Controlling information in a job log

 

When working with problems, you might want to record the maximum amount of information for jobs that have frequent problems. Alternatively, you might not want to create a job log for jobs that completed normally. Or you might want to exclude informational messages.

You can control what information is added to the job log by setting the message level, message severity or the message text level values in the job description. However, if you want to control what information is written to the job log of a specific job, use the Job Properties - Job Log window in the iSeries™ Navigator.

This window allows you to control the following:

• Whether the job log is produced and what method is used to produce it

• What to do when the maximum size is reached

• Whether to log commands from CL programs

• Whether to keep the messages in the job log and what specific messages should be kept (logging level and message severity)

• Whether to create printer output for a job log if the job ends normally and what to print

To access the Job Properties - Job Log window, follow the following steps:

1. From iSeries Navigator open the Job Properties window of the job and click the Job Log tab. My Connections > connection > Work Management > Active Job > Right-click the job > Properties.

2. For a detailed explanation of the different options that are available on this window, refer to the online help.

• Changing the log level of a job
  The log level of a job is a numeric level assigned to a specific combination of message types that are logged. You can change the log level in the job description by using the character-based interface. However, if you want to change the log level of a specific job, use the Job Properties - Job Log window in the iSeries Navigator.

• Controling batch job log information
  For your batch applications, you may want to change the amount of information logged. The log level (LOG(40 *NOLIST)) specified in the job description for the IBM-supplied subsystem QBATCH supplies a complete log if the job abnormally ends. If the job completes normally, no job log is produced.

 

Parent topic:

Managing job logs

Related concepts
How job logs are created

Related tasks
Cleaning up job log pending Deleting job log output files