Warning: SCRT report upload. (required) placeholder field needs to be replaced.

Products

• COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS

Issue/Introduction

When uploading the SUB-CAPACITY REPORTING TOOL(SCRT) reports to the website, receiving the following message:

'The submitted report has at least one "(Required)" placeholder field that needs to be replaced'

I've reviewed the JCL for the CAISCRT job and believe all the following required fields are correct.

*
* THERE ARE 5 REQUIRED PARM KEYWORDS:
*     THEY MUST BE FILLED IN OR THE PROGRAM WILL NOT PROCEED.
*
* ENTER YOUR CUSTOMER_NAME
Customer_Name=
*
* ENTER YOUR SUPPORT SITE ID
CUSTOMER_NUMBER=
*
* ENTER THE NAME OF THE PERSON SUBMITTING THE REPORT
Contact_Name=
*
* ENTER THE EMAIL ADDRESS OF PERSON SUBMITTING THE REPORT
Contact_EMail=
*
* ENTER THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE PERSON SUBMITTING THE REPORT
Contact_Phone=
*

What is missing that is causing this warning?

Cause

The warning message is in reference to "required" fields in the generated report and not  associated with the 5 customer related items defined in the JCL.

The warning message is referring specific sections in the report itself...look at the D5, H4, and H6 sections where you will likely see (required) shown under the columns "Customer Comments" or "Justification for low data collection".

It is intended for "(required)" to be replaced with some sort of justification.

Resolution

Manually update the report before uploading. The report updates can be done on the mainframe or edited on your desktop.

Note: If you modify the report on your desktop you should use a plain text editor (eg. NOTEPAD) so that the formatting is not altered, as this will result in corrupting the report and causing validation errors on the upload.

Additional Information

IBM Documentation: SCRT: Using the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool

*HINT* - search on "Justification for low data collection"