PH16837: UNRESOLVABLE VARIABLE WARNING MESSAGE CWLRB6203W: ISSUED WHEN NO ACTION IS REQUIRED

9.0.5.2: WebSphere Application Server traditional Version 9.0.5 Fix Pack 2
8.5.5.17: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 17
9.0.5.3: WebSphere Application Server traditional Version 9.0.5 Fix Pack 3

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer needs this substitution in place, in line 57:
  <prop
  name="subJobRuleGroupIds" value="${subJobRuleGroupIds}"></prop>
  
  However, when he runs the xJCL, he gets this error message
  CWLRB6203W.
  So, customer inserts this into line 17 to get rid of
  that message:
  <prop name="subJobRuleGroupIds" value=""></prop>
  
  However, this stops the substitution from working and the
  variable is
  always empty. Admittedly, message CWLRB6203W can be
  ignored, but the customer wants to eliminate such messages from
  their jobs. And, they need this variable to be
  substituted.
  
  Parameterization requires that at the top level
  some substitutions don't get applied on the initial submit.
  There's not a way to determine whether a substitution value is
  going to be provided by the standard xJCL property substitution
  at the top level, or later on by the parameterizer.
  Customer is
  trying to resolve "warning" messages as a way to cleanup
  applications for potential problems. What is confusing is that
  the customer can't specify a "default" value on the xJCL to
  suppress the warning AND have this overridden at runtime when
  the parallelization routine runs.
  

Local fix

• None required, message can be ignored.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
  *                  Server Java Batch                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The CWLRB6203W warning message          *
  *                      related to Java Batch xJCL parsing      *
  *                      is currently issued to to the Job       *
  *                      Scheduler server system.out log file.   *
  *                      Java Batch administrators would not     *
  *                      likely expect that particular message   *
  *                      to go to that location, so there        *
  *                      should be a way to change that          *
  *                      location to the job log instead.        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When a batch job xJCL is parsed by the Job Scheduler at job
  submission time, a CWLRB6203W message is issued for each
  substitution property in the xJCL that is found without a value
  specified for it.  Currently this message is issued to the Job
  Scheduler system.out log file.  For some users, this message
  may be more visible if it were to be issued to the batch job
  log on the Job Scheduler so a customization property should be
  added.
  

Problem conclusion

• A code update has been made to introduce a new
  Job Scheduler custom property named:
  LOG_UNRESOLVED_VARIABLES_TO_JOBLOG
  
  When this property is defined, the CWLRB6203W warning message
  for unresolved substitution properties will be logged to the
  job log on the Job Scheduler server.
  
  The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in
  fix pack 9.0.5.2 and 8.5.5.17  Please refer to the Recommended
  Updates page for delivery information:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3500

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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