SYSLOG MPF flags

The MPF Request Flag field in the SYSLOG is an 8-character hexadecimal field located at offset 46 in each SYSLOG record (a zero-relative offset is assumed).

The following information is from the IHAHCLOG member of SYS1.MODGEN, which maps a SYSLOG record.

The following hexadecimal values in the 8-character field are pertinent:

       xxxxxxxx
       8....... - message text changed
       4....... - route codes changed
       2....... - descriptor codes changed
       1....... - message queued to specific active console

       .8...... - unused
       .4...... - message queued by route codes only
       .2...... - console ID was changed
       .1...... - minor lines of MLWTO processed by exit

       ..8..... - the message was deleted (this never appears!)
       ..4..... - suppression was overridden (DISPLAY was forced)
       ..2..... - forced to hardcopy (LOG forced)
       ..1..... - bypass hardcopy (this never appears!)

       ...8.... - forced to hardcopy only (LOG and NODISPLAY)
       ...4.... - broadcast
       ...2.... - don't broadcast
       ...1.... - don't retain in AMRF (NORETAIN)

       ....8... - retain in AMRF (RETAIN)
       ....4... - retrieval key changed
       ....2... - 4-byte console ID changed
       ....1... - message type changed

       .....8.. - do not automate (set by MPFLSTxx and NOAUTO)
       .....4.. - automate (set by MPFLSTxx)
       .....2.. - message issued hardcopy-only
       .....1.. - unused

       ......8. - message not serviced by any exit
       ......4. - ESTAE error in IEAVX600
       ......2. - message not serviced, incompatible request
       ......1. - automation requested (AUTO)

       .......8 - Message Flood Automation processed this message
       .......4 - suppressed by subsystem
       .......2 - suppressed by exit (NODISPLAY)
       .......1 - suppressed by MPF (set by MPFLSTxx and NODISPLAY)or Message 
                  Flood Automation

Note that in any column, these hexadecimal values are additive. For example, in the case of message flood automation, if you request LOG, NODISPLAY, NOAUTO, you get a field containing '00080A09' which is interpreted as:

message forced to hardcopy-only
don't automate message
message issued to hardcopy-only
Message Flood Automation processed this message
message suppressed by MPF