INVALID command received on a new CMD rule

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

I have coded a new command rule that queries a global variable and provides status to operations.  I am receiving an IEE305I "INVALID COMMAND" when my command is entered in SDSF, but the rule runs and does produce the desired result:

 

IEE305I XXXXX COMMAND INVALID

 

 

 

Environment

Release : 14.0

Resolution

Change the RETURN statement to:

RETURN ACCEPT

From documentation:

RETURN Statements in the )PROC Section of a CMD Rule

The OPS/REXX RETURN statement specifies the final disposition of a z/OS command.
The following are valid values for a RETURN statement in the processing section of a command rule:

NOACTION Allows z/OS to process a command (after CMD rule processing, if any)

ACCEPT Prevents z/OS from processing a command (after CMD rule processing, if any)

REJECT Causes z/OS to reject a command as invalid, resulting in message IEE707I cmd NOT EXECUTED (after CMD rule processing, if any)

Default: RETURN 'NOACTION