The message summary report

The message summary report provides a table of unique message numbers issued by the binder. Messages are separated by severity. Message numbers are counted even if the message was suppressed by the message exit or the MSGLEVEL option.

You can use message numbers from this report to scan the Input Event Log for messages of interest. This is particularly helpful when modules are batched and listings are extensive.

When the Binder is required to print a message containing a variable (symbol) whose length is greater than 1024 bytes, the message will print only the first 1020 bytes of the variable(symbol). When this occurs, the message will contain an asterisk in the blank column immediately following the message number. Additionally, a note will be printed immediately following the message summary report indicating at least one message has had a variable (symbol) truncated.

Figure 1. Message summary report (variable truncated)

z/OS V1 R3 BINDER     hh:mm:ss ddddd mmmmm dd, yyyy
BATCH EMULATOR  JOB(PM64B251) STEP(BIND1   ) PGM= IEWBLINK
IEW2322I 1220  811      INCLUDE         DD1(PO2)
IEW2308I*1112 SECTION
 4KLG_SD14KLG_SD1LONG_SD1LONG_SD1LONG_SD1LONG_50X01012345678901234567890
 0123456789012345678901234567890123_50X030123456789012345678901234567890
 012345678901234567890123_50X0501234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 01234567890123_50X0701234567890123456789012345678901234567890123_50X080
 0123_50X0901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123_50X1001234567890
 01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123_50X12012345678901234567890
 0123456789012345678901234567890123_50X140123456789012345678901234567890
 012345678901234567890123_50X1601234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 01234567890123_50X1801234567890123456789012345678901234567890123_50X190
 0123_50X20012345678901234567890123 HAS BEEN MERGED.
 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  1345 LINE(S) NOT DISPLAYED  
 
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MESSAGE SUMMARY REPORT
----------------------
 SEVERE MESSAGES        (SEVERITY = 12)
 NONE

 ERROR MESSAGES         (SEVERITY = 08)
 2333

 WARNING MESSAGES       (SEVERITY = 04)
 NONE

 INFORMATIONAL MESSAGES (SEVERITY = 00)
 2008  2013  2278  2308  2322

 *** NOTE: ANY MESSAGE WITH AN '*' FOLLOWING
     THE MESSAGE NUMBER MEANS A VARIABLE IN THAT
     MESSAGE WAS TRUNCATED TO 1020 BYTES.

 **** END OF MESSAGE SUMMARY REPORT ****