Actions - ACTION

The Action definition (ACTION) views show the type of external notification that is to occur when the condition or conditions identified in an analysis definition are true.

Supplied views

To access from the main menu, click:

Administration views > RTA analysis point monitoring > Actions

Table 1. Views in the supplied **Action definitions** (ACTION) view set
View	Notes
Action definitions EYUSTARTACTION.CREATE	Create an action definition and add it to the data repository. When you use the Create action, some fields in the new view may contain values supplied by CICSPlex SM; you may change these values. If you select an existing definition, then click Create, fields in the new EYUSTARTACTION.CREATE view contain values to be modelled (from the existing action definition).
Action definitions EYUSTARTACTION.DETAILED	Detailed information about a selected action definition
Action definitions EYUSTARTACTION.REMOVE	Remove an action definition from the data repository.
Action definitions EYUSTARTACTION.TABULAR	Tabular information about all action definitions for the CICSplex identified as the context.

Actions

Table 2. Actions available for ACTION views
Action	Description
CREATE	Create an action definition and add it to the data repository. When you use the Create action, some fields in the new view may contain values supplied by CICSPlex SM; you may change these values. If you select an existing definition, then click Create, fields in the new EYUSTARTACTION.CREATE view contain values to be modelled (from the existing action definition).
REMOVE	Remove an action definition from the data repository.
UPDATE	Update a selected action definition in the data repository. This opens the EYUSTARTACTION.CREATE view containing values from the selected definition. You can modify the contents of any field in the view except Action Name .

Fields

Table 3. Fields in ACTION views
Field	Attribute name	Description
Message text when alert is cleared	ALERTMSGEND	A 1- to 30-character message that is to be added to the SNA generic alert when the condition causing the alert ends.
Message text when alert is raised	ALERTMSGSTRT	A 1- to 30-character message that is to be added to the SNA generic alert when the condition causing the alert starts.
Last modification agent	CHANGEAGENT	The change agent identifier that made the last modification. DREPAPI - Resource was last changed by a CICSPlex SM API command.
Last modification agent release	CHANGEAGREL	The CICS release level of the agent that made the last modification.
Last modification	CHANGETIME	The local time when the definition was last changed.
Last modification userid	CHANGEUSRID	The userid that made the last modification.
Time created	CREATETIME	The local time when the definition was created.
Description	DESC	(Optional) A 1- to 30-character description of the definition .
Description code page	DESCCODEPAGE	The code page of the description field.
Message to send when event occurs	EVENTMSG	A 1- to 30-character description that describes the event if a notification condition occurs. If the action definition is for use by a system availability monitoring condition, you can specify * (asterisk) to use the default event text for that condition.
External message sent when event is cleared	EXTMSGEND	A 1- to 30-character description that is to be added to the CICSPlex SM message produced when a notifiable condition ends.
External message sent when event occurs	EXTMSGSTRT	A 1- to 30-character description that is to be added to the external message produced when a notifiable condition occurs.
Generate SNA generic alert	GENALERT	Indicates whether a SNA generic alert is to be sent to NetView as part of this action.
Generate event	GENEVENT	Indicates whether CICSPlex SM event messages are to be generated when a notification condition occurs. If you specify YES, provide the following information, as appropriate: Optional site-specific data about the condition Action priority Message to send when event occurs
Generate external message	GENEXTMSG	Indicates whether or not external messages are to be generated when a notification condition occurs.
Action	NAME	The 1- to 8-character name for the action definition. The name can contain alphabetic, numeric, or national characters. However, the first character must be alphabetic.
CMAS to which NetView attached	NETVIEW	The name of the CMAS to which the NetView system is linked.
Action priority	PRIORITY	A value between 1 and 255, inclusive. This value and the severity code associated with the condition are used to determine the sort order of events shown in the EVENT view. The higher the priority, the higher in the list an event appears.
MVS automatic restart	RESTARTMAS	Indicates whether CICS systems affected by the event are to be immediately cancelled and restarted using the MVS automatic restart manager (ARM). The default is NO. For ARM restart to be successful, the CICS system must: Be known to CICSPlex SM as a local MAS Be running in an MVS image where ARM is active Have successfully registered with ARM during initialization Be eligible for restart according to current ARM policy
User data area	VIEW	(Optional) A string of up to 8 characters that allows you to provide additional site-specific data about the condition or to assist in resolving the condition.