Suppressing repetitious messages

For each anomaly that is encountered in an area, the analysis function generates a warning or error message. When the number of places that a particular condition exists is large, a large number of messages is produced.

You can reduce the number of repetitious messages by using the MESSAGE_SUPPRESSION keyword. Use this keyword to specify the maximum number of times that a warning or error message is to be produced. In the following example, the MESSAGE_SUPPRESSION keyword specifies that a warning message be issued no more than 10 times and that an error message be produced no more than 15 times. When messages are suppressed in this way,