Journal entry information

This topic provides information and tasks for working with journal entries.

The system creates different types of journal entries in the journal receiver for different kinds of activities. You cannot access the information in journal receivers directly. Several system commands provide formatted information from a journal receiver:

• Use the Display Journal (DSPJRN) command to display entries, print them, or write them to an output file.
• Use the Receive Journal Entry (RCVJRNE) command to specify an exit program. When entries are added to the journal receiver, they are also passed to the exit program. The exit program can, for example, write entries to save media or send them to another system.
• Use the Retrieve Journal Entry (RTVJRNE) command to retrieve journal entries to a CL program.
• Use the Retrieve Journal Entries (QjoRetrieveJournalEntries) API to retrieve journal entries into a high level language program.

Note: When working with multiple journal entries, the RCVJRNE command is usually the most efficient interface to get the journal entry information.

When the system formats journal entries for you with the DSPJRN and RTVJRNE commands, it uses one of several layouts. These layouts include a fixed-length portion and a variable-length portion. The variable-length portion includes entry-specific data and null value indicators, if applicable. The fixed-length portion of the journal entry appears as separate fields in these layouts.

• Journal entry information finder - The Journal code finder shows all the journal codes and entry types for journal entries. You can search for individual codes, display codes by category, or display all journal codes.
• Journal code descriptions
• Fixed-length portion of the journal entry
• Variable-length portion of the journal entry
• Work with journal entry information

• Journal entry information finder
  Use the Journal entry information finder to find information about journal codes and journal entry types.
• Journal code descriptions
  This topic provides a description of all of the journal codes and categories.
• Fixed-length portion of the journal entry
  Provides the layouts of the fixed-length portion of the journal entries.
• Variable-length portion of the journal entry
  Provides the layouts of the variable-length portion of the journal entries.
• Work with journal entry information
  Provides ways that you can display, retrieve, and receive journal entries.