Script Input Variables

'Tips for developers working within the Sysgem Enterprise Manager (SEM) environment'.

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"A list of all the script input variables preset by the SEM framework and the output formats expected from the scripts"

Input Variables and Output Format of Scripts

This section descibes the variables that are predefined at the start of all scripts used in SEM Display Windows.

It also describes the purpose of each script and the expected format of their output.

There are two main occasions when scripts are invoked by the SEM framework:

• When a SEM display window is started.

• When a menu option is invoked from within a SEM display window.

When a Display is Started:

The following scripts are invoked when a SEM display is started:

• Startup: Initialization

• Main Display Script: Pre-Processing

• Main Display Script: Post-Processing

• Main Display Script: Windows Agent

• Main Display Script: UNIX Agent

• Main Display Script: VMS Agent

When a menu option is invoked:

The following scripts are invoked when a SEM Menu Option is selected:

... before the input form is displayed:

• (I) AS/400

• (I) Windows

• (I) UNIX

• (I) VMS

• (I) Post-Processing

• (M) Controls

• (M) Fields

... after data has been entered into the input form:

• (M) Pre-Processing

• (M) AS/400

• (M) Windows

• (M) UNIX

• (M) VMS

• (M) Post-Processing