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19.11 Expanding messages and abend codes

Messages or abend codes are initially never expanded when using the interactive dump

reanalysis feature of Fault Analyzer. This is to prevent the need to scroll through potentially

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 Enter. This will bring up a display similar to what you see in

the batch report, as shown in Figure 19-38 and Figure 19-39.

Figure 19-38 Message explanation display using point-and-shoot with cursor

Figure 19-39 System abend code explanation and recommended action suggested

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When a message is displayed in the report, the first occurrence of the message contains the

actual text from when it was issued. If the instance-specific text is not available, then a

comment job-specific text not available will replace 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 could not be found, then the text explanation

not available will replace it.