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Incident: S0C4 in the branch totals after the new branches opened

INC22330 · 04:40 · MPSYS
PAGE 04:40 SEV2 - Job BRTOTRUN ended ABEND=S0C4 in step RUN
Region North opened three branches yesterday

BRTOTRUN compiles, links and runs BRTOTAL, which adds up the day's transactions by branch, one table entry per branch number. It has run for years. Yesterday Region North opened three new branches, numbered 85, 86 and 87. Tonight the RUN step abended S0C4. Find out why, fix the program so every branch is totalled, and rerun.

What you will do

  1. Read the abend and the Language Environment message
  2. Find the statement and the value that caused it
  3. Fix the program, rerun, and check every branch is in the totals

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