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Viewing Control Blocks

Query provides access to control blocks in both Formatted and Dump (hexadecimal) mode displays. Users can select from various fields within the panels to view supplemental information like flag bytes, time stamps, and RU sizes. Toggling between these views only requires the simple push of a button.

Formatted Displays

Panels in FORMAT mode contain several special fields along with standard field prompts and values. The following figure shows a Session Information Block (SIB) in Format mode:

 
Control block lengths and identifiable "counter" fields are shown as decimal values, while other numeric fields are displayed in hexadecimal format. Alphanumeric fields are translated to EBCDIC.

Dump Displays

Panels in DUMP mode display a control block or related information in hexadecimal and consist of fields and addresses that can be restarted at a different location using the cursor or command actions. The following figure shows a Session Information Block (SIB) in Dump mode:

External Information

Selection fields provide access to control blocks and information that is external to the control block or information that you are currently viewing. Select fields include Navigation (White) and Supplemental (Yellow) fields, as shown in the following figure:

 
Selecting a supplemental field produces a pop up window that provides additional information, like the interpretation of the bit meanings with a flag byte, time stamps, or RU sizes:

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