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Thank you for submitting this RFE. While we agree that this function would be nice to have, the joblog would have to be produced in order to search it since the interactive job log is not a searchable file. Each message is retrieved from the message file as it is put to the display. The internal job message queue only contains the message ID and replacement text data.
The suggestion from the RFE community to use the JOBLOG_INFO table function is an excellent alternative.
When called from ACS, the message text is converted to the job CCSID so the joblog can be easily searched using this interface.
Would the JOBLOG_INFO table function help?
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzajq/rzajqudfjobloginfo.htm
To me, the format is a little awkward, but it has been helpful. Not exactly what you are looking for, but it does avoid the "Print/Open-spool-file/Search-spool-file" process
Example:
SELECT MESSAGE_TEXT FROM TABLE(QSYS2.JOBLOG_INFO('817029/QUSER/QPADEV0004')) A
WHERE A.MESSAGE_TEXT LIKE '%Disabled%'
Also has the advantage of being able to use it with your own job, as "('*')"
There is a similar table function for the history log. Example:
SELECT * FROM TABLE(QSYS2.HISTORY_LOG_INFO(CURRENT TIMESTAMP - 1 DAY)) X
The same goes for DSPLOG.
Yes that would be very good indeed. Or at least a function key in DSPJOBLOG - F21 Print Joblog. Now you need to quit DSPJOBLOG and remember the full job name and re-run DSPJOBLOG (full job name) *PRINT. Cumbersome.