MPF DEFINITIONS Policy Item

If you select policy item MPF DEFINITIONS from the Policy Selection panel for messages, a panel similar to Figure 1 is shown.
Figure 1. MPFLSTxx Member Definitions Panel
   COMMANDS  HELP                                                               
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 AOFGMPF                 MPFLSTxx Member Definitions                      
 Command ===>                                                                   
                                                                                
 PolicyDB Name   : USER_PDB             Entry Type : USER_ENTERPRISE                              
 
 MPF Member Name Suffix . . SA           
                                                                                
 MPF Header Lines . . . . .                                                               
 .DEFAULT,SUP(YES),RETAIN(I,CE),AUTO(YES)                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 MPF Trailer Lines . . . .                                                              
 .NO_ENTRY,SUP(NO),RETAIN(I,CE),AUTO(NO)                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
This panel allows you to specify the MPFLSTxx member suffix and enter or update definitions that will be included in the MPFLSTxx member during configuration file build.

The message processing facility (MPF) is a z/OS table that screens all messages that are sent to the z/OS console. The MPF compares these messages with a user-defined list of messages on which to automate, suppress from the z/OS® console display, or both, and marks messages to automate or suppress.

MPF Member Name Suffix
Allows you to specify the MPFLSTxx member name suffix which must be two alphanumeric characters. The default suffix is SA.
MPF Header Lines
Specify up to 5 MPF statements that will be included at the top of the MPFLSTxx member, for example:
.NO_ENTRY,SUP(NO),RETAIN(I,CE),AUTO(NO)
or
.DEFAULT,SUP(YES),RETAIN(I,CE),AUTO(YES)
You can specify comment lines by including /* as the first 2 characters.
MPF Trailer Lines
Specify up to 3 MPF statements that will be included at the bottom of the MPFLSTxx member.

Changes in MPF header and trailer lines result in a complete rebuild of AT, MRT, and MPF.