Requesting More Information about a Message

To request more information than that provided in the text of a TRANSMIT, RECEIVE, MVSSERV, or VSBASIC error message, use the MSGID operand of the HELP command with the message ID enclosed in parentheses.

If messages on your terminal do not display a message ID, see Changing Your User Profile with the PROFILE Command to read about changing your profile to display message IDs.

Example

To request information about the TRANSMIT message INMX090A, enter:

HELP TRANSMIT MSGID(inmx090a)

You then see the following:

INMX090A  Enter data for receiver. Enter 'string' to stop.

      EXPLANATION:  The TRANSMIT command was invoked with
      the LINE keyword and is prompting you for data or
      message text to be sent.
          .
          .
          .

Note: You cannot use the FUNCTION, SYNTAX, OPERANDS, or ALL operands with MSGID.

For more information about the HELP command, see z/OS TSO/E Command Reference.