Use the General tab to identify the Temporary Work Directory, Data Directory, and the directory for the Product Configuration File used by the workstation, and other defaults.
Select to use the underscore character to represent any single character in a pattern. For example, if Use ‘_' as SQL LIKE Character is selected, you can type PSTDEMO.M _ _ P in the pattern box on the Open an Access Definition dialog to list only Access Definitions with a name beginning with M and ending with P for the Identifier PSTDEMO. If you clear this check box, the underscore represents the underscore character.
Select to convert all lower-case characters to upper case when you specify string literals in selection criteria, relationships, and Column Maps. If you clear this check box, characters display in upper case or lower case, exactly as entered.
In an Optim™ process, you can use an Extract File created using the Optim z/OS® Solution. Optim uses a code page to convert the mainframe file format from EBCDIC to ASCII. In the z/OS Code Page list, select a default value to be used if the Extract File does not contain a code page number.
Specify the number of days (2 to 30) to retain trace files in the temporary work directory. The default value is 5.
Trace files are useful for Optim to track processing. Trace file names are prefixed with PR0, followed by letters indicating the trace file type, and ended with a numeric extension (for example, PR0TOOL.123). The extension on the name of the trace file distinguishes one trace file from another of that type. Trace files are sequentially numbered .001 through .999, followed by .A00 through .Z99, as necessary. If more than 3,599 trace files of a single type are created and stored within the specified number of days, file names are reused, beginning with the first.
Specify the complete path to the default directory in which you want to store internal work files and trace files. To select from your system directories, click the browse button.
Specify the complete path to the default directory in which you want to store Archive, Extract, Control, Compare, and Export Files, and other process files. To select from your system directories, click the browse button. The Data Directory serves as the default; you can specify a different directory path and file name on any process request.
Specify the complete path to the Product Configuration File. The file name has a .cfg extension. To select from your system directories, click the browse button. The Product Configuration File is created when you install Optim.
To improve ODBC response times, select the name of the Server that runs on this machine. The ODBC Server will run locally and the Server will not be contacted, if an ODBC connection specifies this Server name, or if the ODBC interface selects an Archive File with this Server name in its Archive Directory entry.