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Status Planned for future release
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_Generic Tracker
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 1, 2014

Document Generic Tracker Facility GTZPRINT Msgs/RCs in IBM Pubs

The Generic Tracker Facility, introduced with z/OS 2.1, provides a utility program, GTZPRINT, to print recorded tracking events with sample invocation JCL in SYS1.SAMPLIB(GTZPRNTJ). If the utility fails the user is instructed to find return code error information in a PL/X bilingual mapping macro, SYS1.MACLIB(GTZZPRT).

Return code and error documentation should be incorporated and be made available using standard documentation and online media. The messages incorporated within the PL/X code are poorly written using incomplete sentences and marginal English grammar. Furthermore, the message text is unrepresentative of the quality found in standard IBM publications.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Sep 5, 2014

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - zSeries Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - BCP_Generic Tracker
    Operating system - IBM z/OS

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - zSeries Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - BCP_Service Aids
    Operating system - IBM z/OS

  • Guest
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    Aug 2, 2014

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #56908 in product z/OS.