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HCL Z Abend Investigator User’s Guide and Reference V16.1.2
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  2. Welcome
  3. Z Abend Investigator installation and administration
  4. Managing history files (HFZUTIL utility)

    The HFZUTIL batch utility can be used to perform history file management functions, such as listing and deleting history file fault entries.

  5. Examples
  6. HFZUTIL batch utility user exit samples
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  • PDF documentation
  • About this document
  • Summary of changes
  • Using Z Abend Investigator
  • Z Abend Investigator installation and administration
    • Migrating from an earlier version of Z Abend Investigator
    • Preparing to customize Z Abend Investigator
    • Customizing the operating environment for Z Abend Investigator
    • Using the Z Abend Investigator HFZS subsystem

      Z Abend Investigator uses a subsystem known as HFZS for services that can otherwise not be performed or which might cause incomplete analysis if not started.

    • Modifying your ISPF environment
    • Customize Z Abend Investigator by using USERMODs
    • Customize Z Abend Investigator by using an HFZOPTLM configuration-options module
    • Setting up history files

      Z Abend Investigator requires at least one PDS or PDSE data set to be allocated as a fault history file.

    • Setting and changing default options for the site
    • Providing compiler listings or Z Abend Investigator side files
    • Customizing the CICS environment
    • Customizing the DB2 environment
    • Customizing the IMS environment
    • Customizing the Java environment
    • Customizing the Z Abend Investigator Japanese feature
    • Verifying Z Abend Investigator customization
    • Managing history files (HFZUTIL utility)

      The HFZUTIL batch utility can be used to perform history file management functions, such as listing and deleting history file fault entries.

      • HFZUTIL control statements
      • Examples
        • Example 1. Listing history file entries
        • Example 2. Listing history file abend instances
        • Example 3. Deleting history file entries by date
        • Example 4. Deleting history file entries by utilization
        • Example 5. Changing history file fault prefix characters
        • Example 6. Creating a self-maintaining history file
        • Example 7. Importing history file entries
        • HFZUTIL batch utility user exit samples
    • Providing application-specific explanations and descriptions
    • Maintaining Z Abend Investigator
    • Disabling Z Abend Investigator
    • Customizing Z Abend Investigator by using user exits
    • Z Abend Investigator on VS Code

      HCL Z Abend Investigator is a host component and supports a client that supports various interfaces such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code IDEs.

  • Z Abend Investigator reference information
  • Sample customized ISPF interface front-end
  • Technical details for screen size adjustments
  • Notices

  • Glossary
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HFZUTIL batch utility user exit samples

User exit samples for the HFZUTIL batch utility can be found in Descriptions of HFZUTIL batch utility user exit types.

In particular, the sample shown in Example 2: Creating a custom report and CSV file of fault entries with the HFZUTIL ListHF user exit illustrates how a customized report might be written, and a comma-delimited file generated, which can be used as input to a spreadsheet application.

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