An example from yesterday. Not sure if this message is owned by USS or not but it sure fits the pattern you describe. Pasted in its entirety without editing.
GIM37150S SMP/E for z/OS Messages, Codes, and Diagnosis GA32-0883-01 GIM37150S THE keyword KEYWORD IS MISSING OR INVALID. Explanation keyword missing or invalid keyword A keyword required in the input data set is missing or a specified keyword is invalid. System action Processing stops. Programmer response Correct the error and rerun the job. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Gould Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 9:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FTP on z/OS sucks > On Sep 6, 2016, at 1:21 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2016-09-06 12:02, Edward Gould wrote: >> >> ... The same can be said about the OMVS people. Just take a look at the M&C for both products and it will make you sick. Compared to MVS the manuals are quite primitive. >> > Take care judging a product by the thickness of its manual. That > ignores the maxim, "Simpler is better." > > - gil Gil: Never mind about thickness. I am talking about a message that is somewhat clear and a decent programmer response. Its been a few years but I will try and remember the message & response. Message content: Bad parameters programmer response: Correct bad parameters Its like the old proverbial message: Call you systems programmer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
