IDC3212I   INVALID LEFT PARENTHESIS AFTER ‘prm

Explanation

A left parenthesis appears to delimit a positional parameter. However, the positional parameter is not a constant or list of constants, so no parentheses are allowed.

In the message text:
prm
The positional parameter.

System action

Processing skips to the end of the command. The system begins interpretation with the next command.

System programmer response

If the error recurs and the program is not in error, search problem reporting data bases for a fix for the problem. If no fix exists, contact the IBM® Support Center. Provide the SYSOUT output for the job.

Programmer response

Correct the usage. Run the job again.

Source

DFSMSdfp

Module

IDCRI01