Specifying settings for the message output function

The Send job, the Receive job, the Observe job, and the Operation Log Acknowledge job output messages, such as about execution results, to each specified file.

To specify the destination file for message output, use either of the following two methods:

Specifying the message output parameter (OUTPUT) when starting the job

Messages are output to the file specified as the parameter.

The file is in fixed length record format.

Omitting the message output parameter (OUTPUT) when starting the job

Messages are output to the file specified by one of the following fields in the System Environment Settings.

  • Send Message Log Output File Name (SNDMLOGFILE)

  • Receive Message Log Output File Name (RCVMLOGFILE)

  • Observe Message Log Output File Name (OBSMLOGFILE)

  • Operation-Log Message Log Output File Name (OPLMLOGFILE)

In these cases, the output file is called the "message log".

The message log is in database format.

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No message is output when both the message output parameter (OUTPUT) and the above field are omitted.

 

You can use the following functions when output messages to the message log:

Selecting the message output format

Select one of the following formats as the message output format:

  • Previous format

    This is the output format compatible with versions lower than Ver.8.4

  • V8.4 format

    This is the new output format in which headers are extended

For details on fields that are output in each format, refer to Error Codes and Messages.

Specify the format as Message Log Output Version (MLOGVER) in the System Environment Settings.

For details on Message Log Output Version (MLOGVER), refer to Message Log Settings.

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Messages are output in the previous format when the message output parameter (OUTPUT) is specified.

Filtering output messages

You can specify which message is output and which message is not output for each message level and number.

For details, refer to Function to filter messages.

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All messages are output when the message output parameter (OUTPUT) is specified.

Deleting message log records automatically

Old records are deleted automatically to ensure the number of records in the log does not exceed a particular number.

For details, refer to Deleting message log records automatically.

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The automatic deletion of records is not performed when the message output parameter (OUTPUT) is specified.

 

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For messages generated by operation commands and utilities, the above functions are not available.

No message is output when the message output parameter (OUTPUT) is omitted.