Default message-formatting initialization parameters

The default message-formatting initialization parameters defined in the DFHSSIN routine are as follows:

FORMATMSG=YES,HIDEPASSWORD=YES
(generic routecodes are not added to messages)

The default facilities:

• Insert the CICS applid into the CICS console message between the message identifier and the message text. The applid is inserted into only those console messages (starting with DFH) that do not use the CICS message domain. The CICS message domain inserts the CICS applid into all messages that it handles.

  If the original message is a long one, insertion of the CICS applid might cause the message to exceed the maximum length for an MVS console message. In this case, the original message is suppressed and does not appear on the console, and the reformatted message is issued using the MVS multiple-line console message service to split the message text over several lines. Both the original message and perhaps several instances of the reformatted multiple-line message appear in the job log, but only one copy of the reformatted message is displayed on the console.

• Examine each MODIFY command to see if it resembles a MODIFY CICS,CESN ... command. If the MODIFY command contains an old or new password (PS=xxxx,NEWPS=xxxx), the default facilities obliterate the password with asterisks. If the MODIFY command does not contain a password, the password you enter at the MVS console is masked.
• If your primary subsystem is JES3, the old and new passwords still appear in the JES3 hardcopy log. JES3 records the MODIFY command before the CICS message formatting subsystem can obliterate the password. (This processing does not happen when the primary subsystem is JES2.) The passwords are suppressed from the console for both JES2 and JES3. For information about the CESN transaction, and about how to prevent passwords from appearing in the hardcopy log, see theCICS Supplied Transactions manual.