DOC procedure

Use this procedure if you find a deficiency in documentation through omission or inaccuracy.

Keyword: order-number

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  • From any topic in IBM® Documentation, click the Feedback link at the bottom of the page and complete the form.
  • Send your comments by email to imspubs@us.ibm.com. Be sure to include the title, the part number of the title, the version of IMS, and, if applicable, the specific location of the text on which you are commenting (for example, a page number in the PDF or a heading in IBM Documentation).

Corrections resulting from readers' comments are included in future editions of the manual, but are not included in the software support database.

If a problem can have severe results or cause lost time for many other users, contact IBM Software Support to initiate a documentation change.

APARs are not generally accepted for documentation errors. However, APARs that correct a programming error can result in documentation changes.

Use this keyword to search for all changes to a specific manual. The format for the order-number is ppnnnnnnee, where pp is the alphabetic prefix, nnnnnn is the 6-digit base publication number, and ee is the edition number. For example, the order number for IMS Version 15.2 Messages and Codes, Volume 1: DFS Messages is GC18-9712-00. Replace ppnnnnnnee with GC18971200. The edition number is optional. To broaden the search to include all editions of a publication, either omit the edition number or replace it with two asterisks (**).

Search argument example
Use this search argument to search for all changes to any edition of IMS Version 15.2 Messages and Codes, Volume 1: DFS Messages: 
5655J3800 GC189712**
For a structured database search, use this search argument: 
PIDS/5655J3800 PUBS/GC269712**
You can add more keywords to narrow the search. For example, if you cannot find message DFS3007 in IMS Version 15.2 Messages and Codes, Volume 1: DFS Messages, add this keyword to the above search argument: 
MSGDFS3007
For a structured database search, use this search argument: 
MS/DFS3007

If you do not find an APAR that adds message DFS3007, you can report the omission to IBM by clicking the Feedback link at the bottom of any topic in IBM Documentation.