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Broadcast Dataset Scan Utility
BDMSCAN - Comprehensive Summary and Analysis of
your current Broadcast Dataset, or any copy of a
Broadcast Dataset. This program tells you if the
scanned Broadcast Dataset is the active one in your
system. The number of Active Global Notices is
shown, as well as the total number of Global Notices.
This is followed by a breakout of the quantity of each
Broadcast Dataset (SYS1.BRODCAST) record type.
And then you get a detailed breakdown of which
Userids have how many messages. Finally, you can
see the number of "orphaned" User Messages
(those not chained to any Userid), which need to
be deleted by the BDMDIAG program.
That is just the summary page. BDMSCAN sports
a number of extra (optional) DD names displaying
additional available reports.
BRODPRNT DD - Without PARM=ALL, the BRODPRNT
DD name will format all Broadcast Dataset records,
except for the User Message records. These records
are printed in Hex, ISPF Hex style, and each field of
each record, along with its Hex and Decimal values,
is explained and its value displayed.
With PARM=ALL, the BRODPRNT DD name will
format all Broadcast Dataset records, including the
User Message records, and will not only display
the actual record in Hex, 3-line ISPF style, but it
will also interpret every field of every record, and
display its Hex and Decimal value.
BRODUSER DD - This DD name will contain a report,
in a format similar to the BRODPRNT DD, that traces
all User Messages for each Userid which has
outstanding messages. Each message for each
Userid is displayed in order, in 3-line Hex format,
and its message number and all fields, are
interpreted for ease of viewing and diagnosis.