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Editing the Job ID Field

When you set MFORM=(T,J), a typical message on a z/OS console would be displayed as follows:

17:27:42.11            IST663I CDIINIT REQUEST FROM V08M FAILED

However, by allowing CA MIC for z/VM to edit the job ID field, you can easily identify the originating system by its two-digit system alias (defined previously on a DEFSYS statement):

17:27:43.09   V2 VTAM   IST663I CDIINIT REQUEST FROM V08M FAILED

The GCMINIT EDITMESSAGE statement lets you edit the job ID field and tell CA MIC for z/VM which system messages should be edited: ALL, EXTERNAL, or NONE. The default value is EXTERNAL. In the above example, V2 is the alias of the originating EXTERNAL system.

Note: The MFORM setting is made independently on each z/OS system console that will display a message, but the EDITMESSAGE setting is made on the system that generates the message. The combined effect of MFORM and EDITMESSAGE determines what an end-user will see.