|  |     Ewald,
    
    I'll answer the DCL portion of this note.
    
    I have already changed the display to show the "original object action"
    from DCL.  This was a qar that I have closed.
    
    I can change the action with no problems from DCL:
    
    $ ABS SHOW ENV CHRIS_EE2/FULL
    
    Execution Environment
        Name      - CHRIS_EE2
        Version   - 2
        UID       - E2ED8A65-9621-11D0-97ED-08002B111837
        Data Safety Options - FULL_DATA_VERIFICATION,
    XOR_REDUNDANCY_GROUPS, CRC_VER
    IFICATION
        Listing Option - NO_LISTING
        Span Filesystem Options - NO FILESYSTEM SPAN
        Symbolic Links Option - LINKS_ONLY
        Compression Options - None
        Original Object Action - RECORD_BACKUP_DATE   *********************
        User Profile
                    Node - AIM0
                 Cluster - EPCOT
                    User - <REQUESTER>
                   Privs -
             Platform ID - 0
            Access Right - None
        Owner     - AIM0::HEISLER
        Access Right - AIM0::HEISLER
            Access Granted - READ, WRITE, SET, SHOW, DELETE, CONTROL,
    EXECUTE
        Notification Method - NOTIFY_OPERATOR
        Notification List   - tapes
    .
    .
    .
    
    $ abs set env chris_ee2/action=no_change
    $ abs show env chris_ee2/full
    
    Execution Environment
        Name      - CHRIS_EE2
        Version   - 3
        UID       - 02A85A98-B4C8-11D0-BC26-08002B111837
        Data Safety Options - FULL_DATA_VERIFICATION,
    XOR_REDUNDANCY_GROUPS, CRC_VER
    IFICATION
        Listing Option - NO_LISTING
        Span Filesystem Options - NO FILESYSTEM SPAN
        Symbolic Links Option - LINKS_ONLY
        Compression Options - None
        Original Object Action - NO_CHANGE     ***********************
        User Profile
                    Node - AIM0
                 Cluster - EPCOT
                    User - <REQUESTER>
                   Privs -
             Platform ID - 0
            Access Right - None
        Owner     - AIM0::HEISLER
    .
    .
    .
    
    
       Chris
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|  | Chris,
   This is good news. So, we can consider this fixed in an upcoming release ?
Ewald.
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Transcript of my attempts to check this functionality. Here is what I did:
_TYCHE::ABS>> ABS SHOW ENV VNOABS_ENV/FULL
Execution Environment
    Name      - VNOABS_ENV
    Version   - 8
    UID       - 9FC111D3-B580-11D0-9D2F-AA0004002BC2
    Data Safety Options - CRC_VERIFICATION
    Listing Option - NO_LISTING
    Span Filesystem Options - SPAN FILESYSTEMS
    Symbolic Links Option - LINKS_ONLY
    Compression Options - None
    User Profile
                Node - *
             Cluster - *
                User - ABS
               Privs - SETPRV,TMPMBX,OPER,NETMBX
         Platform ID - 0
        Access Right - None
    Owner     - TYCHE::ABS
    Access Right - TYCHE::ABS
        Access Granted - READ, WRITE, SET, SHOW, DELETE, CONTROL, EXECUTE
    Access Right - ISDS01::ABS
        Access Granted - READ, WRITE, SET, SHOW, DELETE, CONTROL, EXECUTE
    Notification Method - NOTIFY_OPERATOR
    Notification List   - TAPES
    Notification Reason - ON_FATAL_ERROR_CONDITION
    Agent Filesystem Options - FILE_IGNORE_WRITERS
    Logging Option           - NOT SUPPORTED
    Number of Drives         - 1
    Staging Option           - STAGING_ALLOWED
    Retry Count      - 3
    Retry Interval   - 20
    Prologue Command - Reply/Bell/User=(Ewald,abs) "Starting VNOABS_ENV"
    Epilogue Command - Reply/Bell/User=(Ewald,abs) "Ending VNOABS_ENV"
_TYCHE::ABS>> ABS SET ENV VNOABS_ENV/ACTION=NO_CHANGE
_TYCHE::ABS>> ABS SHOW ENV VNOABS_ENV/FULL
Execution Environment
    Name      - VNOABS_ENV
    Version   - 8                                    <-- same as above, ergo
    UID       - 9FC111D3-B580-11D0-9D2F-AA0004002BC2 <-- no change. Verified
       .                                                 using the GUI.
       .    I stripped off the rest, since identical
_TYCHE::ABS>> ABS SET ENV VNOABS_ENV/ACTION=DELETE
_TYCHE::ABS>> ABS SHOW ENV VNOABS_ENV/FULL
Execution Environment
    Name      - VNOABS_ENV
    Version   - 8
    UID       - 9FC111D3-B580-11D0-9D2F-AA0004002BC2
_TYCHE::ABS>> ABS SET ENV VNOABS_ENV/ACTION=RECORD
_TYCHE::ABS>> ABS SHOW ENV VNOABS_ENV/FULL
Execution Environment
    Name      - VNOABS_ENV
    Version   - 8
    UID       - 9FC111D3-B580-11D0-9D2F-AA0004002BC2
   So, there is no way to modify this from DCL here. I then did the same
from the GUI. Initial state was 'RECORD'
GUI: REC --> NO_CHA
Start Set Execution Environment
Set of Execution Environment, VNOABS_ENV Succeeded.
 
GUI: status is unchanged
GUI: REC --> DELETE
Start Set Execution Environment
Set of Execution Environment, VNOABS_ENV Succeeded.
 
GUI: status is unchanged
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|  |     Ewald,
    
    	Yes, this will go into the next release. 
    
    	The GUI is going to be replaced in the next version, so the GUI
    	problem mentioned will NOT be fixed in the current GUI.
    
    	Chris
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