: OMEGAMON II displays the Application Trace
Facility Menu panel.