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Report 6 - Error Messages

The Error Messages report lists all error messages associated with this job. It is produced only if one or more errors are detected. Direct this report to appear at the beginning or end of the report output or incorporate it with Report 2 - Listing of Merged JCL, depending on the setting of the ERROR option.

To generate this report, specify the ERROR option.

CA REPORT 6 - ERROR MESSAGES CA JCLCHECK SYS: xxxx JOB: JCHKTEST PGMR: CAI-JB0 THURSDAY JANUARY 9, yyyy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STMT MESSAGE NUM NUMBER MESSAGE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CAY7019E DD STATEMENT 'SYSIN' IS REQUIRED BY PROGRAM 'IEBGENER' BUT WAS NOT PROVIDED 20. CAY7086E GDG INDEX NOT BUILT CAY6000 2 STATEMENTS FLAGGED IN JOB 'JCHKTEST' MAXIMUM SEVERITY WAS 8

This report contains the following fields:

STMT NUM

Statement number of the erroneous statement.

MESSAGE NUMBER

CA JCLCheck message number.

This number provides a reference if further explanation of a message is required. CA JCLCheck messages can almost always be interpreted without reference to the manual. The message number includes a suffix indicating the severity of the error.

MESSAGE TEXT

The text of the message. Variable text (data set names, for example) is enclosed in single quotes.

At the end of this report, a single CAY6000 message summarizes the total number of statements flagged in error and the maximum severity encountered for the job. The CAY6000 message is issued regardless of the Error Message Report being generated.

Note: For error messages and ABEND codes generated by CA JCLCheck, see the Message Reference Guide.