The MVS™ system and any program running under the MVS system can issue messages. A displayed message can appear
by itself or with information about the message. Each message consists
of:
- An identifier, which is a three-letter prefix to identify the system component that produced
the message and a message serial number to identify the individual
message. The identifier may contain other information.
- A message text to provide information, describe an error, or request
an operator action.
Messages sent to your consoles can appear in one of the following
formats:
f message
or
hh.mm.ss sysname jobident f message
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Fields that are always present in a message are:
- f
- A blank, which means that no action is required, or a special
screen character. See Special screen characters.
- message
- Message identifier and text
Fields that you might chose to add to a message are:
- jobident
- Job name or job id for the task that issued the message.
- sysname
- Name of the system that issued the message
- hh.mm.ss
- Time stamp, given as the hour (00-23), minute (00-59), second
(00-59)
To add any combination of job identification, system name, and
time stamp to all console messages, see Controlling the format of messages. For more information about console messages, see MVS System Messages.