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HP GlancePlus User's Manual (for MPE/iX Systems)

Filter Selection Menu Variables 

HP GlancePlus lets you define any collection of programs, applications,
or users as a group and view them on the Filter Display screen.  It
combines the ability to subset the Global screen's interesting processes
to a group you wish to see with the Job/Session screen's feature of
summarizing their activity.  You can press the Filter command key (F) to
see the current filter values.  You will be prompted to change them, or
you can accept the current values by pressing RETURN.

Also, you can select whether to display information by program, user, or
predefined application, and whether it must match one or all of those
selections to become a part of the filter group.  You can select whether
it should display all processes matching your specifications or only
those that exceed threshold values.  MPE wildcard attributes are accepted
for the Program name and User logon.

To change a current filter's value, type the key word for the filter
(shown in uppercase on the screen), then type the new value for that
filter.


       Hints 

          *   HP GlancePlus can recognize a key word by the minimum
              number of characters needed to identify it uniquely.  In
              this case, since each key word is unique in the Filter
              Selection menu, the program can recognize a key word by the
              first letter of its name.

          *   Multiple filter commands can be entered by separating the
              individual commands with semicolons (;).

          *   Commands that have only two states--such as YES/no--can be
              entered without a value to change to the opposite state.
              For example, if "use THRESHOLD values = YES/no" is YES, it
              can be changed to NO by entering the THRESHOLD command.

          *   To remove a program name or user logon selection, enter the
              key word without a value.


An example of a filter selection menu is shown below.


          Figure 5-12.  Filter Screen Selection Dialogue 

You can choose from the following variables:

use THRESHOLD  YES/no   Select Yes and GlancePlus will use
values         the threshold values to display only
               interesting processes.  Select No to display
               all processes (interesting or not) that match
               the filter criteria.

MATCH criteria all/ANY   Select all if a process must match
               all of the criteria or ANY if it must only
               match any one selection criterion.

PROGRAM name   Select any valid MPE program name, which may
               include wildcards.  For example, GLANCEXL
               will list all current users of the HP
               GlancePlus program.

USER logon     Select any valid MPE logon value, which may
               include wildcards.  For example, @.XYZ will
               list all users currently logged on to the XYZ
               account.

          Table 5-1.  (cont.) 

APPL Defn File If an application definition file appears on
               the display with application index numbers
               and names below it (see figure 5-12), you may
               immediately select applications to be
               displayed.  Select one or more applications
               by entering their index numbers separated by
               spaces or commas.  You may also use the "+"
               or "-" to add or subtract applications from
               the selected list.  When you select an
               application, both its number and name are
               highlighted.  For example, entering 2 5 in
               response to the CHANGE prompt in figure 5-12
               would result in selecting (and highlighting)
               the Networking and MM/3000 applications.
               Entering +6 12 in response to the next prompt
               would add DBS and Prodsys to the selected
               applications.

               If no applications appear on the display or
               you wish to specify a different application
               definition file, enter APPL filename in
               response to the CHANGE prompt.  If the file
               contains valid application definitions, then
               the display will show the application index
               numbers and names from that file.  Creating a
               file with application definitions provides a
               rapid and simple means to select groups of
               programs or users to view in the Filter
               Display and Workload Screens.

               GlancePlus looks for application definitions
               in the configuration file GLANCNFG when it is
               initiated.  If found, GLANCNFG is used as the
               default application definition file.  If no
               application definitions are found there,
               GlancePlus next looks for them in the
               PARM.SCOPE.SYS file.  This is the file used
               by HP Performance Collection Software, which
               is part of both the HP LaserRX/MPE and HP
               GlancePlus Pak products.  If no application
               definitions are found in either place, then
               GlancePlus initiates with no default
               application definition file, and the APPL
               Defn File field is blank.

               To find out how to construct an application
               file, see appendix D.

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