MSG

Choose the MSG keyword to specify a message failure. You use this keyword when an IBM Z Workload Scheduler problem causes an IBM Z Workload Scheduler error message. The message might appear at the system console or in the IBM Z Workload Scheduler message log, or both.

The messages issued by IBM Z Workload Scheduler appear in the following formats:
  • EQQFnnnC
  • EQQFFnnC
  • EQQnnnnC
The message is followed by the message text. The variable components represent:
F or FF
The IBM Z Workload Scheduler component that issued the message
nn, nnn, or nnnn
The message number
C
A severity code of I (information), W (warning), or E (error).

IBM Z Workload Scheduler message-number examples

  •    EQQW002E
  •    EQQSU21E
  •    EQQ0370W

If the message of the log file contained in the STDLIST directory does not have the EQQ or AWS prefixes, your problem is probably not associated with IBM Z Workload Scheduler, and you should not use the MSG keyword.

Turn to Message (MSG) procedure to describe the problem.

Note: In cases such as the following, you might want to use INCORROUT in addition to the MSG keyword:
  • A message describes conditions that do not apply to the actual program operation.
  • A message text has not appeared.
  • A message text appears to contain incorrect data.
  • IBM Z Workload Scheduler has printed a message that starts with EQQ and the message is not documented, or is not documented correctly, in Messages and Codes.
  • A message is issued under conditions that should not have resulted in it being issued.