PM84263: DFSISTS0 SUPPORT FOR DIFFERENT CODEPAGES.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• DFSISTS symbolic terminal output report is different from IMS V9
  when SYM NAME= option is specified.
  The issue was found after IMS V11 migration.
  The DFSISTS0 output message text was definitely not the same as
  03 log message text.
  In our case, the corrupted character was Japanese 'Halfwidth
  KATAKANA Letter'.
  Our customer use the IMSLOGP output when the message recovery
  would be needed, so the original data is required at the recover
  And does not want to use the IMSLOGO DD output for the recovery
  because of their operation.
  Then we accpet the fix like as IMS V9 DFSISTS0.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All IMS V12 users.                           *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: DFSISTS0 did not support characters     *
  *                      from some codepages.                    *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: INSTALL CORRECTIVE SERVICE FOR APAR/PTF      *
  ****************************************************************
  Characters from certain codepages (such as Japanese language
  characters) were being replaced with spaces when found in the
  message text of log records.
  
  When using the 'NON PRINT=HEX' option, characters considered
  non-printable are replaced with spaces so messages can be
  printed with clarity.  However, the EBCDIC values to correlate
  to "printable characters" varies based on codepages and
  languages used.
  
  When not using 'NON PRINT=HEX', message text was still being
  converted to replace certain characters with spaces.
  

Problem conclusion

• GEN:
  KEYWORDS:
  
  *** END IMS KEYWORDS ***
  This APAR changes the behavior of DFSISTS0 to allow for
  characters from different codepages to be printed.
  When the 'NON PRINT=HEX' option is NOT specified, message text
  will no longer be converted to spaces, and the raw data will
  be printed according to the codepage being used.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  PM82188

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UK92785

Modules/Macros

•    DFSISTS0
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS V12

• Fixed component ID

  5635A0300

Applicable component levels

• R200 PSY UK92785

     UP13/03/27 P F303

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