Job to search for filters like PROFILE the OPSLOG

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

How to run a batch job to search for messages in the OPSLOG and put them in a dataset?

Environment

OPS/MVS

Resolution

I believe the OPSLOG function is what you are looking for. Reference to this function can be found in the link below:

OPSLOG Function Extended Format

You can run a REXX program that calls the OPSLOG function in many ways. As you mentioned the batch method, here is an example. The JCL below will run a REXX named LEOPDS1 from the SYSEXEC concatenation:

//REXX     EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,PARM='OI LEOPDS1'          
//STEPLIB  DD   DISP=SHR,DSN=prefix.CCLXLOAD            
//SYSEXEC  DD   DISP=SHR,DSN=prefix.REXX                
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                  
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*                                  
//LOGOUT   DD DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),                     
//     UNIT=SYSDA,LRECL=256,RECFM=VB,SPACE=(TRK,(1,1)), 
//     DSN=prefix.OPSLOG.EXTRACT                        
//SYSIN    DD DUMMY                                     
//SYSTSIN  DD DUMMY                                     

A sample code for the REXX LEOPSD1 could be:

VAR = OPSLOG('EXTRACT DATE(05JAN22) TIME(08:00) ENDTIME(11:00)',
'MSGID(IEF*)',                                                  
'OUTCOLS(DATE,TIME) CMDRESP(REXX) PREFIX(LOGMSG)')              
do i = 1 to logmsg.0                                            
  queue logmsg.i                                                
end                                                             
ADDRESS TSO                                                     
'EXECIO * DISKW LOGOUT (FINIS'                                  

See that the REXX above reads the OPSLOG from Jan, 5 time interval 8 to 11AM and searches for messages with messageid IEF*. The output will go to the LOGOUT dataset.

See the link above for other possible filters you can add to the OPSLOG execution.