Return Code 40 using the opsthrsh function

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

The OPS/MVS OPSTHRSH function is used to implement a time interval threshold count in an AOF rule but it is failing with return code 40 when the text being checked contains single quotes.

For example the message:

 

DFHSR0001 APPLID An abend (code aaa/bbbb) has occurred at offset X'FFFFFFFF' in program Progname 

 

Environment

OPS/MVS 14.0

Cause

The rule contains this code:

 

TEXT = subword(msg.text,2)                                

parse var TEXT REG . 'code ' DET                     

 ... ... ...

if opsthrsh('A',7200,DET) < 5 then return  

 

and returns a code 40

 

The problem is not the single quotes in the text but the length of the Criteria.

 

The OPSTHRSH function is coded using the following syntax:

 

var = OPSTHRSH(type,interval[,criteria[,position[,mlwto_line#]] ])

 

The criteria is  a character string that must exist somewhere within the firing event and the limit is 50 characters.

 

The logic of the rule makes DET have more than 50 characters and that is why Return code 40 is produced.

 

 

 

Resolution

Update the code so the character string used for criteria has less than 50 characters.

Additional Information

REXX Reference