EXAMINE end users fall into two categories:

1. Application Programmer/Data Set Owner. These users want to know of any structural inconsistencies in their data sets, and they are directed to corresponding recovery methods that IBM supports by the appropriate summary messages. The users' primary focus is the condition of their data sets; therefore, they should use the ERRORLIMIT(0) parameter of EXAMINE to suppress printing of detailed error messages.
2. System Programmer/Support Personnel. System programmers or support personnel need the information from detailed error messages to document or fix a problem with a certain data set.

Users must have master level access to a catalog or control level access to a data set to examine it. Master level access to the master catalog is also sufficient to examine a user catalog.