Replacing the DFS3649A Message - TSS Options


The DFS3649A Message Options - TSS Options panel allows you to activate the DFS3649A Message TSS option and specify the type of processing that should occur after a TSS table search. If TSS table processing is unsuccessful, the Terminal Type options (if any) are used to replace the DFS3649A message.

Panel Flow – Replacing the DFS3649A Message—TSS Options

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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—TSS Options

  1. Go to the DFS3649A Message Options – TSS Options 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 3 in the Selection field and press Enter. The DFS3649A Message Options – TSS Options panel is displayed.
  2. Specify the TSS table name in the appropriate TSS table name field(s):

     

    If you want to...

    Then...

    Activate the TSS option or change the table name

    Type the TSS table name and record the name for later use

    Deactivate the TSS option

    Remove the TSS table name

  3. Specify the TSS table type in the appropri ate TSS table type field(s):

     

    If you want to use...

    Then type...

    The DFS4639A TSS table

    1 in the selection field

    A user-defined TSS table

    2 in the selection field and indicate in the Position field the position in the TSS table where the message replacement option is located

  4. TSS argument search order - Perform one of the following actions for this type of terminal.

     

    When ETA searches the TSS table, if you want to use the argument type of...

    Then type...

    Node name

    1, 2, or 3 in the Node name field to indicate when in the search sequence ETA should search by node name.

    A blank in this field excludes this argument type from the search.

    Terminal type

    1, 2, or 3 in the Terminal type field to indicate when in the search sequence ETA should search by node name.

    A blank in this field excludes this argument type from the search.

    Reason for message

    1, 2, or 3 in the Reason for message field to indicate when in the search sequence ETA should search by node name.

    A blank in this field excludes this argument type from the search.

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

Where to go from here

Perform any of the following actions:

 

If you want to...

Then...

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

See Utilities-for-Translate-Subsystem-Services-Feature for information and instructions.

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. See Refreshing-IMSID-Options-TSS-Tables-and-CPU-IDs for instructions.

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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