Displaying Parameter Values Categorized by Functional Area

How to:

The ? SET BY CATEGORY query allows users to display settable parameter values grouped by major functional categories.


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Syntax: How to Display SET Parameter Values Categorized by Functional Areas

Issue the following command in any supported profile, or in a focexec, or at the command prompt, to display settable parameter values by functional area:

? SET BY CATEGORY

To see a list of functional areas, issue the following command:

? SET CATEGORY HELP

To display parameter settings for a specific functional area, issue the following command:

? SET CATEGORY category

where:

category

Is one of the functional areas listed in the following table.

The functional areas available for display are listed below.

MEMORY

Options that affect size of memory used.

DATES

Options that control date input/output.

SECURITY

Security options.

SINK

Options relevant only to SINK MACHINEs.

SEND

SEND command parameters.

COMPUTATION

Options that affect computations.

MDI

MDI parameters.

EXTERNALSORT

External sort parameters.

FOCCALC

FOCCALC environmental parameters.

ENVIRONMENT

General working environment options.

WEBFOCUS

WEBFOCUS environmental parameters.

REPORT

Options that affect report appearance.

GRAPH

Classical GRAPH control parameters.

STYLESHEET

Options that affect STYLESHEET.

RETRIEVAL

Parameters that affect data retrieval.

HOLD

Options that affect HOLD output.

PLATFORM

Platform-dependent options.

MAINFRAME

Options relevant only to IBM/MAINFRAME.

MSWINDOWS

Options relevant only to MSWINDOWS



Example: Viewing Parameters by Functional Category

To view the current values for parameters in all categories, enter:

? SET BY CATEGORY

This displays the existing parameter values in each category (first four of twenty shown).

                        MEMORY UTILIZATION PARAMETERS
 
 BINS                 64    CACHE                 0    CALCMEMORY            5
 LOADLIMIT            64    MDIBINS            8000    
 XFBINS     16 (passive)
 
                           DATE CONTROL PARAMETERS
 
 ALLOWCVTERR         OFF    BUSDAYS         _MTWTF_    DATEDISPLAY         OFF
 DATEFNS              ON    DATEFORMAT          MDY    DATETIME  STARTUP/RESET
 DEFCENT              19    DTSTANDARD          OFF    DTSTRICT             ON
 HDAY                       TESTDATE          TODAY    WEEKFIRST             7
 YRTHRESH              0
 
                       SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS
 
 PASS             ??????    PERMPASS         ??????    SUSI                OFF

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