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[apru]

Is is possible to extract only the step code and error code from spool to dataset ??....I tried the SDSF batch utility,but it is copying the entire contents of a job from spool to dataset...Should we make use of any REXX utility for this???

[papadi]

One way to get whay you want is to copy from spool to dataset, then read that dataset and only copy what you want.
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[Nic Clouston]

Define 'Rexx utility'. Rexx is a programming language and as such you can write programs using it. These programs may, or may not, be utilities. Rexx can communicate with certain software e.g. SDSF by using the interface descried in thet software's documentation.
I have never used the SDSF/Rexx interface so I do not know the extent to which Rexx can use SDSF facilities. Certainly you can unload the job to a dataset and then have the rexx program extract the information that you want.
I presume this is the same query that is active on another forum. If so I should lock the other topic.
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[kolusu]

apru,

Copy the spool into a dataset and then filter it based on IEF142I message which gives you the stepname and the cond code.

[apru]

Thanks a lot kolusu...

[apru]

Is it possible to filter only the IEF1421 message of the step which was executed at the last...????

[misi01]

If you follow Kolusu's suggestion, how about a simple f 'IEF1421' last on the dataset ?
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[kolusu]

[semigeezer]

SDSF has a rich Rexx interface. Googling SDSF REXX shows the doc as the 1st item (Using SDSF with the REXX programming language)
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[apru]

Thanks a lot Kolusu..But I have a few queries:

1.Will there be IEF142I messages in spool for all errors(including jcl errors,abends etc) ???.....Or should we filter IEF344I messages for JCL error information??....

2.In the event of error,is it possible to filter the reason for error from spool to dataset apart from the step code and cond code?...

[kolusu]

[apru]

Thanks a lot Kolusu...I have some queries regarding the spool message code..

1.Should I filter IEF472I , IEF142I , IEE122I , IEE124I ,IEF452I , IEFC452I messages to capture the step code and condition code for all the possible errors and abends???

2.Can I accomplish this by including all the above conditions in INCLUDE COND using OR operator ?

3.Apart from the step code and condition code,how can I filter few lines which describe the reason for the error??....Is there any way to capture this information for any type of error??

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Actually my requirement is to to copy the error information from spool to dataset when a job scheduled using TWS OPC ends in error.

I am using automatic recovery for this purpose.When a job ends in error ,I will be invoking another application through OPC recover statement to copy required information from spool to dataset.So my code should be able to filter error information for any error incurred.

[kolusu]

[apru]

In opc , I was able to view only the error code..not the step information and reason for error....I want error code, step info, reason for error in ps file...couldnt get all this using opc....I even tried the EQQYCAIN batch utility to generate report but couldnt get the required information in the ps file...

[kolusu]

apru,

Did you look into the SELECT parm of EQQYCAIN utility?

Kolusu