Select to specify that the local DB2 instance be started automatically when any of the DB2 administration tools are started.

Select to automatically expand the All Databases folder whenever the Control Center is opened. If this option is not selected, the tree is collapsed.

Select to include Control Center information in the DB2 Trace log.

Select to specify that a character will be used to terminate statements in command scripts. Command scripts are used in the Command Editor and Task Center.

If you select this check box, the default character that will be used is the semicolon (;). If you want to specify a different character, type a single character in the entry field.

If you select this check box, you cannot use the backslash (\) character to continue statements in command scripts.

Specify the character that will be used to terminate statements in command scripts. The default character that will be used is the semicolon (;).

Select to change the default number of rows displayed before filtering is required. The default is 500 rows. If more than the specified number of rows is returned, a Filter window automatically opens, allowing you to filter the data.

Specify the number of rows to be displayed before filtering is required. If more than the specified number of rows is returned, a Filter window automatically opens, allowing you to filter the data.

Select to specify the maximum size of sample contents in the entry field.

Specify the maximum size of sample contents to be displayed.

Select to specify the maximum number of rows to be fetched for editing at any one time. The default is 100 rows. If there are less rows than the specified value, the Fetch More Rows push button is disabled.

Specify the maximum number of rows to be fetched for editing at any one time. The default is 100 rows. If there are less rows than the specified value, the Fetch More Rows push button is disabled.

Select to set the maximum size of the Command Editor in the entry field.

Specify the maximum size of the Command Editor.

Opens a window where you can customize settings for the Control Center.

Select to specify that hover help in the administration tools should be displayed automatically when you hold the mouse pointer over a toolbar icon. Hover help is provided for the graphical icons, such as the Control Center toolbar icons, in the administration tools.

Select to specify that infopops should be displayed automatically when you hold the mouse pointer over a field or control. You can display the infopop for a particular field or control by selecting that field or control and pressing F1, regardless of whether this check box is selected.

Type the host name of the intranet server on which the DB2 Information Center is installed, for example, mycomputer.mycompany.com. If you do not specify a value, the DB2 Information Center is accessed from the IBM Web site. The DB2_DOCHOST variable in the instance-level profile registry is set to the value specified in this field, which sets the location from which to access the DB2 Information Center for this instance of DB2 only. To have the Documentation location values take effect, including resetting the default values, click Set and restart the center in which you are working.

This field is disabled if either the DB2_DOCHOST or the DB2_DOCPORT variable is set at the operating system level.

Type the port number of the intranet server on which the DB2 Information Center is installed, for example, 51000. The DB2_DOCPORT variable in the instance-level profile registry is set to the value specified in this field, which sets the location from which to access the DB2 Information Center for this instance of DB2 only. To have the Documentation location values take effect, including resetting the default values, click Set and restart the center in which you are working.

This field is disabled if either the DB2_DOCHOST or the DB2_DOCPORT variable is set at the operating system level.

Click to update the DB2_DOCHOST and DB2_DOCPORT variables in the instance-level profile registry with the values in the Host name and Port number fields, which sets the location from which to access the DB2 Information Center for this instance of DB2 only. To have the values take effect, you must restart the center in which you are working.

Prefills the Host name and Port number fields with their default values, which means that the DB2 Information Center is accessed from the IBM Web site. The DB2_DOCHOST and DB2_DOCPORT variables in the instance-level profile registry are updated with the values, which affects this instance of DB2 only. To have the values take effect, you must click the Set push button and restart the center in which you are working.

Select a font from the drop-down list. Once a font has been selected, the menus in the DB2 database product user interface will appear in the selected font. The Control Center has to be restarted in order for these changes to take effect.

Select a font from the drop-down list. Once a font has been selected, the text in the DB2 database product user interface will appear in the selected font. The Control Center has to be restarted in order for these changes to take effect.

Select a font size from the drop-down list. Once a font size has been selected, the menus in the DB2 database product user interface will appear in the selected font size. The Control Center has to be restarted in order for these changes to take effect.

Select a font size from the drop-down list. Once a font size has been selected, the text in the DB2 database product user interface will appear in the selected font size. The Control Center has to be restarted in order for these changes to take effect.

Select a font color from the drop-down list. Once a font color has been selected, the menus in the DB2 database product user interface will appear in the selected color. The Control Center has to be restarted in order for these changes to take effect.

Select a font color from the drop-down list. Once a font color has been selected, the text in the DB2 database product user interface will appear in the selected color. The Control Center has to be restarted in order for these changes to take effect.

Specifies that system catalog column names will be used as column headings.

Select to have the opportunity to modify the utility identifier each time a utility is executed.

Opens the Change Online Execution Utility ID Template where you can define or modify a name that can be used to uniquely identify DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS utilities.

Displays the current template used for identifying DB2 for OS/390 utilities. The template can consist of literals and symbolic names. The resolved length of each utility identifier can be no longer than 16 characters.

Type a utility identifier name or keep the current one. This value uniquely identifies the currently selected utility. When parallel execution is being used, the name is truncated to 9 characters and a 7 character unique identifier is added by the system. This resolved name can be no longer than 16 characters, and can consist of literal and symbolic strings.

Select to have the utility continue running if one of the steps (batch) or parallel executions (online) ends with an error (a return code of 8). If not selected, the utility stops after an error.

Optional: For online, select the check box if you want any of the parallel threads started by the Control Center to start execution of a utility against an unprocessed object, if the execution of a utility in any concurrently running or in the same thread resulted in an error (a DSNUTILS return code of 8).

For batch, select the check box if you want the next step of a job generated by the Build JCL or Create JCL function to be executed if the step immediately before has returned an error executing an utility (a return code of 8).

Select to have the optimizer choose the number of parallel tasks and the sequence within these tasks, or batch jobs and steps within batch jobs, so the overall processing time is minimized. The constraints specified below this check box are used as maximum values. If not selected, grouping is in the order objects were chosen, with the maximum number of objects in each group.

Specifies the number of objects to process at the same time in parallel online execution. This number is used as a maximum limit if optimization is selected. If 1 is specified, all objects will be processed sequentially in a single task.

Applies only to online execution. The maximum value is 99.

Specifies the number of concurrent batch jobs to create. This number is used as a maximum limit. If 1 is specified, all objects will be processed sequentially in a single batch job.

Applies only to batch execution. The maximum value is 99.

Specifies the number of steps (one step per object) there can be in a single batch job. This number is used as a maximum limit if optimization is selected.

Applies only to batch execution. The maximum value is 255.

Specifies that a contact is notified about an alert through a pop-up message on the desktop.

Specifies that a contact is notified about an alert through a message on the status line of the current window.

Specify to use server scheduling. The storage and scheduling of tasks will be handled by the scheduler that is local to the database server if the scheduler is enabled on that system.

Specify to use centralized scheduling. The storage and scheduling of tasks are handled by a centralized system.

Select a centralized scheduler. The storage and scheduling of tasks are handled by a centralized system.

Select a centralized system to handle storage and scheduling of tasks.

Opens a window where you can create a database for the DB2 tools catalog on a cataloged system that currently has no metadata storage. If the system you want is not cataloged, you must catalog it first.

Select to have changes made by SQL statement execution to take effect immediately.

Select to have processing stop when there are errors.

Select to control the amount of command and statement execution history that appears in the Command History window.

Type the number of history records to maintain.

Select to log command and statement history to a file.

Specify the file where the history will be stored.

Click to search for file.

Select to control the amount of information that appears in the output section of the Commands page.

Type the number of output lines to display.

Select to control the width of the information that appears in the output section of the Commands page.

Type the width of output lines before line wrapping occurs.

Select to log command output to a file.

Specify the file where the output will be stored.

Click to search for file.

Select to have executed commands and statements appear in the output.

Select to have any SQL warning messages appear in the output.

Select to enable the wrapping of output text.

Select to have any SQLCA data appear in the output.

Select to suppress the appearance of SQLCODEs and SQLSTATEs for executed statements in the output.

Select to have the SQLCODE for executed statements appear in the output.

Select to have the SQLSTATE for executed statements appear in the output.

Display results for a single query on the Query Results page.

Check to use syntax support when entering IMS type-2 commands in the Command Editor. Syntax support automatically displays lists of keyword as you enter your command.

Check to display a wizard, if one is available, for entering IMS commands in the Control Center. If this is not checked, a command window is displayed by default.

Check to automatically display command results when running an IMS command.

Check to have results displayed in a separate window when an IMS command has completed.

Set the number of commands to keep in the IMS command results history.

Select if you want to be notified when the status of one or more partitions changes.

To indicate the length of time between report updates, click the arrow keys to select a refresh interval between 10 seconds and 1 hour.

The system beeps when the database manager partition is down.

A message appears on your screen when the database manager partition is down.

The specified command is executed when the database manager partition is down.

Type a command in the field. The specified command is executed when the database manager partition is down. Four parameters are passed to the specified command: node number, host name, port number, and switch name. For more information, See the Command Reference.

The system beeps when the database manager partition state is unknown.

A message appears on your screen when the database manager partition state is unknown.

The specified command is executed when the database manager partition state is unknown.

Type a command in the field. The specified command is executed when the database manager partition state is unknown. Four parameters are passed to the specified command: node number, host name, port number, and switch name. For more information, See the Command Reference.