About Batch Messages

This chapter provides information about CA TPX batch messages. All batch messages are printed to the log. For a description of each batch message, see the chapter Log Messages, which presents all log messages in numerical order.

This section contains the following topics:

Format of the Record-Key Variable

CA-STX Conversion Messages

Format of the Record-Key Variable

Many batch messages contain the record-key variable. The record key is a VTAM key specifying a record. The record key has the following form:

tooooooooeeeeeeee

The parts of the record key are as follows:

t: The first character indicates the type of table to which the record belongs.
oooooooo: These eight characters indicate the table to which the record belongs.
eeeeeeee: These eight characters indicate the table entry of the record.

Example

An example of a record key is

UTPXUSR12TSO8

Record Type Information

User and profile records are complex. The user or profile is a single occurrence table, while sessions associated with the user or profile are a multiple occurrence table with the session ID as the entry name.

The following table summarizes record type information:

Record Type	Table Name	Multiple Occurrence Table	Variable Length Record	VSAM File Containing This Record
A	Applications Characteristics Table (ACT)	Yes	No	ADMIN1
B	CA‑STX System Options Table (STXT)	No	No	ADMIN1
C	Command Class Table	Yes	No	ADMIN1
D	User Update Class Table	Yes	No	ADMIN1
E	User Passthrough Printing Table	Yes	No	ADMIN1
F	CA‑STX Network Performance Table (NPT)	Yes	No	ADMIN1
G	Terminal Options Table	Yes	No	ADMIN1
H	CA‑STX Translate Table	No	No	ADMIN1
I	CA‑STX Password Prompt Table	No	Yes	ADMIN1
J	CA‑STX 3270 Station ID Table	No	Yes	ADMIN1
K	CA‑STX Keyboard Mapping Table	No	Yes	ADMIN1
L	Reserved	-	-	-
M	Virtual Terminal Masking Rules Table	Yes	Yes	ADMIN1
N	Notepad			NOTES
O	CA TPX Operator Command Authorization Class Table	Yes	No	ADMIN1
P	Profile Table	See note above	See note above	ADMIN2
Q	Reserved	-	-	-
R	Print Destination Table	Yes	Yes	ADMIN1
S	Reserved	-	-	-
T	CA TPX System Options Table (SMRT)	No	No	ADMIN1
U	User Table	See note above	See note above	ADMIN2
V	OfficeVision/MVS Connectivity Table	Yes	No	ADMIN1
W	Windows Table	Yes	No	ADMIN1

CA-STX Conversion Messages

Messages in the range 1200-1303 are produced when the batch facility is executing a CONVERT command. The messages appear with the TPBL or TPXL prefix. The messages refer to the conversion of existing STX administration tables to information that can be used in the TPX ADMIN databases. Some of the messages are strictly informational while others specify problems in the tables that are being converted.

When the batch facility encounters an error in a source statement in a table being converted, that source statement is not converted and, if possible, batch proceeds to the next statement. Messages printed to the log supply information about the error and possible corrections you can make to either the CONVERT command or the code in the table being converted.

CA-STX conversion messages are in the following sub-ranges:

1200-1212—General conversion messages
1213-1245—Parsing error messages
These messages are produced when the batch facility encounters errors when parsing statements in the table being converted. The messages will accompany the source statements containing the error, and when possible will contain information specifying the error and suggesting possible alternatives.
1246-1303—NPT conversion messages
These messages are produced when converting an existing CA‑STX Network Profile Table (NPT).