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FIRST, LAST, and HIGH Specifications

The parameters FIRST, LAST, and HIGH specify whether the exception code for the first, last, or highest exception condition for the SYSOUT group are retained in the group control record.

The FIRST, LAST, and HIGH keywords are mutually exclusive. LAST is the system default.

Note: CA View looks at the various JES data sets for messages. The three JES data sets are archived in the following order: the messages log (JESMSGLG), the JCL (JESJCL), and the system messages (JESYSMSG). The default exception code processing is LAST. The JCL error message (IEF453I) appears in the JESMSGLG. The condition code message (IEF142I) appears in the JESYSMSG, which is the LAST exception code. To see the JCL error, a global entry is in the Exception Code Table (SARXCTAB) as follows:

/*           HIGH