System Options under z/OS

DLMSGLEVEL= System Option: z/OS

Specifies the level of messages to generate for SAS libraries.

Default:	ERROR
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category:	File Control: SASFILES
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SASFILES
z/OS specifics:	all

Syntax

DLMSGLEVEL=ERROR | WARN | INFO | DIAG

ERROR: causes a message to be written to the SAS log when an error occurs during processing of a SAS library. This value is the default.
WARN: causes a message to be written to the SAS log when SAS detects an abnormal or unusual situation during processing of a SAS library, yet is able to continue processing.
INFO: causes a message to be written to the SAS log that details processing for certain types of libraries. This setting can be requested by SAS Technical Support for high-level problem diagnosis.
DIAG: causes SAS to produce SNAP dumps of key internal control blocks when processing certain types of libraries. In order to receive the dumps, it is necessary to allocate the SASSNAP ddname to a SYSOUT data set or to a sequential data set. This setting would be requested by SAS Technical Support for detailed problem diagnosis.

Note: Each setting also implies all the preceding settings in the list. For example, DLMSGLEVEL=INFO would cause SAS to also produce the messages that would be generated for WARN and ERROR. [cautionend]

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