Working with classification groups

If you have a long list of work that you want to use in a classification rule, you can create a group. You can create groups for Start of change all qualifier types except for Priority and zEnterprise Service Class End of change .

For example, you may want to create a transaction name group to use in classification rules for your started tasks. Figure 1 shows a Create a Group panel. You can use wildcard and masking notation in qualifier groups. Start of change For work qualifiers that run longer than 8 characters, you can use a start position to indicate how far to index into the string End of change . Note that there is also room next to each classification group for a description.

Figure 1. Create a Group panel

   Group  Xref  Notes  Options  Help
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                               Create a Group                 ROW 1 TO 10 OF 17

 Enter or change the following information:

 Qualifier type . . . . . . . : Transaction Name
 Group name . . . . . . . . . : STC_GR1
 Description  . . . . . . . . . Low Priority STC
 Fold qualifier names?  . . . . Y  (Y or N)

 Qualifier Name  Start  Description
 UCC7            ___    (Descriptions here...___________
 WSF2*           ___    Any valid characters,___________
 PHOENIX         ___    up to 32 in length.)____________
 NVDM            ___    ________________________________
 BMC*            ___    ________________________________
 DBUS*           ___    ________________________________
 DFHSM*          ___    ________________________________
 EMAIL           ___    ________________________________
 NETEX           ___    ________________________________

Then, you go to modify the STC subsystem on the Subsystem Type Selection List for Rules panel, and reference the group in the rules. Choose transaction name group for the qualifier type, and enter the name of the group. You can also enter ? in the qualifier name field for a list of the defined groups.

Figure 2 shows a Modify Rules for STC Subsystem panel. On this panel, you specify TNG in the qualifier type field. Then you can enter the transaction group name STC_GR1 in the Qualifier Name field.

Figure 2. Modify Rules for STC Subsystem

   Subsystem-Type  Xref  Notes  Options  Help
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                 Modify Rules for the Subsystem Type        Row 1 to 7 of 8

 Subsystem Type . . . . . . . : STC
 Description  . . . . . . . . . IBM-defined subsystem type
 Fold qualifier names?  . . . . Y  (Y or N)

 Enter one or more action codes: A=After  B=Before  C=Copy  D=Delete
 M=Move I=Insert rule IS=Insert Sub-rule R=Repeat

           -------Qualifier-------------            -------Class--------
 Action    Type       Name     Start                Service     Report
                                          DEFAULTS: STC_5       ________
  ____  1  TNG        STC_GR1  ___                  STC_1       ________