Implementing Message Profiles › How You Define a Message Profile

How You Define a Message Profile

To add a message profile, press F4 (Add) from the Message Profiles panel. You define the profile by using the following panels:

Profile Details

Enables you to identify the profile. Complete this panel.

System Specification

Enables you to use the system associated with a message as a selection criterion.

Message Specification

Enables you to use the message ID as a selection criterion.

Job Name Specification

Enables you to use the job associated with a message as a selection criterion.

OS Codes Specification

Enables you to use the routing and descriptor codes associated with a message as selection criteria.

Message Job Specification

Enables you to use the message type and level, and the job type and class associated with a message as selection criteria.

You can create a profile to capture particular messages (for example, tape mount messages) or messages for particular jobs (for example, production CICS jobs). You do not need to complete every panel for most profile definitions. However, complete at least one of the criteria panels. If you leave all the criteria panels blank, the profile blocks all messages.