Checking the status of a workstation

Select option 5 WORK STATIONS to display a list of the workstations that includes the current status and reporting attribute. When you request additional summary information with the row command S, the statuses of operations at the workstation are displayed.

Figure 1. EQQSWSSP - Browsing summary of activities at a workstation

EQQSWSSP ----- BROWSING SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES AT A WORK STATION ---------------

Work station          : CPU1              Computer Automatic
Type                  : Computer          JOB ability
Reporting form        : Automatic reporting
Work Station status   : Active
Work Station link     : Linked            Command link sent

Current Plan created  : 02/07/11 07.04
End of planning period: 02/07/11 23.25

                           Number          Duration
Operations:                           estimated   actual
 Completed, C         :         2         0.40       0.00
 Interrupted, I       :         0         0.00       0.00
 Started, S           :         0         0.00
 Ready,  R * and A    :        10         1.14
 Waiting, W           :        62         1.24


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The estimated duration is the total planned duration (HH.MM) of the operations in that status. For status W, note that the estimated duration is the time that the waiting operations are expected to run once they are started, it does not include the waiting time.

From the BROWSING WORKSTATION ACTIVITY panel, you can browse the system information for the destination of a computer workstation by entering the row command I. However, a non-local workstation can be browsed only if it communicates through XCF, NCF, TCP/IP, or the submit/release data set.