PDSM18-03 OPERAND ERROR AT POSITION 14

Products

• PDSMAN

Issue/Introduction

The error condition received looks to be acceptable and within the 63 characters mentions in the utility guide. (messages is 61 character)

Environment

Release : 7.7

Component : CA-PDSMAN for OS/390

Cause

The 63 characters noted refer to the entire statement. Not just the message text

 

Resolution

Provided example on using the correct statement syntax. Recommend using the CONT statement on longer scan strings.

 

OPTION TRANSLATE=Y,MISSMSG=N,WILDCARD=N      
SCAN TARGET='SMP/E PROCESSING IS COMPLETE. ',
CONT='THE HIGHEST RETURN CODE WAS 00.'       

This example resolved this particular issue but bear in mind the length of the message being scanned.