Overview

Issue the IXCNOTE macro with REQUEST=NOTES to process a collection of notes in the note pad. Sometimes a multi-note note request is simply called a notes request. The notes of interest are identified by selection criteria. You can either read or delete the notes in the specified collection.

Use the REQTYPE keyword to indicate the type of operation to be performed for the notes. Refer to the following material for specific information on each request type:

For REQTYPE=READ, which is used to read a collection of notes, see Read notes
For REQTYPE=DELETE, which is used to delete a collection of notes, see Delete notes

In general, a multi-note request sends one or more operations to the coupling facility that hosts the note pad. These operations can read or delete notes. They are processed while running under the calling work unit. In general, XCF asks XES to perform these operations as synchronous coupling facility requests. If the note pad is not accessible from the local system, the note pad is said to be quiesced. See Quiescing conditions.

Relative to a single note request, multi-note requests are potentially long running. The duration of the request can be impacted by such factors as the number of notes in the note pad and the selection criteria. For a read notes request, you might have to issue the request multiple times to read all of the selected notes if the provided answer area (and optionally buffer area) are not large enough for them all.