Searching for content in 01 and 03 records
Sometimes problem determination can be based on data that was passed into or out of applications when other pertinent information is not known.
Log Analyzer can search for content in the data portion or all portions of type 01 (IMS input message) log records and type 03 (IMS output message) log records. For other log record types, Log Analyzer searches the entire log record. You can use the CONTENT0103 keyword on the FILTER control statement to control how content searches are performed.
To ensure that the search text is found in the target area of the data component of a type 01 or type 03 record, you must specify offset, length, and value parameters. Some data portions of these log records are large, and using offset and length parameters can help limit the amount of storage that is required to handle an LUOW of interest.
Scratch-pad area (SPA) segments are always excluded from the area that is searched for the CONTENT value. SPA segments are not transmitted to or from a terminal and are not relevant to a content search.
The offset that you can specify with the CONTENT keyword is relative to zero. For example, if you specify 1 as the value, the search starts at the second byte of the record.