Unknown or non-unique command. Request terminated.
The command being processed is either unknown or the abbreviation is not unique. The command is the first word within the input string.
The command is not processed.
Correct the command and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Invalid end of parameter string. Parameter string must end with a ‘)’.
The last non-blank character in a parameter value string is not a right parenthesis.
The command is not processed.
Each parameter value string must be enclosed in parentheses. Correct the input string and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Parameter at offset offset too long. Maximum parameter length is sixteen characters.
The input string being processed contains a command or parameter that is longer than the maximum of 16 characters. The offset value indicates the position of the field that is in error within the input string.
The command is not processed.
Correct the input string and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Unable to locate end of parameter beginning at offset offset.
The command processor cannot find the end of a parameter in an input string. The relative offset value indicates the position of the parameter that is in error.
The command is not processed.
Correct the input string and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Unknown parameter beginning at offset offset.
The command parser cannot identify the parameter. The offset value indicates the location of the unidentified parameter.
The command is not processed.
Correct the input string and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Length of parameter value beginning at offset offset is incorrect for associated parameter.
The command parser has detected that an operand is the wrong length for the parameter with which it is associated. This means it could be either too long or, in some cases, too short. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid value.
The command is not processed.
Correct the operand and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Expecting separator character “,” at offset offset. Not found.
While parsing an input string, the parser was expecting the separator character (comma), but it found a different character. The offset value indicates the position of the unexpected character.
The command is not processed.
Correct the input string and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Invalid character in parameter value at offset offset.
The parser has found an invalid character in an operand field in an input string. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid character.
The command is not processed.
Correct the operand and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Invalid value for CICSSTARTMODE value at offset offset. SET or UPDATE required.
The operand value for the CICSSTARTMODE parameter is invalid. The valid values are SET and UPDATE. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid operand.
The command is not processed.
Correct the operand and retry.
Console or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Invalid value for keyword parameter at offset offset. Possibly too high or low.
The parser has found an invalid numeric operand for the parameter keyword. For example, the operand value might be too high, too low, or contain non-numeric characters. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid operand.
The command is not processed.
Correct the numeric operand and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Command at offset offset too long. Maximum command length is sixteen characters.
The length of the command in the input string is too long. The maximum length of a valid command is 16 characters. The offset value indicates the position of the command in error.
The command is not processed.
Correct the input string and retry.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
Non-unique parameter beginning at offset offset.
There is a non-unique parameter in an input command, which means that it could be an abbreviation for more than one paraemter. The offset value indicates the position of the non-unique parameter.
The command is not processed.
Re-enter the command, ensuring that the parameter in error is a unique abbreviation.
Console (communication server), message log (batch request utility), or 3270 terminal issuing the CICS BAC transaction.
keyword1 keyword is mutually exclusive with the keyword2 keyword.
The command being processed contains both the keyword1 and keyword2 parameters. These two parameters are mutually exclusive for this command.
The command is not processed.
Remove the redundant parameter from the command and retry.
Message log
OPENSTATUS value at offset offset is invalid. OPEN or CLOSED required.
The operand value for the OPENSTATUS parameter is invalid. The valid values are OPEN and CLOSED. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid operand.
The batch request utility rejects the command.
Re-enter the command with a valid operand on the OPENSTATUS parameter.
Message log
ENABLESTATUS value at offset offset is invalid. ENABLE or DISABLE required.
The operand value for the ENABLESTATUS parameter is invalid. The valid values are ENABLE and DISABLE. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid operand.
The command is not processed.
Re-enter the command with a valid operand on the ENABLESTATUS parameter.
Message log
keyword value at offset offset is invalid. YES or NO required.
The operand value for the keyword parameter is invalid. The valid values are YES and NO. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid operand.
The command is not processed.
Re-enter the command with a valid operand on the parameter keyword.
Message log
DSN value at offset offset is invalid. PRIMARY or ALTERNATE required.
The operand value specified on the DSN parameter is invalid. The valid values are PRIMARY and ALTERNATE. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid operand.
The command is not processed.
Re-enter the command with a valid operand on the DSN parameter.
Message log
OPENSTATUS and ENABLESTATUS parameters missing. One or the other is required for a SET object command.
You have specified a SET object command that does not contain either the OPENSTATUS or the ENABLESTATUS parameter, and at least one of these is required on a SET object command.
The command is not processed.
Re-enter the command with at least one of the OPENSTATUS or ENABLESTATUS parameters to the command.
Message log
keyword parameter missing. It is required for a SET object command.
You have specified a SET object command without the required keyword.
The command is not processed.
Add the required parameter to the command and retry.
Message log
DISPOSITION value at offset offset is invalid. SHR or OLD required.
The operand value for the DISPOSITION parameter is invalid. The valid values are SHR and OLD. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid operand
The command is not processed.
Re-enter the command with either SHR or OLD on the DISPOSITION parameter.
Message log
Required object parameter is missing. FILE, TDQUEUE, TRANSID, PROGRAM, GROUP or LIST is required.
The SET command read by the batch request utility does not contain a valid object. The valid object parameters are FILE, TDQUEUE, TRANSID, PROGRAM, GROUP, and LIST.
The command is not processed.
Add the required object parameter to the command and retry.
Message log
Unable to determine CICS to send this request to.
The batch request utility is processing a command that does not specify a CICS® applid, and the utility does not have a default applid either. This could be because the most recent DEFAULT command did not specify the CICS parameter, un-setting one that was defined earlier. The CICS parameter is needed, either on the command itself, or as a previously specified default value, to determine which CICS region to send the request to.
The command is not processed.
Add the CICS parameter to either the current command, the most recent DEFAULT command or to a new DEFAULT command and retry.
Message log
Request is not in command format. First field should contain the command name.
The first field in the input string is not a command, that is, it is in parameter format instead of command format. Parameter format means that the field is followed immediately, in the next character position, by an operand enclosed in parentheses. In command format the first field is followed by a blank.
The command is not processed.
Correct the command syntax to specify a command name in the first field and retry.
Message log
field is not the name of a valid command.
The first field in the input string, denoted by field, is not the name of a valid command. The valid command names are DEFAULT, LINK, RUNCEMT, SET and START.
The command is not processed.
Specify a valid command in the first field of the statement and retry.
Message log
Parameter keyword at offset offset has already been specified.
The parameter keyword is specified more than once in the current statement. The offset value indicates the position of the second occurrence.
The command is not processed.
Remove the duplicate parameter and retry.
Message log
NOTACTIVE value at offset offset is invalid. CONTINUE or TERMINATE required.
The NOTACTIVE operand value is invalid. The valid values for NOTACTIVE are CONTINUE and TERMINATE. The offset value indicates the position of the invalid operand.
The command is not processed.
Specify CONTINUE or TERMINATE on the NOTACTIVE parameter and retry.
Message log
keyword1 is not specified. It is required with the keyword2 parameter.
The command contains keyword2 but not keyword1. You must specify keyword1 parameter if you specify keyword2 .
The command is not processed.
Either remove the keyword2 parameter or add the keyword1 parameter and retry.
Message log
keyword is not specified. It is required with the command command.
The command does not contain keyword , which is a required parameter for the command command.
The command is not processed.
Add the required parameter to the command and retry.
Message log
Unable to locate end of operand for keyword parameter. Expected ‘)’ not found.
The closing parenthesis is not present at the end of the operand for keyword. Instead, the parser has reached the end of the command string
The command is not processed.
This is probably because your command statement does not have the correct number of opening and closing parentheses within the operand value. You can nest open and close parentheses within an operand value, but each open parenthesis must be matched with a closing parenthesis. Check that the number of close parentheses matches the number of open parentheses for the operand.
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