Inactive Interval Timeout parameter for VTAM/XMS user logon?

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• View

Issue/Introduction

When we log on to View, we are logging on through the VTAM interface, set up through the EBC/XMS Cross Communication task used by View.

- We are looking for information on the INACTIVE interval timeout parameter for a session/user logged on to a View database.

- What parameter is used specifically for a users period of inactivity? And can it be changed? 

Environment

Release : View 14.0

Resolution

When logging on to View through the VTAM/XMS task, the XMS task parameter that controls the users period of "INACTIVITY" before terminating their session is the "LONGWAIT=" parameter.

The LONGWAIT parameter works in conjunction with the "CANCEL=" parameter. These parameters are documented as follows:

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CANCEL=YES|NO
Indicates one of the following points:
- CANCEL=YES specifies that a user who is inactive (no commands entered) for the time specified by the LONGWAIT parameter is canceled, and the session is terminated. With CANCEL=YES, all users are automatically canceled if the region is shut down by an operator command.
- CANCEL=NO specifies that the connection is not to be canceled, and the user status changes to LONGWAIT.

LONGWAIT=nn
Specifies the number of minutes of inactivity (no commands entered) before a user's session is terminated.
The CANCEL parameter must be YES to terminate the session.
Default: 15 minutes, which can be adjusted.

- Error messages associated with a LONGWAIT timeout could be any of the following, depending on the signon protocol used to access View:

EBCXMC17, EBCXMT17, EBCXMM02, SARVSTM1, SARXSTM1 and CAHFSPT012E 

Additional Information

View itself does not have any SARINIT parameters that force a timeout after a period of user inactivity. 

There are other timeout related EBC/XMS parameters, unrelated to inactivity, such as the TIMEOUT=  and LOGWAIT= parameters. These additional EBC/XMS task related timeout parameters are documented as follows:

TIMEOUT=nnn
Defines the time-out value, in seconds, to be used by this transaction.
– This value is used as the maximum wait time for a response from the SARXMS started task.
– This value must be greater than zero and less than 9999 seconds (which is two hours, 40 minutes).
– If you do not want any timeout to occur, you may specify TIMEOUT=NO.
Default: 240 seconds (four minutes).

LOGWAIT=nnn
Indicates the amount of time a user is to wait to log on before the user's session times out.
Default: 200 (2 minutes, 00 seconds).

- Error messages associated with these other types of View/XMS timeouts include the following: 

EBCXMC15, EBCXMM14, EBCXMT15, EBCXST03, SARTIA12 and SARTIA05