Using the ERTB display panel

You display the ISMF error table (ERTB) panel (shown in Figure 1) information by:

Getting a match on the values you entered on the logging/abend control entry panel. (See Using the logging/abend control entry panel.)
Entering the ERTB command from any panel except:
- The ERTB panel itself
- The ISMF ABEND panel
- The ISMF primary option panel
- The profile primary option panel
- When in PDF BROWSE/EDIT
- RACF® panels from the security line operator
- When ISMF temporarily transfers you out of ISMF.
This option is used to capture error information if a message or other symptom indicates that an error has occurred. Once the system displays the ERTB panel, you may preserve the information by either recording it on the keyword worksheet in Keyword worksheet, or by issuing the ISPF PRINT command to save the screen image in the ISPF list data set. You can browse or print this data set for later use.

The information displayed on the ERTB panel provides failure symptoms that you can specify as search keywords. Figure 1 shows a sample panel. The panel displays three ERTB entries at a time. The entry initially on the right is the current (error) entry. You may use UP/DOWN commands to view other ERTB entries. A maximum of fifteen entries can be viewed before the display wraps around. Note that the right-most entry displayed in Figure 1 is the one that matches the values selected in Figure 1.

Figure 1. ISMF—ERTB Display Panel

   Panel  Help
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DGTIERTB                   ISMF ERROR TABLE DISPLAY
 Command ===>

 ISMF Ertb Address . . : 046C51B4                             User : USER5
 Error Entry Address . : 046C5310                             Date : 05/08/03
 Last Panel Displayed  : DGTLGP11                             Time : 17:51
 Entry : 046C5260
 ----------------------    Entry : 046C52B8
 Module Name: DGTFARP2     ----------------------     Entry : 046C5310
 Proc Name  : DGTFARP2     Module Name : DGTFARP2     ----------------------
 Return Code: 0008         Proc Name . : DGTFARP2     Module Name: DGTFARF3
 Reason Code: 0696         Return Code : 0008         Proc Name  : SCNROWOR
 Short Msg  :              Reason Code : 0696         Return Code: 0008
 Long Msg . :              Short Msg . :              Reason Code: 0701
 Service  . : TBSKIP       Long Msg  . :              Short Msg  :
 Feedback . :              Service . . : TBSKIP       Long Msg . :
                           Feedback  . :              Service  . : TBSCAN
                                                      Feedback . :


 Use ENTER to Review Displayed Entries; Use UP/DOWN Command for other Entries;
 Use HELP Command for Help; Use END Command to Exit.

The fields contain the following information:

Field Name: Description
ISMF ERTB ADDRESS: The address of the ERTB itself. UP/DOWN commands do not affect the contents of this field.
ERROR ENTRY ADDRESS: The address of the ERTB entry that represents the current error. Because of variations in environmental data, you must exercise judgment before considering this entry to be the desired entry. UP/DOWN commands do not affect the contents of this field.
LAST PANEL DISPLAYED: The panel ID of the panel last displayed for the dialog being executed. In ISPF split screen mode, each ISMF session/panel has its own ERTB. Therefore, an ISMF session in the upper screen runs with a different ERTB than the session in the lower screen.
USER: The TSO/E user ID.
DATE: The current date.
TIME: The time (updated when ENTER is pressed).
ENTRY: The address of the ERTB entry shown below it. As you use UP/DOWN commands, the entries move right or left one entry at a time.
MODULE NAME: The failure-related module name.
PROC NAME: The failure-related procedure name.
RETURN CODE: The return code.
REASON CODE: The reason code.
SHORT MSG: The message ID for the short message.
LONG MSG: The message ID for the long message.
SERVICE: The name of the failing external service.
FEEDBACK: The Problem Determination Area (PDA) or feedback information from any service.