Setting monitors from the ISPF panels

You can browse and set the EXTERNAL MONITOR job option of an operation from the JOB, WTO, AND PRINT OPTIONS panel (see EQQAMJBP - Job, WTO, and print options for an example).

Figure 1. EQQAMJBP - Job, WTO, and print options 
EQQAMJBP ---------------- JOB, WTO, AND PRINT OPTIONS -------------------
Command ===>

Enter/Change data below:
Application            : VALE1           
Operation              : CPU1 001        
 JOB CLASS          ===> _            ERROR TRACKING     ===> Y 
 HIGHEST RETURNCODE ===> ____         EXTERNAL MONITOR   ===> N 
 CENTRALIZED SCRIPT ===> N            COND RECOVERY JOB  ===> N 
 CRITICAL           ===> P            POLICY             ===> _ 
 CLASS              ===> WLMCLASS   
Job release options:                 
 SUBMIT            ===> Y             HOLD/RELEASE      ===> Y 
 TIME DEPENDENT    ===> N             SUPPRESS IF LATE  ===> N 
 NOP               ===> _             MANUALLY HOLD     ===> _
 DEADLINE WTO      ===> N     
WS fail options:
 RESTARTABLE       ===> _             REROUTEABLE       ===> _ 
Print options:
 FORM NUMBER       ===> ________      SYSOUT CLASS      ===> _
In the current plan, you can browse if a specific operation has an external monitor from the BROWSING OPERATIONS panel. The BROWSING DETAILED OPERATION INFORMATION panel in EQQSOPDP - Browsing detailed operation information shows an operation that has an external monitor.
Figure 2. EQQSOPDP - Browsing detailed operation information
EQQSOPDP ---------- BROWSING DETAILED OPERATION INFORMATION -------------------
Command ===>                                                                   
Application           : VALE1                                    
Operation             : CPU1 1                                                 
Occurrence token      : B5D4F445E1B92646                                       
Jobname and Jobid     : VPJOB1            JOB00505                             
Reader date and time  :                                          
Status                : Ended in error    S806                                 
 on Work Station      :                                                        
Job or Sysout class   :                  Auto submit: Yes  Hold/release : Yes  
Form number           :                  Time depend: No   Suppress late: No   
Priority              : 5                Rerouteable:      Restartable  :      
Deadline WTO          : No               Ext monitor: Yes  Centr cript  : Yes  
Critical              : Path handling request                                  
WLM Policy            :                  WLM CLASS  : WLMCLASS                 
Date and time for  :       Planned           Actual                            
 Input arrival        : 18/06/21 19.00                           
 Start                : 18/06/21 15.00               
 End                  : 18/06/21 15.02     
 Applied run cycle    : HOL
 User data                       
 Deadline             : 18/06/21 22.30     Moved to Tail End 
 Deadline Action      : Alert Only 
 Duration             : 00.02.00                       
 Latest start         : 18/06/28 23.58 
 Not started alert    : 18/06/22 12.00
 Not started action   : 18/06/23 13.00    Action: Set to error
Resources          :   Parallel servers    R1      R2     Special resources    
 Required number      :         1           0       0            0

In addition, you can use the mass update utility, in the application description, to update multiple operations with the EXTERNAL MONITOR job option.