Universal Message Translator for zOS

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Jan 31, 2024
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JCL

The following figure illustrates the Universal Message Translator for z/OS JCL.

//UMET     EXEC PGM=UMET,PARM='-TABLE TABLE'
//STEPLIB  DD  DISP=SHR,DSN=UNV.SUNVLOAD
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=*
//CEEDUMP  DD  SYSOUT=*
//TABLE    DD  DISP=SHR,MY.TRANS.TABLE
//SYSIN    DD  DISP=SHR,MY.MSG.FILE


UMET options are passed in with the PARM keyword on the EXEC statement.

DD Statements used in JCL

The following table describes the DD statements used in the Universal Message Translator for z/OS #JCL, above.


ddname

Description

STEPLIB

Load library in which program UMET is located.

SYSPRINT

UMET standard output ddname.

SYSOUT

UMET standard error ddname.

TABLE

Translation table specified by the -table option on the PARM keyword.

SYSIN

Standard input ddname from which the message file is read.

Configuration Options

The following table identifies the UMET for z/OS configuration options. Each Option Name is a link to detailed information about that option.


Option Name

Description

HELP

Writes a description of the configuration options and their format.

IGNORE_CASE

Specification that matching of message masks to the input file is not case sensitive.

MESSAGE_FILE

Input message file name.

MESSAGE_LEVEL

Level of messages that will be written.

TRANSLATION_TABLE

Translation table file name.

VERSION

Writes the program version and copyright information.

Command Line Syntax

The following figure illustrates the syntax - using the long form of command line options - of UMET for z/OS.

umet
-table table
[-file messages]
[-ignorecase]
[-level {verbose|info|warn|error}]

umet
{ -help | -version }