Execute only once for the first message of a multiline message
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Issue/Introduction
I have a message IEF450 which is appearing on the syslog on multiple lines but I don't want the action to be triggered a second time.
0090 IEF450I jobname stepname - ABEND=S806 U0000 REASON=00000004 159
0090 TIME=hh.mm.ss
I don't need the time showing on the second line
Environment
Release : 14.0
Component : OPS/MVS
Resolution
Include this IF statement just after the )PROC statement of your rule:
)PROC
IF MSG.MLWTOMIN =1 THEN RETURN
This will make the rule to ignore the second message.
From documentation:
"MSG.MLWTOMIN
When the message is a minor line of an MLWTO message, the value is 1. When the message is the major line of an MLWTO message, or the only line of a WTO message, the variable 0."
Another solution would be to use the MLWTO keyword what causes the rule to be triggered only when the last line of a multiline message appears. In this case the rule would have to be changed to use the variables with the stem: msg.text.1, msg.text.2, etc
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