Using Lookat To Look Up Message Explanations - IBM TSO/E REXX User Manual

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Using LookAt to Look Up Message Explanations

LookAt is an online facility that allows you to look up explanations for z/OS
messages and system abends.
Using LookAt to find information is faster than a conventional search because
LookAt goes directly to the explanation.
LookAt can be accessed from the Internet or from a TSO command line.
You can use LookAt on the Internet at:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/lookat/lookat.html
To use LookAt as a TSO command, LookAt must be installed on your host system.
You can obtain the LookAt code for TSO from the LookAt Web site by clicking on
News and Help or from the z/OS Collection, SK3T-4269 .
To find a message explanation from a TSO command line, simply enter: lookat
message-id as in the following example:
lookat iec192i
This results in direct access to the message explanation for message IEC192I.
To find a message explanation from the LookAt Web site, simply enter the message
ID. You can select the release if needed.
Note: Some messages have information in more than one book. For example,
access to them and received an e-mail confirmation informing you that your
request has been processed.
IEC192I has routing and descriptor codes listed in z/OS MVS Routing and
Descriptor Codes. For such messages, LookAt prompts you to choose which
book to open.
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