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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 15, 2019

RELATED IDEAS

Requesting IBM i Service to return message text

Requesting IBM i Service to return message file text.

values MESSAGE_FILE_TEXT(
MESSAGE_NUMBER,
MESSAGE_FILE,
MESSAGE_FILE_LIBRARY,
MESSAGE_DATA,
'*FIRST')
would return the first level message text. For a comparison see
RTVMSG MSGID(&MSGID)
MSGF(&MSGLIB/&MSGFILE)
MSGDTA(&MSGDATA)
MSG(&FIRST)


Use Case:

BRMS:

BRMS has all the data, but the formatted text, in their log files. I would like to expand this SQL statement to retrieve the formatted message text.

with T1 as(
select
lgmid as Message_number,
lgjob as Job_name,
lguser as Job_user,
lgjnbr as Job_number,
lgjnbr concat '/' concat trim(lguser) concat '/' concat trim(lgjob) as qualified_job_name,
lgsev as message_severity,
lgpgm as program_name,
lgarea as log_type,
lgfile as message_file,
lglib as message_file_library,
lgcgnam as control_group_name,
timestamp_format(right(digits(19000000 + lgdate), 8) concat ' ' concat digits(lgtime), 'YYYYMMDD HH24MISS') as message_timestamp,
lgmdta as message_data
from qusrbrm.qa1alg)
select *
from T1
where log_type = '*BKU'
and message_number in('BRM1049', 'BRM10A1')
order by message_timestamp desc
;


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 23, 2020

    The QSYS2.MESSAGE_FILE_DATA view was delivered in May 2019 with SF99703 Level 15

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 18, 2019

    Another approach would be to use the BRMS function "Send BRMS Messages to Additional Message Queue" and then use the SQl service QSYS2.MESSAGE_QUEUE_INFO. You can read more abouth the BRMS function in developerworks under:
    "IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) for i >‎ Installation and Maintenance >‎ Send BRMS Messages to Additional Message Queue "

    1. Create and message queue
    2. Configure the BRMS utility to send BRMS messages to that message queue
    3. Use QSYS2.MESSAGE_QUEUE_INFO view the messages

    Will try to link to the "Send BRMS Messages to Additional Message Queue", but for some reasons I rarely get the links to developerworks to actually works when I paste them:
    https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20Backup%2C%20Recovery%20and%20Media%20Services%20%28BRMS%29%20for%20i/page/Send%20BRMS%20Messages%20to%20Additional%20Message%20Queue

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