ViewPoint Manual

Definition of ViewPoint Screens
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Field Descriptions
Function Key Notes
Table 3-6 describes the operation of some of the function keys and special requirements
for using them.
Table 3-6. Function Key Notes (Last Events Screen)
Function
Key Special Requirements
F4 Before displaying the Last Events screen, you must select a subject. Select a
subject in one of two ways: (1) by positioning the cursor (or entering a nonblank
character) in the selection field preceding a message that identifies the subject for
which you want to perform a search. Then, press F4 to request the Last Events
screen. Select a message whose subject token is the subject for which you want
to see recent events. See the description of the Subject field in the previous
subsection, “Last Events Screen,” for an explanation of subject tokens; (2) by
entering the subject name (if you know it) it directly on the option line (line 24).
Then press F4 to request the Last Events screen. Subject names must be less
than 78 bytes.
Some events have a blank subject name—a null subject. You can display all
events with a null subject by positioning the cursor at the option line, which you
leave blank, and pressing F4 to request the Last Events screen.
NOTE: The event messages displayed for the selected subject do not get updated
automatically as new messages are logged for that subject. When you want an
update for the subject, press F4 again.
F5 Has two different uses:
•
Displays a particular DSM/PM screen if you type the name of the screen (or
any valid alias for it) on the option line, and press F5.
•
Submits an event as a problem if you mark the event by typing any character
next to the event, and press F5. For more information on submitting events
as problems, see Submitting Events as Problems or as Problem Information
Records in section 2.
SF5 Has two different uses:
•
Adds a marked event as a problem to DSM/PM without submitting it, if you
mark the event by typing any character next to the event, and press SF5. The
object name associated with the event you marked will be displayed as the
problem subject on the screen. DSM/PM does not automatically submit the
problem, but is waiting for you to take further action. For more information
on adding a marked event to DSM/PM, see Adding an Event Without
Submitting It, in section 2.
•
Adds and submits a marked event as a problem information record to
DSM/PM, if you mark the event by typing any character next to it, and press
SF5. The DSM/PM Create Problem screen displays with the marked event
showing as a problem information record at the bottom of the screen. You
can create a problem using all the functions available on the screen. For
more information on submitting a marked event as a problem information
record, see Submitting Events as Problems or as Problem Information
Records in section 2.