Message identifier

You can specify that you want to display message identifiers in either of two ways:

Select the "Message identifier" choice from the Identifier pull-down on the ISPF Settings panel action bar, as shown in Figure 1.
Issue the ISPF system command MSGID ON.

When you select "Message identifier" from the Identifier pull-down, the Message Identifier panel is displayed.

If you select the "Display message identifier" option, the message identifier is set to On. The identifier will now display within the message text whenever a long message option is accessed (that is, when you enter the HELP command). Deselect this choice (or issue the MSGID OFF command) to set the message identifier to Off.

This setting only applies to the current ISPF session. To retain the setting across ISPF sessions, select "Default setting for message identifier".

Figure 1 shows an error message on the ISPF Settings panel displayed with the message identifier set to on.

Figure 1. Panel displayed with the message identifier set to on

   Log/List  Function keys  Colors  Environ  Workstation  Identifier  Help
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
                                 ISPF Settings                    Invalid value
                                                                    More:     +
 Options                                   Print Graphics
   Enter "/" to select option                Family printer type 2
   /  Command line at bottom                 Device name . . . .         
   /  Panel display CUA mode                 Aspect ratio  . . . 8
   /  Long message in pop-up                              ┌────────────────────┐
   /  Tab to action bar choices                           │ ISPG213 Valid      │
      Tab to point-and-shoot fields        General        │ values are: 0 or 1 │
   /  Restore TEST/TRACE options             Input field  └────────────────────┘
      Session Manager mode                   Command delimiter . ;

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