Expanding messages and abend codes

Messages or abend codes are initially never expanded when using the interactive dump reanalysis feature of Fault Analyzer. This lack of expansion is to prevent the need to scroll through potentially very long explanations to see report items that might follow. Instead, to view the explanation for messages or abend codes in the interactive report, one can place the cursor on the message identifier or abend code and press the Enter key. This opens a display similar to what you see in the batch report as the example shown in Sample Message Explanation display.

Figure 1. Sample Message Explanation display

  File  View  Services  Help
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Message Explanation                                            Line 1 Col 1 80
Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR 

JOBNAME: DACBB045  USER ABEND: 4038               MVS2     2019/10/10 10:38:22

IGZ0035S There was an unsuccessful OPEN or CLOSE of file INDD in program
         DAVSA009 at relative location X'0380'.  Neither FILE STATUS nor an
         ERROR declarative were specified. The status code was 39. ❶

  IGZ0035S
  IGZ0035S There was an unsuccessful OPEN or CLOSE of file file-name in
         program program-name at relative location location. Neither FILE
         STATUS nor an ERROR declarative were specified. The status code was
         status-code.

  Explanation: An error has occurred while opening or closing the named
  file. No file status or user error declarative was specified.

  Programmer Response: Check to make sure there is a DDname defined for the
  indicated file.

 F1=Help      F3=Exit      F5=RptFind   F6=Actions   F7=Up        F8=Down
F10=Left     F11=Right

When a message is displayed in the report, the first occurrence of the message contains the actual text from when it was issued (see ❶ in the above example). If the instance-specific text is not available, then a comment job-specific text not available replaces it.

In the expansion that immediately follows the issued message or abend code is its explanation that is generally obtained from the softcopy books provided with Fault Analyzer. If an explanation for the message or abend code cannot be found, then the text explanation not available replaces it.