Job log characteristics

 

The iSeries™ Navigator provides you with a user friendly, easy to read interface from which you can view job logs and the job log's messages. You can also view job logs by using the character based interface.

You can control which columns appear in the job log list by using the Job Log - Columns window. (Work Management > Active Jobs > Right-click a job and select Job Log > View menu > Customize this view > Columns) The columns that you can choose to display in the job log list are:

Message ID	From Program
Message	Request Level
Sent	Severity
Thread	To Program
Type

 

Character-based interface

When you use the Display Job Log (DSPJOBLOG) command, you see the Job Log display. This display shows program names with special symbols, as follows:

>>	The running command or the next command to be run. For example, if a CL or high-level language program was called, the call to the program is shown.
>	The command has completed processing.
. .	The command has not yet been processed.
?	Reply message. This symbol marks both those messages needing a reply and those that have been answered.

• Job log headings
  Job log headings are located at the top of each page of the printed job log. These headings identify the job to which the job log applies and the characteristics of each entry. The following is a list of possible entries in the job log heading.

• Messages
  Messages contain the job name, the message type, the date and time it was sent, the action that occurred, and the necessary actions needed to fix a problem. This is useful when you are trying to troubleshoot any problems that might occur on your servers. You can access job logs for server jobs through iSeries Navigator. Messages fall into two categories, alertable messages and messages logged in a job log.

 

Parent topic:

Job logs

Related concepts
How job logs are created Job log pending Job log server Interactive job logs QHST History Log Spooled files