Are there alternatives to the format of Datacom message identifiers during Multi-User Facility operation?

Products

• Datacom
• DATACOM - AD
• Datacom/AD
• Datacom/DB

Issue/Introduction

During the operation of the CA Datacom Multi-User Facility (MUF), and sometimes in other applications that communicate with it, the message identifier or message-ID is very long with multiple components. Is there any way to change this message-ID to be more easily read by operations staff or by automated operation programs?

 

Resolution

The format of the message-ID issued by the Datacom Multi-User Facility (MUF) is designed to be flexible for the needs of the customer. Along with the actual message number, three other fields can be displayed: the Jobname/STC name, the SVC number (always “000” – maintained for automated operations systems that used this message format for prior Datacom releases) and the MUFname (z/OS) or the SUBID (z/VSE). The displaying of one or more of these fields is controlled through the MUF Startup Option MUFMSG.

There are three parameters on this option, separated by commas. Each parameter has the value YES or NO, to control the display of each of the fields. The default values for the product as shipped are NO,NO,YES to display only the MUFname.

Here are some examples:

• With MUFMSG set to NO,NO,YES (the shipped default):
  MYMUF1:DB00249I - DB00249I - DBSIDPR  2016/03/03 11.14 SVC=000 TOGROUP=MYMUFGRP CCISYS=          PC=PROD 
  MYMUF1:DB00253I - TARGET_MUF_LIST=MYMUF1
  MYMUF1:DB01900I - *ACCESS WRITE,1-5000
• With MUFMSG set to YES,YES,YES:
  MYMUFJOB:000:MYMUF1:DB00249I - DBSIDPR  2016/03/03 11.14 SVC=000 TOGROUP=MYMUFGRP CCISYS=          PC=PROD
  MYMUFJOB:000:MYMUF1:DB00253I - TARGET_MUF_LIST=MYMUF1
  MYMUFJOB:000:MYMUF1:DB01900I - *ACCESS WRITE,1-5000
• With MUFMSG set to NO,NO,NO:
  DB00249I - DBSIDPR  2016/03/03 11.14 SVC=000 TOGROUP=MYMUFGRP CCISYS=          PC=PROD
  DB00253I - TARGET_MUF_LIST=MYMUF1
  DB01900I - *ACCESS WRITE,1-5000

 

Additional Information

For more information MUFMSG MUF Startup Option, please refer to the following Guides:

Datacom/DB Version 14.02 Database and System Administration Guide, in the section “Using the Multi-User Facility › Modifying MUF Startup Options › MUFMSG”

Datacom/DB Version 15.0 Database and System Administration Guide, in the section “Using the Multi-User Facility › Modifying MUF Startup Options › MUFMSG”