Message Format

Messages fall into five categories depending upon their level of severity. They can be informative messages, warnings, conditional errors, errors, or severe errors.

Informative messages confirm user inputs, present information about the status of a Strobe function, and announce the completion of processing.
Warnings indicate that Strobe has performed the requested operation but had to use some default options.
Conditional errors indicate that Strobe has performed the requested operation, but the information in the Performance Profile may be incomplete.
Errors indicate that Strobe did not perform the operation, but you can correct and resubmit the request.
Severe errors cause Strobe to terminate processing.

Message identifiers

Message identifiers have a standard format of STRsnnnx, where:

STR is the prefix

snnnx is a four-digit message key, where:

s identifies responsible function
nnn is the unique message number within the program identified by s.
x is a one-letter severity code indicator.

Return Codes and Severity Codes

Unless otherwise indicated, the measurement task sets the job step return code to the value provided by the target program when it terminates.

The Strobe session management facility, measurement facility, and the reporting facility set a return code to match the severity code in each message.

Severity codes and the accompanying return codes are as follows:

Severity Code	Return Code	Meaning
I	0	Informative message; occurs during normal operation.
W	4	Warning message; indicates the operation is performed, but some default options may be used.
C	8	Conditional error message: indicates a user or system error. The requested action is performed and sampling continues, but information in the Performance Profile reports may not be complete.
E	8	Error message: indicates a user or system error. The requested action is not performed. When the measurement task issues such a message, it terminates sampling, but the target program execution continues.
S	12	Severe error: indicates a user or system error. Processing terminates

Message Notation

Lowercase italicized words represent the names of variables.

Brackets, braces, and vertical bars denote phrases that may or may not appear in the actual message:

brackets [] enclose expressions that appear only conditionally
braces {} enclose alternative expressions (only one of which appears in the message), separated by vertical bars.