RC/Query: Display 132 Column data screens

Products

• RC/Update for DB2 for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

How do I display more table data on screen when browsing or editing?

RC/Update, Edit (RC/Edit) or Browse (RC/Browse) will display more than 80 columns in width on screen if some emulator and ISPF settings are adjusted. This will allow a user to see a wider screen of data returned from a table.

Note that the change to 132 column display is not available in any other of the DB2 tools and only in RCU Browse and Edit.
It reverts back to 80 column display upon re-entry to previous screens.

Environment

Release: R20
Component: RCU

Resolution

Change your 3270 emulator to use IBM-3279-5-E . You will see 132 bytes in width. This only happens on the data display screen when in RC/Update, RC/Browse or RC/Edit in Column Mode.

Example Emulator settings. These will change the terminal type to a format that can display a wide screen up to 132 columns.

Emulator	Terminal Type	Model ID
TPX	IBM-3279-5-E	n/a
Reflection	IBM 3270 Terminal	Model 5 27x132 Extended

ISPF Options: These will complement the wide screen used by the emulator by giving ISPF the correct terminal type and that it will be displaying data.

ISPF,
0  ISPF PARMS,

SCREEN FORMAT to "1" for DATA.

Terminal Characteristics

  Screen format   1  1. Data

,
Terminal TYPE "3278".

Terminal Type   3    1. 3277       2. 3277A      3. 3278

When BROWSING a table a wide screen will be displayed with 132 columns.

RUBROWC  20.0   ----------------------------------- RC/Browse: Column Mode ----------------------------------- yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss

COMMAND ===>                                                                                                      SCROLL ===> CSR

For Table   => SYSIBM.SYSCOPY                  > Row number=> 1 OF 192716

Browse Mode => C                                                                                     Max Char  => 070

SSID: ssid ----------FETCH STATUS: COMPLETE------------------------------------------------------------------------------ authid

      DBNAME   TSNAME   DSNUM          ICTYPE ICDATE START_RBA FILESEQNO      DEVTYPE  IBMREQD

      DSNRLST  DSNRLS01              0 C      100413 EL....                 0          N

      DSNRGFDB DSNRGFTS              0 C      100413 EL....                 0          N

      DSNOPTDB DSNOPTTS              0 C      100413 EL...n                 0          N

      DSNOPTDB DSNOPTT8              0 C      100413 EL.0e.                 0          N

      DSNOPTDB DSNMQLTS              0 C      100413 EL.1..                 0          N

      DSNADMDB DSNADMTS              0 C      100413 EL....                 0          N

      DSNATPDB DSNATPTS              0 C      100413 EL....                 0          N

When EDITING a table a wide screen will be displayed with 132 columns.

RUEDITC  20.0   ------------------------------- RC/Edit: Positional Column Mode ------------------------------ yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss

COMMAND ===>                                                                                                      SCROLL ===> CSR

For Table   => authid.PLAN_TABLE              > Row number=> 1 OF 2

Edit Mode   => C                                                                                     Max Char  => 070

SSID: ssid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- authid

OPT S QUERYNO        QBLOCKNO APPLNAME                   PROGNAME

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