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Events Specified with the Wildcard Character

Many AOF rule types let you use the wildcard character (*) to specify events, for example )MSG * or )CMD *.

Performance may be degraded in CA OPS/MVS and the address space that generates the event if a rule:

• Uses the generic specifier (*)
• Contains a )PROC section that references either the OPS/REXX OPSVALUE function or OPS/REXX ADDRESS SQL host environment
• Contains lengthy programmatic logic

For example, the rule containing )MSG * will execute for every message on the system, including hard-copy messages and any message generated by any CA OPS/MVS facility (such as IOF) that you may have implemented.

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