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How OPSREPLY Determines Which WTORs Receive Replies

OPSREPLY evaluates these message characteristics when selecting the WTOR to which it will reply:

• The message origin, specified using these keywords: JOBNAME, MSGID, or IMSID
• The job step of the program that issued the WTOR, specified using the STEPNAME keyword

You can specify more than one keyword. If you do, CA OPS/MVS evaluates all of their values as if you had specified them with a Boolean AND function.

If you specify the UNIQUE keyword or allow it to default, OPSREPLY compares the selection criteria to all WTOR messages. If more than one WTOR message meets the selection criteria, OPSREPLY issues an error message and does not perform the reply. If you specify the ANY keyword, OPSREPLY replies to only the first WTOR message that meets the selection criteria. If you specify the ALL keyword, OPSREPLY replies to all the WTOR messages that meet the criteria.

You can use the MAXREPLY keyword to specify the maximum number of WTOR messages OPSREPLY performs.