Replacing the DFS3649A message—ETA defaults


ETA allows you to replace the DFS3649A message with one of several options. You specify system-wide replacements individually for static and dynamic terminals.

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Before you begin

A user access profile must give you authority to specify or change data for the appropriate IMSIDs. Contact your ETA system administrator.

To Replace the DFS3649A Message—ETA Defaults

  1. Go to the DFS3649A Message Options – ETA Defaults panel.
    1. From the ETA Main Menu, type 5 in the Selection field and press Enter. The IMSID/Group Options Entry panel is displayed.
    2. From the IMSID/Group Options Entry panel, type 1 in the Selection field with the IMSID specified in the IMSID or Group field and press Enter. The Edit IMSID Options panel is displayed.
    3. From the Edit IMSID Options panel, type 9 in the Selection field and press Enter. The IMSID Options - DFS3649A Message Options panel is displayed.
    4. From the IMSID Options - DFS3649A Message Options panel, type 1 in the Selection field and press Enter. The DFS3649A Message Options – ETA Defaults panel is displayed.
  2. Complete the Message Selection Options section.
    1. Use the field under the heading Dynamic terminals to specify the options you want to use for dynamic terminals.

      If you want to use...

      Then type...

      ETA Defaults

      1 in the option selection field.

      A TSS table

      2 in the option selection field.

      A customer-modified ETA Greetings Message exit that takes advantage of ETA features

      3 in the option selection field.

    2. Use the field under the heading Static terminals to specify the options you want to use for static terminals.

      If you want to use...

      Then type...

      ETA Defaults

      1 in the option selection field.

      A TSS table

      2 in the option selection field.

      A customer–modified ETA Greetings Message exit that takes advantage of ETA features

      3 in the option selection field.

  3. Include one or both of the following message text options in the replacement for the DFS3649A message:

    If you want to include the...

    Then type a slash (/) in the...

    Error return code

    Include error return code field

    Error message text

    Include error message text field

    Important

    You must include at least one selection.

  4. Press F3 four times to return to the ETA Main Menu.
  5. Repeat this task for other IMSIDs as required.

Where to go from here

Perform any of the following actions:

If you want to...

Then...

Specify DFS3649A message options by terminal type

Specify DFS3649A message options through the ETA TSS options

Create a user format

Use the MFS language utility to create the format. See IBM publication IMS/ESA Application Programming: Transaction Manager for information.

Create a user message

Create a TSS table that specifies message replacement options

For information and instructions, see Utilities-for-Translate-Subsystem-Services-feature.

Create an ETA Greetings Message exit that takes advantage of ETA features

Make an ETA Greetings Message exit available to an IMS system

Implement your customizations

Refresh the IMSID options or TSS table data in the IMS control region. For instructions, see Refreshing-IMSID-options-TSS-tables-and-CPU-IDs.

If you have specified that a user message or user format will be used to replace the DFS3649A message, or that a TSS table or ETA Greetings Message exit provide message replacement information; the user message, user format, TSS table, or exit must exist before you perform the refresh.


 

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